The Value of a Good Name
By David Alan Grier

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In the modern age, identity may not be a name or a number. It’s a story. And the question may be “who owns it?”

Article link: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2010.181

 

 

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About David Alan Grier

David Alan Grier is a writer and scholar on computing technologies and was President of the IEEE Computer Society in 2013. He writes for Computer magazine. You can find videos of his writings at video.dagrier.net. He has served as editor in chief of IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, as chair of the Magazine Operations Committee and as an editorial board member of Computer. He is an associate professor of science and technology policy at George Washington University in Washington, DC, with a particular interest in policy regarding digital technology and professional societies. He can be reached at grier@computer.org.