Because everybody is using social media today, I have often thought that there will be two major types of databases people will use in the future; one will be the normal Google type that will find articles and information as it does now and another type of database that only mines your personal information collected from social media.

Well, I just saw “Personas” from MIT Media Lab which basically outlines what the Internet has on you.

You just enter in your name and it comes up with a profile of the type of information it can find about you. Using an algorithm based on natural language, it puts together a chart that shows your identity in terms of “online”, “books”, “legal”. “social”, “committees”, “education”, “news”, etc.

After you see your chart, you’ll want to know where it got your information from to make those conclusions – but you won’t see that.

So, it’s just a summary and “some” information, and you’ll probably see categories that aren’t accurate. However, it’s a good attempt at showing what you can expect to see about yourself in the future.

Tags: Data, Data mining, Future databases, MIT Media Lab, Online identity, Peronal information profile, Personal data, Personal data mining, Web indentity, Your Internet profile, Your online identity

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