Slides from my presentation to the Centre for Information Management group at the University of Bath on 21st October 2009. Many thanks to Keith Dixon and Niki Panteli and for the invitation to speak.

The presentation sums up the work to this date on the use of the participatory pattern methodology to develop design patterns in the area of digital identity and introduces a basic framework for thinking about the negotiation of identity in online settings. I came away with one question from the audience  – “How does your digital identity effect your real-world interactions and behaviours?” – that highlighted the importance of acknowledging that authoring the self in online spaces is a two way process and not merely a projection or extension of identity but integral.