Support Standard Information Sharing Labels
One more a tip o’ the hat to Phil Windley for saving me a thousand words. He’s wonderfully articulated the reasons you should support Joe Andrieu’s Kickstarter project for the Standard Information Sharing Label. Phil sums it up perfectly: Just like we have … Continue reading →
PLOA – Just What You Need to Know
On Friday I had a demo of PLOA – Personal Levels of Assurance — from it’s architect, Jay Glasgow at AT&T. I’ve known Jay since he attended an XDI retreat hosted by Scott David at Whistler two years ago, and at … Continue reading →
This is What a Hole in Your Digital Life Looks Like
10:15PM Tuesday March 27, San Francisco, across the street from Alexander’s Restaurant at 4th $ Brennan. I slipped into the driver’s seat of my rental car after dinner with Phil Windley and Doc Searls, took one look in the rear view mirror, and … Continue reading →
Drummond’s Ten for Trust – Round One
Today marks the start of full Trust Anchor vouching on Connect.Me. This means Connect.Me users who have become Trust Anchors will have a lifetime allotment of 150 special vouches they can give to others as a special signal of trust … Continue reading →
Kim Cameron on Google’s New Privacy Policy
When he first introduced them in 2004, Kim Cameron’s Laws of Identity changed the landscape of the Internet identity industry almost overnight. Though Kim has since stepped down as Chief Identity Architect at Microsoft, he still packs a helluva punch … Continue reading →
The Fundamental Flaw in SOPA and PIPPA
After all the raging debate about SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act), the fundamental flaw in both is captured succinctly in this public letter to Senator Orrin Hatch from Phil Windley, Kynetx CTO and author of The … Continue reading →
AT&T Are You Reading Your Own Emails???
When I upgraded to the iPhone 4S the day after Christmas (it was really an Apple Christmas in my household this year), I made the difficult decision to stick with AT&T. My experience with routinely dropped calls has been just as … Continue reading →
XDI Art from Mike Schwartz
Mike Schwartz, CEO of Gluu and one of the hardest working members of the OASIS XDI Technical Committee, has started a series about XDI art on the Gluu blog. It lends gentle and beautiful insight into this new semantic data format … Continue reading →
Dan Marovitz Shows his Zeal
The more I get to know Dan, the more I like his zeal. Not just his entrepreneurial zeal — which is fantastic by itself — but his zeal for life. Both are reflected in his new post on the buzzumi … Continue reading →
Buzzumi + Twitter = World Wide Video Chat Service
In the history of this blog I don’t think I’ve ever published a press release — from anyone. Why make an exception now? Because this isn’t an ordinary press release. I first met Dan Marovitz when we were speakers together … Continue reading →
Connect.Me: A True Test of Online Trust
When it happened the first time, it was so ironic that it was almost laughable. The second time it is much more serious. In fact, it is turning into a true test of the online trust fabric that Connect.Me is … Continue reading →
Connect.Me: One Month In
Trust is a very delicate matter — especially online, where most if not all of the cues (location, appearance, diction, body language) we use to make trust decisions in the physical world are absent. To make matters worse, the rampant … Continue reading →
