The Friday Question: 18 May 2012
First, the answer to yesterday’s prequel. I asked people to point out what six named people have in common, and why one was distinctively the odd one out. The six were Bohr, Curie, Einstein, Fermi, Nobel and Rutherford. The common element was easy; I wanted more than “scientists”, what I was looking for was that...
The Friday Question: A prequel
I think I missed out last week’s question, my apologies. So here’s a simple teaser instead, while I work on the question for tomorrow. Name the odd one out as well as what they have in common. Niels Bohr. Pierre and Marie Curie. Albert Einstein. Enrico Fermi. Alfred Nobel. Ernest Rutherford. Getting the odd one...
Going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come…
There’s a Perfect Storm moment happening in the Kansas Cities – and Digital City Mechanics – will be there!
So long, and thanks to the bird
Independent commercial alternative rock radio in Boston is heading to the grave. The Boston Phoenix‘ WFNX has been sold to Clear Channel, which — says the press release — will expand its “footprint” in Boston. (Bambi vs. Godzilla comes to mind.) Boston Business Journal suggests the signal’s fate will be to carry country music or Spanish programming. But it doesn’t...
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 →
Standard Information Sharing Labels
Some years ago, based on an idea that came up on a train ride to the airport from OSCON, Kaliya Hamlin, Aldo Castaneda and I put together a
The paper for the W3C Workshop on Transparency and Usability of Web Authentication was accepted for presenta...
Of blue raincoats and polka dot bikinis
Ah the last time we saw you/you looked so much older Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder Leonard Cohen, Famous Blue Raincoat, 1971 It was an itsy-bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini That she wore for the first time today Brian Hyland, Itsy-Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,...
Rich Sharing and Personal Channels
The Social Web has shown us the power of connecting. Facebook has friends, LinkedIn has connections, and Twitter has followers. These channels allow their owners to communicate with others, although their capabilities vary greatly. But ...
An AR treat
Enticed by Maarten Lens-Fitzgerald (aka @DutchCowboy) in this tweet, I fired up Layar (an AR — Augmented Reality — browser from the company by that name, which he co-founded), and aimed it at the cover of my new book. What followed is chronicled in this Flickr set. Start here, then follow the links at the...
JSON Crypto Specs Draft -02: JWS, JWE, JWK, JWA and JSON Web Token (JWT) Draft -10
JSON Crypto Specs Draft -02: JWS, JWE, JWK, JWA and JSON Web Token (JWT) Draft -10 New -02 versions of the JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) specifications are now available that incorporate working group decisions made since the previous versions, including decisions made at IETF 83 in Paris and in follow-up discussions on the...
