Some context on privacy
Searches:
privacy: 1,390,000,000
privacy+policy: 3,400,000,000 results
“privacy policy”: 837,000,000 results
So if you’re looking for something about privacy that’s not a site with a privacy policy, you’re looking at a h...
Getting ready for 2012
As 2010 winds down and folks are anticipating 2011, folks here in Cleveland are getting ready for 2012.
Not only is the Mayan calendar running out - but:
- the West side market
- the City Club
- the township of Shaker Heights
are all celebrating Centen...
127 Hours
Don’t be put off by the appalling truth of the story! Danny Boyle is a genius, James Franco is terrific, and Aaron Ralston is more of a true hero than you could ever imagine. You will be so glad you saw this, and you will never forget it.
The real de(tai)l
Techcrunch had a link to this simply excellent blog post about the details behind the readability of Google Maps. It’s like a mini-Malcolm Gladwell essay devoted just to showing why it really is the details that make the difference when it comes to information architecture.
I’ve become a zealous convert to that point-of-view with my work...
Podcast: Carmine Gallo on The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs
This week Scott and I sit down with Carmine Gallo about his new book The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success. We talked to him a year ago about his ideas on how Steve Job's gives great presentatio...
P2P DNS
Apparently the Pirate Bay are tired of ICANN and want to start their own peer-to-peer DNS. I think their chances of wide adoption are pretty near zero, but it’s an interesting area that’s needed serious exploration for quite some time. Obviously if you’re doing P2P DNS you need to use DNSSEC or attacks become trivial....
OAuth 2.0 Bearer Token Specification Draft -01
Draft -01 of the OAuth 2.0 Bearer Token specification is now available. This version is intended to accompany OAuth 2.0 draft -11. This draft is based upon the September 3rd preliminary OAuth 2.0 draft -11 by Eran Hammer-Lahav, with input from David Recordon and several others. It includes an extensive Security Considerations section, for which...
Tighter Focus on Identity Standards and Collaboration
I’m writing to let you know that I’ve joined the recently formed Identity Standards and Policy team at Microsoft. For those of you outside the company, this mostly just means means that you’ll see more of me in the roles you’re used to seeing me in – building industry consensus around identity solutions for the...
Luncheon: Improving Application Performance
If you're an IT director in Utah, then you might consider coming to a luncheon on December 14 at the Tuscany in Holladay. Niel Nickolaiesen, Kelly Phillips, Darin Swan, and Brad Jones will be the panel. I know all of them except Darin and think it w...
CTO Breakfast This Friday: Venue Change
We'll be holding the CTO Breakfast for November and December this Friday (Dec 3) at 8am. Whether you're a CTO or not, you're welcome to come. The discussion is about building high-tech products, building companies, and what's hot right now. We'd love...
Wikileaks and diplomacy
I have, over time, heard two definitions of the word “diplomat”: 1 – a man sent to lie abroad for his country; 2 – someone who can tell you to go to Hell in such a way that you feel you would benefit from the journey. (By way of...
