Google are about to murder a good friend of mine — Glenn Jones
Glenn gives a rational thoughtful explanation of why he’s as pissed off as I am about Google’s destruction of the Social Graph API.
Tags: identity
Tom Morris - Oppression, identity and sexuality
Anger is an energy, especially when it’s coming from Tom …and for once, it’s not about the Semantic Web.
Seriously though, this is a great piece of writing. This is what blogs are for.
» 21 January 2012, baked by Ben Ward @ The Pastry Box Project
Some valuable musings from Ben on how browsers could be better — and I don’t mean the usual moaning about performance or device APIs.
ID card database destroyed - a set on Flickr
For once, I’m happy to see data being destroyed.
Liminal Existence: Identity
Blaine outlines the vision for Webfinger.
Aza’s Thoughts » Identity in the Browser (Firefox)
Aza Raskin share's some mockups of ideas for incorporating identity management into the browser.
FormFiftyFive - Design inspiration from around the world
Beyond the personal annual report; it's the personal brand identity guidelines.
Social Graph Explorer | Madgex Lab
Holy freaking crap! Glenn's Social Graph Explorer is bloody brilliant!
OpenID usability is not an oxymoron | FactoryCity
Chris has written an in-depth critique of the state of OpenID, focusing strongly on usability.
Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect: Control Over Who You Want to Be
These thoughts on identity control reminded me of The Laughing Man from the first series of Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (and not just because Jan Chipchase lives in Tokyo): "People like to manage and manipulate (with various degrees…
reboot10 - Jeremy Keith talks about Soul
Wandering around the site for the Reboot conference in Copenhagen, I came across this video of my talk from last year. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed this talk.
Tony Haile - Own Your Identity
Tony Haile—erstwhile traveling companion to Ben Saunders—has started a new project called Chi.mp which already has Josh Porter and Brian Oberkirch on board. Here's the accompanying blog.
The Existential DiSo Interview on Vimeo
Chris interviews himself about portable social networks and distributed identity.
Yahoo!, Flickr, OpenID and Identity Projection
Looks like Flickr has some interesting plans around OpenID. Our reporter Simon Willison is on the scene.
It’s high time we moved to URL-based identifiers | FactoryCity
Chris says that URLs are people too: "You’ve got my URL, now, tell me, what else do you really need?"
Plaxo to ship online identity aggregator based on microformats | ScobleShow: Videoblog about geeks, technology, and developers
The guys at Plaxo have not only implemented social network portability, they're sharing the code.
Liberty Alliance Members
Upcoming events about Identity. A lot of these are happening in Europe; I should try to get to one.
XFN: Services & Technologies
Identity consolidation with the XFN rel="me" value. RTFM on sharing information across social networks.
Happy Cog Studios: Work: Dictionary.com
Happy Cog redesigns Dictionary.com and its siblings.