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Yes friends, I’m turning 29 and I’ve decided to go work for The Man. In all actuality, I’ve been mulling over such a move for some time, considering a number of compelling opportunities for my next step. After reviewing my options — in light of the progress I’ve made so far and my familiarity and Continue reading "Happy birthday to me! I’m joining Google"
When I left Flock in 2006, I blogged the occasion, having helped start the company by contributing a vision for what I thought the web needed: a social browser. When I was laid off from Vidoop last month, I didn t so much as tweet about it. The circumstances were different this time. But because the Continue reading "The Fall of Vidoop"
Michael Moore is a polarizing figure with a mild-mannered way of suggesting some rather far-fetched, ultra-liberal ideas. I find myself often feeling swayed by his emphaticness but more often than not, unconvinced by the logic of his arguments. That said, he does from time to time incite a good deal of discourse and discussion, and Continue reading "Michael Moore s advice to Obama on General…
Stowe Boyd launched Microsyntax.org this morning and announced that I will be the first member of his advisory board. Stowe and I have batted around a number of ideas for making posts on Twitter contain more information than what is superficially presented, and this new effort should create a space in which ideas, research, proposals Continue reading "Stowe Boyd launches Microsyntax.org"
I was in Europe for the past week and half, ending up in Leuven, Belgium to speak at the Twiist.be conference. The topic of my talk was The Open, Social Web. (PDF) http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayerd.swf?doc=thedisoproject-090515121321-phpapp02 rel=0 stripped_title=the-open-social-web At first I struggled to develop a compelling or sensible narrative for the talk as there is so much to…
It dawned on me recently that, not only are we in a period of great change and transformation, but that those of us who have been working on the web to make it a more social and humane place have only barely begun the process of taking the personality-ization (not personalization ) and connectedness that we Continue reading "Comixology and the future of connected commerce"
I d originally intended to respond to Joshua Schacter s post about URL shorteners and how they re merely the tip of the data iceberg, but since I missed that debate, Google has fortuitously plied me with an even better example by releasing custom profile URLs today. My point is to reiterate one of Tim O Reilly s ever-prescient admonishments Continue reading "Google Profiles, namespace lock-in…
Let me state the problem plainly: in order to provide better service, it helps to know more about your customer, so that you can more effectively anticipate and meet her needs. But, pray tell, how do you learn about or solicit such information over the course of your first interaction? Moreover, how do you go Continue reading "Portable Profiles Preferences on the Citizen-Centric Web"
Prompted by posts by Randy Reddig and Tony Stubblebine and a conversation with Elliott Kember, I wanted to address, yet again, the big fat stinking elephant in the room: OpenID usability and the paradox of choice. Elliott proposed a pretty clear picture of what he thinks OpenID should look like on StackOverflow, given the relative Continue reading "Does OpenID need to be hard?"
I ll be attending the upcoming Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) May 18 20, 2009 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The event started in 2005 and has become a staple of the identity community over the past several years, contributing to the emergence of technologies like OpenID and OAuth. This year s event promises to Continue reading "One day left for early-bird discounts…