Big players are playing with OpenID

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Update: these two blog posts make it seem as if Google's way of doing things are more legit than I thought - bit if that is the case then I have to wonder why there is so little information around about the changes to OpenID. I don't have much time for ...

How to build a decentralized social network

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

I really like OpenID. Not that the opportunity to use it presents itself often enough at this stage - but it is still great. You see the thing I like about OpenID, Jabber, RSS and all the other web standards is that they all present a lot of potential - ...

Facebook Chat: it’s love & hate

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Right. So yes everybody knows, Facebook Chat has been rolled out to the rest of us not considered worthy of testing it - and it "changes everything". Vincent Mayer sure got that one right - and as everyone is busy explaining your Facebook contacts are different from your normal IM contacts. ...

A South African Minister doing the right thing about technology?

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

South African governmental ministers are not generally known for their wise decisions regarding technology, but maybe that just comes from the Department of Communications. The Minister of Public Service and Administration, Geraldine Fraser-Moleket, made excellent comments recently regarding software patents and Microsoft's 'open' office standard. The particular remarks were made to a ...

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