Comment with OpenID

Published on July 7th, 2009 View Comments

Disqus announced today that its commenting widget finally supports OpenID.

You may recall they’ve been quickly adding other ways to login and leave a comment, including Facebook Connect and Twitter. I applaud their support for multiple authentication mechanisms.
I’ve enabled OpenID here, and as you probably know, I’m a proponent. So, if OpenID is your bag, feel [...]

The Race for Your Identity: Twitter vs Facebook

Published on June 13th, 2009 View Comments

It’s been a while since I blogged over here, the last few months have been intense adding new members to my team in the national security group.  We’ve been working on some really great projects that I’d love to talk about but I’d have to kill you.  There is something new on the horizon that [...]

OpenID: WebVisions 2009

Published on May 26th, 2009 View Comments

As promised, here’s the riveting second installment of my sort-of recap from WebVisions last week.

On Friday last week, I went to the OpenID panel discussion, hosted by Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb and starring Scott Kveton, vice-chair of the OpenID foundation board of directors and bacon enthusiast, Chris Messina, community advocate for OpenID, OAuth, and open [...]

Use Twitter to Leave a Comment

Published on May 22nd, 2009 View Comments

I’m so far behind on my reading, having been on vacation and currently attending WebVisions.
Still, I noticed a post to the Disqus blog from last week announcing their support for sign-in via Twitter. You may recall they also support Facebook Connect, which I enabled back in March, and now you can also use your Twitter [...]

Leave a Comment using Facebook Connect

Published on March 9th, 2009 View Comments

Just before Christmas, Disqus announced their support for Facebook Connect. At the time I remember being a little disappointed with the decision, due to Facebook’s closed nature and what seemed like a choice for the walled garden of Facebook and against the open web (OpenID, OAuth, OpenSocial).
I like Disqus; they’ve been responsive when we’ve had [...]

Google Friend Connect Adds Twitter

Published on December 15th, 2008 View Comments

Hard to believe, but not everyone seems excited about Google Friend Connect or Facebook Connect or MySpaceID for that matter.
Must be the time of year.
Anyway, I remain excited about GFC because if nothing else, it adds social to any web site, which is something I think appeals to the vast majority of users. I’d love [...]

I Got ID

Published on December 4th, 2008 View Comments

Ever since the WWW came online, the consumer web has pwned the enterprise web.
The consumer web is the ‘tubes at large, with all its content, bells and whistles, networking, gradients, rounded corners and flashing lights. The enterprise web is the intratubes, erm intranet, inside the corporate firewall, hidden from outsiders and often from insiders.
There no [...]

What’s Your GPS Do?

Published on August 19th, 2008 View Comments

Yesterday, I quipped:
Processing “I’m at the Green Dragon” is far easier than processing “I’m at 928 SE 9th Avenue, Portland, OR”. Unless you’re a GPS device. In which case, you and your friends should have no trouble finding each other.
And lo, today via Mashable, I read about Garmin and uLocate teaming up to link [...]