Titled Why i-names? I think they work for my people., Kaliya Hamlin makes a good case for i-names. Personally, I think it will take some time before we all know whether i-names are going to fly, and if so, for whom and for what application. Good arguments are being raised against, as are being raised…

According to a recent edit at the OSIS wiki, the Higgins project has repositioned itself slightly and sharpened its focus on what they call an Identity Agent: Higgins is an open source project hosted at the Eclipse Foundation. Although Higgins components can also be used to create IdPs and RPs, the focus is on creating…

James McGovern posted a number of questions and thoughts on Federated Identity and Authorization (the most recent installment is here), and challenged a bunch of us to respond. Well, here are some answers from my point of view: Hopefully, Johannes and Kim can tell me if Cardspace as a user interface and open ID as…

Since Adam Bosworth ran around with a business card that said "health" at PC Forum, I’ve been wondering what he’s been up to at Google. Today, finally a somewhat clarifying post: Google will do something about healthcare, but it’s not clear yet what exactly. My gut reaction is two-fold: Good: I trust Google a lot…

Wow, our article "The case for OpenID" got slashdotted this morning.