Upon2020 (archive)
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Speaking at Microsoft’s Mix ’06
While we’re on the subject of conferences, I’m also going to speak at Mix ’06, Microsoft’s "72-hour conversation" on technology in Las Vegas. I’ll be joining Kim Cameron and a few other people on a panel titled: Today’s Identity Crisis, and the Identity Metasystem on Tuesday, March 21, at 1:30 pm. Thanks, Kim, for having…
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There are lots of things that are right about Microsoft InfoCard
I realized that some people might interpret (construe?) yesterday’s post about InfoCard Issues as some kind of attack. This is not my intention. There are many things that are right about InfoCard, and I definitely want to acknowledge that, and publicize that. So here is my current list. If you have comments or things to…
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Microsoft InfoCard Issues (Updated 2006-02-16)
[Substantially revised from the rush job yesterday, and continually updated as people comment.] [See also There are lots of things right about InfoCard] In months of discussion on public and private mailing lists, and in many meetings — most recently in a workshop hosted by Harvard’s Berkman Center — many in this community have brought…
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On “heavy” and “light” identity technologies.
I suspect I might have created the term "light-weight digital identity" (as in LID), or I was at least one of the first to widely talk about it. So given the intense discussion on what the pros and cons of "light" vs. "heavy" might be on various mailing lists these days, I thought I throw…
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Rebecca MacKinnon blogged the Hervard Identity Workshop
I recall her reporting from China for CNN. She’s now a fellow at Harvard, and she participated in the same workshop I went to last week with some very tough (but very important) questions. Rebecaa blogged the event in quite some detail from her unique background. The most important parts of her comments are her…