idno
I wrote a post as a submission for the W3C's upcoming Workshop on Social Standards: The Future of Business. great post to readargue I believe that these compelling business models exist, and that they are most easily discoverable in the enterprise. However, belief is not demonstration: we must
Data control
I'm posting over at werd.io, a site I've set up based on my idno software. I wrote a short technical introduction to the platform: IndieWeb principles Right now I'm using it as a blog, but the intention is that it could power a
Software development
It looks like I'm not the only person who likes the idea of signed HTTP requests as an authentication method. Joyent and Digital Bazaar have co-written an Internet draft for cryptographically signed HTTP requests: Several web service providers have invented their own schemes for signing HTTP requests, but
Software development
Ryan Holiday laments the loss of Google Reader and RSS in general in Our Regressive Web, arguing that if someone came up with them today, we'd think they were brilliant ideas: We’re just regressing. [...] RSS is impervious to blogging’s worst, but most profitable traits. [...] No wonder
Software development
This site is (right now) powered by the WordPress open source blogging engine. If you hit "view source" in your browser, somewhere near the top, this is what you'll see: <meta name="generator" content="WordPress x.x.x" /> (Where x.
Web
Internet security expert Bruce Schneier is worried about the increase in Internet nationalism: For technology that was supposed to ignore borders, bring the world closer together, and sidestep the influence of national governments, the Internet is fostering an awful lot of nationalism right now. We've started to see
Software development
Tantek Çelik has written an important post about silos vs an open, social web: Selfdogfood It's thought-provoking, and worth a read: On Silos vs an Open Social Web. Tantek defines "selfdogfooding" as "using your own creations on your own personal site that you depend on,
Web
Google Reader was a tentpole of the web I wanted: open, with full freedom of expression that wasn't tethered to the platform you happened to choose to use. That web is now, largely, gone. Reader will be discontinued this spring. In the same announcement, Google are talking about
Web
You can cut your cord, ditch cable and put together a perfectly good home entertainment solution, TV and all, for a one-off payment of around $400. Here's what I did. When I moved to the US in 2011, I made the decision that I wouldn't re-subscribe
Politics
This speech, in honor of Aaron Swartz, pretty much sums up why I work on the web. This is why it's worthwhile. He was part of an army of citizens that rejects kings and generals and believes in rough consensus and running code. [...] Aaron Swartz was not a
Politics
The geniuses, the nonconformists, the hackers, writers, lovers, activists and revolutionaries. Those should be our heroes. Aaron Swartz was someone to look up to. I didn't know Aaron, but know plenty of people who did. The memories of him, his life and work all paint a humanist picture
Software development
Facebook's new Graph Search is an exceptionally powerful idea. Here are some searches I'm looking forward to running: * Bars my friends like in San Francisco * My friends who like Doctor Who and live near me and like pizza * Friends that know [insert investor or entrepreneur name