Responding to criticisms about OpenID: convenience, security and personal agency | FactoryCity sad that a SSO which is a small improvement for the user seems such a big deal - means the web is in pretty dire state…? (tags: privacy web2.0 security identity dataportability openID chrismessina OA...

FT.com / Companies / Technology - Warner Music pulls out of YouTube licensing deal hm, Warner Music doesn't like negligble revenue from youtube sharing advertising. nooo! shock, horror, no shit sherlock.. and words to that effect. (tags: google youtube copyright music license advertising revenu...

Top 25 Ways to Tell if Your Social Media Expert Is a Carpetbagger » The Buzz Bin this is actually quite good. and plenty of examples of such people in the comments! (tags: socialmedia agency social blog business communications consultants) Mitch and the Jerk | SMLXL alan's take on the lame Bec...

Yesterday at one of my client workshops I was explaining the benefits of Twitter - I use the term ’synchronicity maximised’ to describe the ad hoc organisation of encounters, connectivity and sharing that makes Twitter so useful and addictive. I mentioned an example of twittering my loca...

David Cushman asked for my thoughts on his post about finding a way to express our id and metadata outwardly just as broadly and effectively as your email account can collate it centrally. My first impression was that the question might be about logins or GUID* management based on this: So if I aske...

Bad Science » You are 80% less likely to die from a meteor landing on your head if you wear a bicycle helmet all day. fascinating. yet another reason to give people the raw data so they can present it to themselves in way they want. not everyone will but that's not the point. (tags: healthcare...

Now that the calendar is walking out of your life, here is a quick and dirty guide to how you can stay up to date on tech: Gary's Guide: This is by far my favorite. It's not only easy to navigate, it's industry specific. As long as the site isn't down, you'll save time and effort with Gary. Upcoming...

It's not such a bad thing that Valleywag Calendar will be gone after this week. The scarcity of upcoming events in the Valley means you'll have time to devote to the real things that matter this holiday season-shopping, eating, drinking, oh and family. But before you get festive, there are a few die...

Literary Schadenfreude (via Gothamist) Poet Clive James wrote a poem in which he gloated over finding a competitor's book in a remainder bin.  Honestly, though, the best place to find contemporary poetry books is the 50% off stacks at The Strand.  The last time I was there I found a number...

My favorite Mets player has a name that most fans and even Shea staff don't recognize right away.  "Stokes, is he new?" asked a hot dog vendor two weeks ago.  "I thought Stokes was your maiden name" remarked a fan seated behind me.  On any given night Shea Stadium ...