On Jan 30, 2008 11:14 PM, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Jesse, > Not that it's really relevant to the thread but I've been meaning to > pick your brain on the OpenID measures that Yahoo is taking. What are > your thoughts on it, and does it have any bearing on your new > business?
Honestly, I'm not an absolute expert on OpenID itself. Phil Windley here in town is the one to talk to about that. However, I do think yahoo's adoption of it is big news. Yahoo was one of the first to adopt the "single-signon" idea, buying up various properties, and implementing their login on top of those platforms, regardless of whether they had anything to do with the yahoo search engine or not. They've now accumulated a huge database of users in this single-signon database. As yahoo encourages this among their users, OpenID will spread fast. As to ramifications for my business, I'd really like to see relationships tied into OpenID in some way. I really like the Data Portability movement that is going on right now (http://dataportability.org/). If there is some way to combine OpenID with data portability about relationships and other information about people, I think information will spread fast, new business models will be created, and more opportunity will ensue. Beyond that, I want to see more "certificates" that tie in to that information - I want to get rid of the Drivers License and move to entirely digital ID (so I can just have my cell phone in my pocket, no wallet!) Jesse -- Jesse Stay Facebook, Bebo, OpenSocial Expert Partner, CSO: http://www.SocialOptimize.com Co-Author: I'm on Facebook -- Now What??? http://FacebookAdvice.com Blogger: http://www.jessestay.com http://www.socialoptimize.com/blog Phone: (801) 853-8339 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
