identity

UPDATE: the password to the wiki is mashpit

In 2006, lots of progress was made in 'identity 2.0', thanks to the hard work of sxip, and many other people and companies. If you are technical at all, come to the Vancouver Open ID Mashpit next Wednesday January 17, 2006. You will learn all you need to know. Suitable for all skill levels!

If you are an identity nijna already, bring your laptop and help others or write some code or configure your site with open identity. Identity is going to big: lots of money to be made and fun apps to use, design and write! RSVP by adding your name to the wiki. See you there!

From MashPit -- Co-op Hackathon / MashPitOpenidVancouver:

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Want to learn more about OpenID 2.0 and spend an evening hacking on the new code? Join Sxip at the OpenID 2.0 Mash Pit evening in Vancouver. There will be simultaneous events that night in Portland and other locations, with a live webcast amongst us. OpenID is an emerging Identity 2.0 standard for exchanging identity data on the internet. This is for people to come and hack on OpenID 2.0 and figure out how to make it work for their sites or applications.

We'll do a brief introduction on OpenID 2.0 and the new stuff you can do with it such as attribute exchange with the email verification service, followed by 5 minute lightening talks on whatever you want to demo or talk about and then break out into small groups to help people actually dig into the "doing" of OpenID enabling their site. The goal? More hacking, less talking.

When: Wednesday, January 17th, 2007 - 4pm until we're done (see agenda below)
Where: Vancouver, BC - Sxip Identity, 798 Beatty St. (map)
Why: Find out more about the cool new features in OpenID 2.0! See how it can help internet users and sites alike with web single sign-on and exchanging data online
Who: Anyone interested in learning more about OpenID 2.0, finding out how easy it is to get a free OpenID account, and/or how to OpenID enable their website. And for the keeners who want to share the cool things they've done with OpenID.
RSVP: Please add your name below if you can attend and indicate if you'd like to do a lightening talk or what you'd like to discuss/hack on.

Remember to bring your laptops. Sxip will supply lots of wifi, snacks and drinks...

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Networks of Networks of dynamic websites is the where we are heading on the web. Don't believe me? Read Multisite and Mass hosting Drupal by Boris to see where the web is going. [Disclosure: Of course I am biased since Boris and I are two of the founders of Bryght which uses Drupal.... blah blah blah :-) ]

[Cross posted from Bryght with title changed because I like Kris's better :-) than mine!]

Vancouver students: Want to earn $US 4500 while working on Drupal Google Summer of Code projects? We've got free WiFi, desks for two students and Drupal culture that you can soak up in spades (as well as Bryght guy Adrian being a SOC mentor) from us here at the Vancouver Bryght offices at 525 Seymour.

What's the catch? Well you have to apply by May 8th. Don't got any ideas? No problem. The Drupal community has plenty of cool ideas for software development projects. Apply online today! More info here on the official Drupal Summer of Code 2006 page as well as some tips on getting accepted.

One last thing: we'd love to have a Summer of Code student or two with us for the summer who's working on projects related to our other two open source software passions: Jabber and Identity

FROM Google Summer of Code - now accepting student applications | drupal.org:

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Hey college students, want to spend your summer writing Drupal code while getting paid by Google? Sign up to participate in the Summer of Code 2006 program and that's exactly what you could be doing.

As of May 1, Google is now accepting applications from students. You've only got until May 8th to get them in, so you'd better get on it.

Make sure to check out the list of proposed Drupal projects for inspiration. Your personal project ideas are also very welcome, so don't hesitate to deviate from the published list.

The Drupal community is absolutely dedicated to your success, and each student accepted to work on a Drupal project will have two personal mentors to work with. There is also a team of people standing by to answer your questions or help you with your application.

Make sure to read the tips and guidelines for applying.

Good luck, and may your summer be filled with great Drupal coding!

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Amazing example of how we (the software industry) make sh*tty software (in this case car rental web apps) and how we have no digital identity. Dick (and the rest of the sxip folks), Boris, Phil, Doc and Identity Woman are on the case at the Internet Identity Workshop 2006 though so at least the digital identity problem will be solved (eventually).

From Intention Economy Hell: Renting a Car - a photoset on Flickr.:

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A real-world use case that serves as a fine example for both Identity and Intention Economy discussions.

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Mike nails it. In the real world we don't have a personal relationship and id for every place we need id; we just give them something like a birth certificate or passport and they accept it! There's no reason why the online world should work that way, hence the need for digital identity.

From --Mike--: Useful Abstractions.:

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When a person has only a handful of accounts, it is reasonable to assume they can manage them. With the growth of services on the internet, it's possible that users might need to have rights assigned to them on computers they don't even know about. It's time for another level of abstraction, which is what the identity folks are all talking about.

Indentity is how we want to abstract our relationships, because we shouldn't be tired to direct personal relationships with each and every server or service on the internet.

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