Comments on: No Clue on Technology

By: markus

markus — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:16:31 +0000

just adding to the comments above: while the technological issues (writing specs, implementing them, assessing security issues…) are important, to me it seems far more important to ask the right questions, to develop best practices, usage patterns and the like.

while at times you’ve been at the cheergroup side of things nsr definitely is the best place to kick of discussions and to come up with an informed opinion about openid in germany.

By: Carsten Pötter

Carsten Pötter — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:52:28 +0000

Thanks to everyone for all the kind words. Yes, I learn new things by writing about them (usually I do some basic research before, ha, ha) but I am not convinced that is enough.

This year is probably crucial for OpenID. It will either lead to mass adoption (= one of the big guys accepts it at all properties) or it will fail in the long run. If it will lead to mass adoption people will need more information about it (usability and other, usually non-technical stuff). I can contribute to that. But until then OpenID is technology driven and that’s where I lack knowledge.

By: David Recordon

David Recordon — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:17:58 +0000

Hey Carsten I’d be pretty disappointed if you stopped blogging about OpenID! I definitely read your posts and enjoy your perspective. Posts like your Beginners Guide (http://www.notsorelevant.com/2007-09-02/a-beginners-guide-to-openid/) are invaluable resources on the web when people are looking for information about OpenID. It is rare that technologists take the time to write long guides for beginners. Then talking about making OpenID friendly (http://www.notsorelevant.com/2008-02-02/user-friendly-openid-implementation/) is a great overview of the things Yahoo! did to make their Provider easier to use and recognize on RPs while also balancing some of the potential pitfalls.

I’m thinking about coming over to Identity Camp in Bremen and hope to meet you there!

By: marcel weiss

marcel weiss — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:38:16 +0000

Carsten, you may not have studied something in that direction (dunno about your background) but you certainly know a good deal about OpenID and such stuff.
You know you accumulate quite a lot of knowledge by constantly reading articles on one topic, don’t you?
I mean, come on, you may not know everything but you certainly know more about OpenID than most people out there, even the ones writing about it as well.
And like Frank said “writing is all about learning.”. we’re all there we are now because of constant writing.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:54:24 +0000

Come on…

By: Frank Westphal

Frank Westphal — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:24:27 +0000

Can’t talk for you, Carsten, and I won’t talk you out or back into your idea, but for me writing is all about learning. I often literally don’t know what I think before I hear what I say.

PS - even top tech bloggers like the Techcrunchies and ReadWriteWebs aren’t always spot-on with their analysis, especially in the technical arena, e.g. Twitter architecture challenge

Keep on keeping on!