eID: Apps need Assertions

eID in a federated environment has many complex governance aspects.  It does have a major impact in the applications which may use it.  Stian Sigvartsen has been running a blog for a couple of months on “Achieving a federated single view of the cus…

My Skype Manifesto

Last week I published my second interview with Skype CEO Tony Bates. He shared a few of his ideas about values that will guide Skype through coming challenges and growth, the way Cisco’s guided them. Tony’s list was, roughly:Engineering will lead p…

Dear John and Tim, I found Skypelandia!

Hi, John! Hi, Tim! You know that lost continent that never made it onto your map of the Battle for the Internet Economy? Found it! It’s the continent of realtime communication. I’m naming it Skypelandia. I’ve been exploring and here’s what I fo…

Identity Fallacy – No2UID

This is a tough blog. The ideas started six years ago, when I was battling with solutions for multi-agency information sharing, but they have not gone away. Robin Wilton (@futureidentity) privately reminded me. “I know you’re ahead of your time, …