Monthly Archives: July 2011

Identity, SSO, and networked namespaces

Jud Valeski had a notable observation about how potentially powerful an OS level namespace and single sign-on capability could be for internetworked applications: Everyone’s talking about the power of Twitter and Apple’s native single sign-on model in iOS 5. While … Continue reading

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Is the sorry state of American education actually good for software innovation?

The following is a bit in the realm of pointless mind games and Devil’s Advocate, so grain of salt applies. It struck me that America’s currently abhorrent state of education may, in an odd, counterproductive way actually be helping to … Continue reading

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GOP debt ceiling strategy: How to be greedy, stupid and crazy all at once

I’ve been struggling to put into words just how upsetting the GOP’s debt ceiling strategy really is and I think it has to be broken down into three categories: 1. It’s insanely greedy. Refusing to raise taxes on the rich … Continue reading

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