OpenIDSpeaking at the Future of Web Apps
Just a quick update to say that I’ll be speaking at the Future of Web Apps conference in London on February the 21st, talking about OpenID. I really enjoyed last year’s event and feel honored to be included in such an exciting schedule.
I gave a 15 minute introductory talk on OpenID at the first Oxford Geek Night last Wednesday. The event was an enormous success (attracting over 100 people) and there should be another one in the not too distant future. Recommended.
Great Simon,
I'll be there...
Jesse
Jesse - 11th February 2007 13:50 - #
Alas! this is the first I head of the Future of Web Apps conference. The programme looks pretty cool, but not surprisingly they're long sold-out.
The recent FoWA in SF was followed up with a great set of podcasts. Hopefully the same will be true for the London events.
As I spend around 4 hours a day commuting anyway, I figured the podcasts were a better way to consume than attending in person this year.
Exactly the same as me Damian!
Looks an excellent line up. I suspect there will be multiple write-ups around the web after the event.
I really liked your speech and directly setup my own openid at idproxy.net. Additionally I made a redirect via my own page because (sorry) I don't want to have to rely on your service (you made this suggestion).
Now I noticed a problem with this redirect, because although I stay independed on any openid provider, my own server is clearly less reliable than any proffesional openid service provider.
A second question I forgot to answer was: are any existing companies planning to switch to openid and allow me to merge my openid with any existing logins I already might have?
Cristiano: what happens when your provider goes down is certainly something people need to think about. It's almost analogous to losing your password, so it's feasible that applications will start re-using their "lost your password" e-mail recovery flows for handling "lost your OpenID".
I haven't heard many companies publically announce their intention to allow OpenID logins, with the exception of AOL. The more people with OpenIDs the more likely it is sites will start supporting it, which is why I suggest people create an OpenID even if they don't need one to log in to the sites that they use at the moment.
I'd been meaning to set up an OpenID for a while, but hadn't got my head round it...
Heard you speak this morning at FOWA and got right on it (in the EasyCafe on High St Ken, believe it or not - damn wifi).
You're very persuasive. I thought I might be the first in here with the news, but no joy. Damn wifi.
Cheers!
Your talk in Oxford Geek Night was short and concise. Thanks.