What could be a better occasion for starting a new blog on user centric identity than last weeks IIW 2007b unconference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View?

150 participants representing companies of all sizes from prospective startups to Yahoo, Microsoft and Google witnessed the official release of new protocol specifications for XRI, OpenID and OAuth as well as the presentation of new ambitious projects within the realms of reputation and self-management of profile data.

It is amazing to see how self funded enthusiastic individuals and companies in the US have developed these technologies over the last couple of years.

As a european citizen it is equally sad to realize that the European Union has wasted millions of Euro on fancy projects, that will never get traction in the marketplace.

Yet, as a citizen of Denmark, I see several unique options for employing and combining multiple identity related technologies to the benefit of both individuals and visionary companies. So this blog will be a place to watch for thoughts on the nuts and bolts as well as the incentives to build innovative user centric services.

My Technorati Profile