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Nov112008

Microsoft = OpenID

Posted by Gene in Technical, Web Development, Social Web

This fairly big news, Microsoft is making their Live ID an OpenID provider service. That could be big for OpenID since Microsoft is so big. I personally like using OpenID, it was a bit buggy at first but it seems they’ve worked it all out now.

Beginning today, Windows Live ID is publicly committing to support the OpenID digital identity framework with the announcement of the public availability of a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Windows Live ID OpenID Provider.

They go on to say:

All Windows Live product teams are committed to supporting open standards where such standards are relevant to our work and when they reach a sufficient level of maturity, and the Windows Live ID Team is no exception. We have been tracking the evolution of the OpenID specification, from its birth as just a dream and a vision through its development into a mature, de facto standard with terms that make it viable for us to implement it now.

Also, with Google having added OpenID to Blogger, they now look poised to roll it out for general Google apps, like Gmail, etc… Neat.

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Nov032008

Frustration-Free Packaging from Amazon

Posted by Gene in Business

If any of you have kids then you’ve spent at least 15 minutes per gift opening up the ridiculous packaging that comes with it. Its always driven me crazy. Amazon’s new “frustration free packaging” is simply genius.

The Frustration-Free Package (on the left) is recyclable and comes without excess packaging materials such as hard plastic clamshell casings, plastic bindings, and wire ties. It’s designed to be opened without the use of a box cutter or knife and will protect your product just as well as traditional packaging (on the right). Products with Frustration-Free Packaging can frequently be shipped in their own boxes, without an additional shipping box.

This is so genius in my opinion it borders on being inspiring.

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