Period Three Blog » Technical

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.

Comments (1)
Jan282008

Explaining RSS

Posted by Gene in Technical

I always get asked “what is RSS?” and while it’s pretty simple, peoples’ eyes still glaze over, maybe this video by commoncraft will help.

Comments (0)

Contact

1207 Lincoln Street
Columbia, SC 29201
803.588.9310 Phone
877.415.4259 Fax
info@period-three.com

Short Stuff