I discovered at last minute a developer event on Yahoo! FireEagle at Covent Garden tonight and decided to rush down there. FireEagle is pretty intriguing as the first serious attempt at an OAuth API (though Google Contacts now qualifies too). For me, that was the main draw; but the actual service it offers is also […]
FireEagle Developer Event
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: General · SoftwareDev
OAuth-OpenID: You’re Barking Up the Wrong Tree if you Think They’re the Same Thing
November 10th, 2007 · No Comments
OAuth is not Open ID. They have a different purpose. I’ve been playing around with OAuth a bit in the past couple weeks and have a grip on what it’s aiming to do and what it’s not aiming to do. To start with, here’s what OAuth does have in common with Open ID: They […]
Tags: HumansAndTech · SoftwareDev
Advice to OAuth Providers: Consumers, Consumers, Consumers
November 7th, 2007 · No Comments
Gabe Wacho offers some good advice to OAuth providers: Understand that many of the consumer applications of your service are driving users to your site, and in the world of composable services, your consumer application developers will often have choice. Choice means power. Recognize. Several good points in his article. The main message, though, is to target […]
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