Comments on: inames: Your Portable Identity http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/03/inames-your-portable-identity/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard Rodger http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/03/inames-your-portable-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-22933 Richard Rodger Tue, 04 Jul 2006 13:59:14 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/03/inames-your-portable-identity/#comment-22933 Paul is right - the killer app is IM. Buddy lists are the next big thing. How you hook it all up is the problem that has to be solved and I don't yet see how inames will do it. Paul is right – the killer app is IM. Buddy lists are the next big thing. How you hook it all up is the problem that has to be solved and I don’t yet see how inames will do it.

]]> By: Paul Jardine http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/03/inames-your-portable-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-22924 Paul Jardine Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:23:21 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/03/inames-your-portable-identity/#comment-22924 the 2idi.com site registering i-names is doing so at $20 a shot, I could get a domain name for a couple of years for that! myopenid is free, but I'm not really convinced it will be successful unless it gets accepted by something like Jabber, MySpace, or Skype or another big IM tool. Unlikely... the 2idi.com site registering i-names is doing so at $20 a shot, I could get a domain name for a couple of years for that!
myopenid is free, but I’m not really convinced it will be successful unless it gets accepted by something like Jabber, MySpace, or Skype or another big IM tool. Unlikely…

]]> By: Anonymous http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/03/inames-your-portable-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-22903 Anonymous Tue, 04 Jul 2006 08:51:33 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/03/inames-your-portable-identity/#comment-22903 <strong>inames and Identity...</strong> Alec Saunders, writes in his blog about a universal identification system that is being worked on named inames. He writes: What’s an iname? It’s a human friendly handle (mine is =alec.saunders) for a person or organization that you can use...... inames and Identity…

Alec Saunders, writes in his blog about a universal identification system that is being worked on named inames. He writes: What’s an iname? It’s a human friendly handle (mine is =alec.saunders) for a person or organization that you can use……

]]> By: Vijay http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/03/inames-your-portable-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-22902 Vijay Tue, 04 Jul 2006 08:48:05 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/03/inames-your-portable-identity/#comment-22902 Pretty interesting. I am wondering how it will differentiate between similar names. But, its definitely a step in the right direction. Certainly seems like it. Pretty interesting. I am wondering how it will differentiate between similar names. But, its definitely a step in the right direction. Certainly seems like it.

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/03/inames-your-portable-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-22640 Alec Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:08:02 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/03/inames-your-portable-identity/#comment-22640 inames is an application built on OpenID, Boris. inames is an application built on OpenID, Boris.

]]> By: Boris Mann http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/03/inames-your-portable-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-22638 Boris Mann Mon, 03 Jul 2006 14:59:16 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/07/03/inames-your-portable-identity/#comment-22638 How many =joe.smiths are there? I like URL-based identity schemes like OpenID or SXIP better. I don't think putting an equal sign in front of something necessarily makes it easy. It works today with Wordpress and many other systems -- try http://www.myopenid.com, http://www.claimid.com, or install a plugin. How many =joe.smiths are there?

I like URL-based identity schemes like OpenID or SXIP better. I don’t think putting an equal sign in front of something necessarily makes it easy. It works today with Wordpress and many other systems — try http://www.myopenid.com, http://www.claimid.com, or install a plugin.

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