Last 2 SLC Tech Breakfasts

"Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids" (Trent) surveys twin-adoption studies and asserts that nature surpasses nurture in most long-term qualities of life
EconTalk podcast interviewed that author, and other researchers to get the economists view

Henry Shrapnel invented bombs (Josh)

Recent Ping Identity Summit (Josh, from Rearden Commerce)
- OpenSSL, Josso
- potential for OpenID providers to manage the user's identity

AccountChooser.com is Google's widget for easy site authentication

"Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy", where engineered livestock has desire to be eaten

SOPA is yet another piece of legislation to empower the RIAA to shut down websites


Project VRM by Doc Searles aims to build consumer-oriented identity management
Other consumer-centered projects (which aggregate demand): Google Offers, Groupon.com, HomeRun.com

Interesting projects from Rearden Commerce: enterprises typically use SAML, and there are problems trying to pass customers between sites who shouldn't have info from each other

Wouldn't it be nice to have things centralized!  (But that's what we're avoiding.)

Internet Identity Workshop is an influential conference in the identity field


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These notes are from last month:


Ryan: using git submodules (like svn externals) vs subtree merges
Linux started with BitKeeper, then wrote his own git
http://xkcd.com/963/
The daily WTF

The best way to run a company is to not only encourage loyalty and
staying with the company but also encourage people to grow and
possibly leave.

Ryan: open-source RockBox project, with great audio features for old
iPods and trying to migrate it to modern players (iPhone, Android)

Seniors: won't use a computer, but will use email on their phone
'cause it's easier; there's a service that gives you a printer connected
to the network and downloads and prints emails from some account