Tag Archives: Chris Messina

The power of OpenID

Posted on November 11, 2009 by vanelsas

[disclaimer: this post is related to my work as CEO of Glubble] Yesterday was a big day for Glubble, a private social network for (extended) families including small children. We introduced the ability to register and log in to Glubble … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Messina, Family, Glubble for Families, OpenID | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Everybody loses in the battle over our online identity

Posted on June 10, 2009 by vanelsas

Facebook announces user names. It generates a lot of buzz on Techmeme. TechCrunch reports the obvious (vanity), but Chris Messina is the only one that is actually analyzing what Facebook is doing and what impact it can have on our … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, Facebook, social networks, Tim O'Reilly, user centric web, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

The Open, Social web needs plumbers

Posted on May 19, 2009 by vanelsas

Chris Messina has a long and good post up about the open Social Web. He hits on a topic I have written about many times as well: Moreover, by commoditizing certain fundamental features, service providers will move to compete on … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, FactoryJoe, OpenID, Rolf Skyberg, Tim O'Reilly, user centric web, web 2.0 | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment