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Lessons learned from Windows Live ID's foray into Open ID

Posted Friday, August 28, 2009 8:36 AM by alogan
Jorgen Thelin just posted Windows Live ID OpenID Community Technology Preview Status Update (August 2009) . Community Technology Previews must be expected to come and go. They are used to get feedback from developers, validate ideas, disappear and come Read More...
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Report Abuse on the “consent” / delegation screen

Posted Monday, August 24, 2009 8:22 AM by alogan
Earlier today when I saw a ton of twitter/facebook spam from an app called 140blood I thought it was some type of hack again. It looks like the app is accessing the service legitimately but is just malicious/spammy. Wouldn’t it be cool to report abuse Read More...
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Interview

Posted Monday, August 17, 2009 10:25 AM by alogan
I just did a quick interview with mynetx as part of a Windows Live and You series This blog is awesome: it has the Messenger Web Toolkit running on it so you can see if he is online or even sign in using the Web Bar. The interview covered some of my background, Read More...
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Try out being a control freak without needing to code (Interactive SDK)

Posted Friday, August 14, 2009 4:40 PM by alogan
Ever wanted to see what’s possible (and even write code) with web controls just by clicking a few times in the browser? That is exactly what you can do with the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit Interactive SDK ( WLT iSDK ) . You can: Sign into the Messenger Read More...
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Would you pay to have your identity in a fashionable namespace?

Posted Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:31 PM by alogan
Chris Messina thinks there is a revenue opportunity in branded namespaces – For a mere $50 minimum donation ( $25 for students ), you can own a limited edition URL and profile from Creative Commons that identifies you to the world and provides a compelling Read More...
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Making email viral – forward to the public / your followers

Posted Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:06 PM by alogan
I just got an email from Virgin America and one of the interesting things was “Tweet this” button They let me share their email campaign easily with the masses. If you think about how email usually gets shared, people forward it – to a limited number Read More...
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