eek! After catching up on my reading, I realized that I had an identity crisis - a deficiency in being able to explain digital identity in everyday language. Ugh. The good news is that I tend to read a lot of blogs that raise my IQ. Kim Cameron acknowledged Dick Hardt is joining Microsoft. I didn't know Dick, but I follow Kim, so I decided to take Kim's advice...
"There has never been a better presentation on identity than Dick’s presentation on Identity 2.0. He has played a pivotal role as a catalyst and contributed great thinking and technical ideas to the identity community as an important figure in OpenID. It’s exciting to think that we’ll be working together more closely - I have no doubt that Microsoft will be a good place for him to continue all the good work he has beein doing, as a key figure in moving user-centric identity forward as fast as possible."
Wow, I watched that presentation. What a treat! I feel I can now articulate digital identity...even to my wife.
So what's the deal with the Geneva Framework? Given a healthier understanding of digital identity and claims based authorization, I have a better appreciation for the resources on the Geneva Framework MSDN page - nicely laid out with links to blogs, videos and white papers. I like the David Chappell white paper - a must read imho.
P.S. If you don't get MSDN Magazine, check out these recent "Geneva" articles.