Pascal Van Hecke – Daily Links

A comprehensive guide to OpenID protocol and running OpenID enabled websites: Getting started with OpenID; Creating OpenID-enabled web sites; Running OpenID server; OpenID in the enterprise (free to download)

(tags: openid book ebook download free authentication identitymanagement resource reference)

“The disruptive, value-generating improvements for the user are realized in the “mashability” of the travel calendar app, not in its “embedability”… It’s no mystery why …: it’s designed to let other walled-gardens compete with Facebook”

(tags: openid janrain opensocial businessmodel facebook socialnetworking socialnetworks walledgarden opendata digitalidentity)

3-column port of this excellent theme, unfortunately still not widget-enabled

(tags: blogging wordpress theme 3column pressrow)

3 categories that these applications can be organised into:
Identity formation 43% (self-presentation and collective identity formation)
Phatic Communication 37% (sociability more than information)
Other 20% (social organisation, communication, games)

(tags: analysis facebook facebookapplications socialsoftware social_software socialnetworking)