Archive for 2008/07


Vidoop Labs launch

Vidoop Labs launches today as a central place where we will be showcasing existing and future technology projects that we are investing in for the future of unified identity and dataportability on the open web. Existing projects are listed, but keep an eye out for several new initiatives we will be launching over the [...]

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Vidoop supports the Open Web

While speculations abound, it is indeed true that Chris Messina and Scott Kveton from Vidoop, along with many, many others, have been working hard over the last few months to help create the Open Web Foundation (OWF). Vidoop is excited to be so involved in an organization that is going to really help ease [...]

New myVidoop release includes form-filling plugin and more…

We’ve released a new version of myVidoop packed with new features. After getting lots of great feedback we are very pleased to be releasing updated versions of Vidoop.com and our identity provider myVidoop, including updates for our Firefox myVidoop plugin that does automatic form-filling for you!
That’s right, the (Firefox) plugin will now fill out [...]

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myVidoop site upgrade

We’ve got some great upgrades to our service ready, but we’ll need to take the service offline to roll them out.  So, myVidoop will be unavailable tomorrow morning (7/24/08) from 7am to 9am CDT.  We’ll be introducing some new features which we’ll tell you about in a later blog post (or just check out the [...]

Chris Messina wins Google-O’Reilly Open Source Award

We are very proud that Chris Messina (aka @factoryjoe), a recent addition to the Vidoop team, has recently received the award for ‘best community amplifier’. You can read about the history and see past winners at the Google-O’Reilly Open Source Awards - Hall of Fame but the general idea is…
The Google-O’Reilly Open Source Awards have [...]

Email Address to URL Transformation (EAUT) specification now available!

We’re proud to announce that Draft 5 of the Email Address to URL Transformation (EAUT) specification is now available. What does this mean to me you may be asking yourself? It means that coming soon to an OpenID login form near you, you will be able to use your email address as [...]

Vidoop will be lifting your spirits during OSCON 2008

OSCON 2008 by itself is enough to geek out about, but don’t forget about the parties!

Tuesday, July 22, 7pm: Django Drinkup! come to Jax Bar to meet other Djangonauts from OSCON and the Portland area. We reserved the Jax Bar rooftop patio. It’s easy and free to get to Jax from the Convention Center on [...]

myVidoop server maintenance

myVidoop.com will be down for server maintenance from 12am - 2am CDT July 18, 2008.  We appologize for not posting this notice sooner.
Update:  the maintenance window is actually from 12am - 4am CDT; we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Update:  the maintenance has been completed and myvidoop.com is back online.