Vidoop team set to build open distributed social networking infrastructure. Chris Messina and Will Norris to join Vidoop to deliver and promote the next generation of social networking tools.

Slightly dated, but still accurate review of myVidoop.

“Vidoop has come up with an appealing way to both the juggling password problem and the security problem with a solution that uses visual cues instead of passwords. They have taken their technology and now offer it in a free package they call myVidoop.”

“So it’s not exactly news at this point, but it is indeed true that as of today I am now employed by Vidoop. This has been a few months in the making, so I figured I’d explain a little of why and how we got to this point.”

Excellent post about how fun it was to meet all the Portland Oregon twitter people, including @kevton and how “The Silicon Forest is also gaining ground as a major tech center & companies are upping roots moving to Quirktown. One of the latest on the long list being Vidoop. The tech scene/community in Portland is one of the most engaging I’ve encountered anywhere. I was there just for the weekend but ended up going to a Beer & Blog at the Green Dragon (actually learnt a lot) & a pizz-a-thon at @kveton’s place.” … “Portland: 13 out of 10 in my book & i’m allowed to use 13 because we are talking about Portland here :)”

Following up to his earlier post in January, Chris Messina writes about his ideas for different conceptual flows for OpenID mobile. Great suggestions on how OpenID authentication could work for mobile sites. Also worth reading is the comment by Allen Tom.

“Bonus: Twauth v0.2: using Twitter direct messages”…

“Twauth addresses this issue by replacing the alphanumeric password entry by a digits-only 5-digit one-time code sent to the mobile phone via Twitter/SMS, that the user then enters on the openid authentication page.”

“I was talking to Scott Kveton the other day & he confirmed what i already believe to be true. Twitter is acting as an accelerator of serendipity. Why is this? I believe the following factors play a large role in this” …. Do you feel Twitter is accelerating serendipity?

· Article discusses general problems with passwords, why they aren’t secure enough, trouble for end users, and strategies to fix this.

· General information that is more or less common knowledge, but not necessarily common practice

“I’d signed up for an OpenID years ago but I had never used it, until recently I went to sign up for a site and it only offered OpenID. Perhaps until now I’ve been blind to OpenID support, but ever since I keep finding sites that either offer OpenID as an alternative to setting up an account, or only offer OpenID as a sign in option. After years of promise, finally OpenID is gaining widespread support. Here’s what you need to know…”

A blast from the past… post from Web 2.0 Expo 2007 noting five cool companies to watch… and Vidoop is one of em’ with the note “look for this company to grow swiftly.” …

Chris Messina’s thoughts on the DataPortability group, the stack of technologies associated with it, and much more. Long but worth reading.

“Google Health is an important initiative, if only because it shows users how completely broken medical record-keeping is right now. But this product comes with a warning label.”

“What makes Portland such a hub of potential for Internet companies? Is there something in the water? Do factors like a well-established creative class, support for open source, and a lower cost of living make this a place for Web outfits to call home?….

I recently set out to find answers to some of those questions.”

Ignite proposals are due on May 28th! That means you have only 10 days to come up with an awesome, killer idea for the Ignite Portland event in June. We don’t have very many submissions so far, so your chances are good!

The diagram illustrates the following scenario. Romeo wants to find the current location of Juliette. So his semantic web user agent GET’s her current foaf file. But Juliette wants to protect information about her current whereabouts and reveal it only to people she trusts, so she configures her server to require the user agent to authenticate itself in order to get more information. If the user agent can prove that is is owned by one of her trusted friends, and Romeo in particular, she will deliver the information to it (and so to him).