Wednesday, December 4, 2002

33 Items You Should Read. Today I came across Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing [via manicwave] and 25 Information Architecture Theses via [McGee's Musings]. I enjoyed both lists. [The Shifted Librarian] 3:40:31 PM

Glenbrook: Digital identity is not just about security any more!. My partner Carol Coye Benson writes: There's a sea change happening in the world of digital identity. Suddenly, crypto-geeks and impassioned aficionados of biometrics, software tokens, and smart cards are being pushed to the side. The suits have arrived! Digital identity is no longer about security; it's now a marketing conversation. [Scott Loftesness] 10:05:56 AM

Edgization? What's the opposite of centralization? What do you call the process by which intelligence moves to the outside while the inside stays as stable and dumb as possible - you know, kind of the way the Earth organized itself: massive dumb core in the middle, providing gravity for the living beings that do their stuff on the outside? Right now we're calling it "decentralization," which is a topic Kevin Werbach is having us explore at Supernova 2002 next week. I'm thinking we need a neologism here. Anyway, Supernova will be thick with wi-fi and blogged out the ying-yang, to be sure. Here's the show blog, already cranking (with links to attending bloggers). [The Doc Searls Weblog] 5:57:48 AM