Archive for May 2016

8 entries

Notes from Gluecon 2016

Wed May 25 17:45:00 2016

Here are notes I live tweeted at Gluecon 2016.
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I Am Sybil

Mon May 23 15:43:00 2016

Our online identities are fragmented, hosted by multiple services. This limits people's ability to act independently online. We can fix that.
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Building a Virtual University

Thu May 19 11:28:00 2016

With the proper architecture, we can create student learning systems that support virtual universities that offer programs made up from courses of study at various institutions. This article describes a modular approach to designing university systems that allows for a virtual university while also providing significant benefits to students.
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Why Companies Need Self-Sovereign Identity

Fri May 13 16:38:00 2016

All the talk of self-sovereign identity can come off sounding anti-company. The truth is that companies and other organizations stand to gain as much from a self-sovereign identity system as individuals. This post explains how self-sovereign identity systems solve problems for companies, using healthcare as example.
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Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity

Wed May 11 20:46:00 2016

Self-sovereign identities are increasingly necessary in a world where large portions of our lives are intermediated by software systems. This post references ten principles that self-sovereign identities should have to be effecting at protecting human freedom.
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Building a Personal API

Tue May 10 20:35:00 2016

The BYU University API committee has been looking for a good project to jumpstart our efforts in personal APIs. The BYU Domains project is not only providing the means to host the personal API, but the initial project as well.
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Personal APIs in a University Setting

Thu May 5 20:38:00 2016

This is the abstract from my proposal to speak at APIStrat 2016.
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A Pico-Based Platform for ESProto Sensors

Mon May 2 16:36:00 2016

Spimes are a wonderful intellectual framework for thinking about the Internet of Things. This blog post shows how spimes can be created using picos and then applied to a sensor platform called ESProto.
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