Last day of the summer - blogging ‘08
There’s a moment in the Snag Films’ documentary “Africa Unite” where Ziggy Marley is talking about his father Bob’s efforts when Zimbabwe was freed. Ziggy talks about a father listening to his son’s pleas, and they showed footage of a 9 year old Ziggy dancing on stage at the Zimbabwe liberated concert. Classic footage. Lots of great Haile Sellasie footage, including his speeches at the League of Nations and the UN. Conquering Lion, Lion of Judah - direct descendant from the Queen of Sheeba. Great Rastafarian history and the loop is closed when a 70 year old rasta comes back to Ethiopia - and visit’s Haile Sellasie’s church. Wonderful documentary - highly recommended.
Congrats to Eran Hammer-Lahav and the rest of the oAuth team. Their standard has now received full indemnified clearance (called ’sanctioned for release) so no BigCo or contributor need fear of adopting said standard - in case somebody tries to sue. This is a crucial step towards uptake and the reason why the OWF (OpenWeb Foundation) was formed. Eran is one of the leaders of the oAuth effort as well as a founder of the OWF.
Natural language has always been a holey grail of our industry. 25 years ago HAL tried to bring it to Lotus 1-2-3. Ubiquity is trying to do it - now. Its a brilliant move on Mozilla’s behalf to extend what the browser is - and differentiate from IE! Scoble’s right, no one but a passionate user would ever bother with the steep learning curve.
Angus Logan points to an answer to my question “How will Microsoft Live Mesh connect to our Open Mesh?”
I don’t go to voting contests or things like TechCrunch50 - but I’ll be at the party!
Not sure if anyone cares about WidgetLaboratory and Ning - but it’s sure fun for me to watch.
Great collected tips for Flickr
Best wishes to Ton and his birthday BBQ I should be at.
Core Performance, Africa Unite, Redux, Dizzywood, Xiha, Husbands&Dads, GMDEsk