Category Archives: open standards

I’ve Been a Little Rough on Google Lately

Posted on March 13, 2010 by jessestay

For having posted just less than 1,000 posts, this blog has gotten a lot of attention in just the last one or two years.  It used to be when I posted something I would get few comments (I still wish … Continue reading →

Posted in anti-google, buzz, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, negativity, open standards, Technology | 6 Comments

Did Google Reinvent the Wheel by Adopting the Protocols They Chose?

Posted on March 6, 2010 by jessestay

In a response to my article here, DeWitt Clinton of Google defined what he deemed the definition of “open” to be.  According to DeWitt, “the first is licensing of the protocols themselves, with respect to who can legally implement them … Continue reading →

Posted in buzz, Facebook, facebook api, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open, open standards, openplatform, Technology | 29 Comments

The Web is No Longer Open

Posted on March 3, 2010 by jessestay

“So it can benefit everyone.” That’s what a Google employee said today as he tried to explain Google’s recent push to have websites use the ‘rel=”me”‘ meta HTML tags to identify pages a user owns on the web.  It’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in buzz, Facebook, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, index, kynetx, open, open standards, open web, opengraph, social, Technology, web | 25 Comments

A Christmas Story: OpenID, OAuth, My Home, and Your Privacy

Posted on December 24, 2009 by jessestay

Here it is, Christmas Eve, almost time to celebrate Christmas in all the traditions it brings in our household.  We usually go visit my wife’s family, and then follow it up with telling the Christmas story out of the Bible … Continue reading →

Posted in geolocation, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, mail, open standards, open web, post office, privacy, social, Technology | 4 Comments

Kynetx Launches Chrome Extension Support for Their Platform

Posted on December 20, 2009 by jessestay

Editor’s note: Kynetx is something you have to use to fully understand!  If nothing in this article makes sense, please skip down to the bottom and at least try out the extensions these guys have built in their app directory … Continue reading →

Posted in chrome, context, extensions, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, kynetx, open standards, social, Technology, ubiquity | Leave a comment

Developers, It’s Time to Open Up Twitter’s API

Posted on December 19, 2009 by jessestay

If you’ve read my previous post on this, you’ll notice how I re-worded the title of this article.  That’s because I’m delusional to think Twitter is going to open source their API any time soon – I’ve been requesting this … Continue reading →

Posted in api, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open source, open standards, open twitter, opentwitter, OSS, social, Technology, Twitter | 9 Comments

DNS is the New Browser War

Posted on December 3, 2009 by jessestay

Today Google decided to go head-to-head with a smack to OpenDNS, announcing their own “Public” DNS which users could integrate to bypass their own DNS provider, get faster speeds, and “improve the browsing experience for all users.”  The announcement comes … Continue reading →

Posted in dns, Google, google dns, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open standards, public dns, social, Technology | 19 Comments

It’s Time to Free the Twitter Client

Posted on December 1, 2009 by jessestay

Dave Winer wants a programmable Twitter client. I think it’s a great idea.  It’s something the browser has had for quite awhile now via extensions, frameworks, and plugins.  Up until this point Twitter clients have been closed systems that can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in action cards, dave winer, facebook client, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, information cards, kynetx, loic lemeur, open standards, seesmic, selector, Social Coding, Technology, tweetdeck, twitter client | 3 Comments

When Did Facebook Remove RSS for Friends’ Status Updates?

Posted on August 28, 2009 by jessestay

Yesterday it was mentioned in an interview with Facebook iPhone developer, Joe Hewitt, on Dave Winer and Marshall Kirkpatrick’s podcast, “Bad Hair Day”, that Facebook did not have the ability to retrieve your friends’ status updates via RSS. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open standards, rss, social, Technology | 15 Comments