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In Memory of Kim Cameron

Phil Windley

But my relationship with him grew into friendship through Internet Identity Workshop (IIW). The idea was that everyone would pay for their own meal since the workshop hadn't collected any money in the registration for that. Microsoft has sponsored the workshop dinner at every in-person IIW we've held.

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Decentralizing Agendas and Decisions

Phil Windley

Last month was the 34th Internet Identity Workshop (IIW). Open space conferences are workshops that don't have pre-built agendas. IIW has used open space for part or all of the workshop since the second workshop in 2006. But the results are worth the risk.

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T-Mobile and Dish Wireless woo IoT and 5G developers

TM Forum

T-Mobile introduced an Internet of Things (IoT) developer kit that is aimed at making it easier to build for its network. blog co-authored by senior members of Dish’s Enterprise Architecture team. , Dish is hosting a workshop at the AWS re:Invent event this week to show the capabilities of its network APIs.

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How power is blazing a trail for America’s space effort — and for nuclear startups

GeekWire

That’s one of the questions under consideration at a State of the Space Industrial Base workshop that’s being conducted this week at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. The topics being addressed at this week’s workshop play to two of the Pacific Northwest’s space industry strengths.

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Liveblog: IPv6 in the Cloud - Protocol and Service Overview

Scott Lowe

” The presenter’s name is Alan Halachmi, who is a Senior Manager of Solutions Architecture at AWS. As with so many of the other breakout sessions and workshops here at re:Invent this year, the queues to get into the session are long and it’s expected that the session will be completely full.

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Geek of the Week: Tech vet Dick Hardt searches for a better way to verify your ?internet identity?

GeekWire

Dick Hardt has often been “early to the new,” as he puts it: Microsoft Windows in 1986, neural networks in 1989, the internet in 1993, open source in 1995, and even Burning Man in 1999. “The internet does not have an identity layer,” said Hardt, our latest Geek of the Week. back in 2005.

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Identity, Sovrin, and the Internet of Things

Phil Windley

Summary: Building the Internet of Things securely requires that we look to non-hierarchical models for managing trust. Sovrin provides a Web of Trust model for securing the Internet of Things that increases security and availability while giving device owners more control. Not bad stuff as far as it goes. Indeed, I think we have to.