I’ve argued for some time that it is crazy for most websites to have their own authentication (username/password) system these days. We the users have no patience for yet another registration process, validation email flow, and password to remember Security is too easy to get wrong, unless you truly have security professionals on staff Designing [...]
When I read Louis Gray’s EVO review, something struck me as funny. Not only did he get his HTC EVO for free at Google IO, but he also got his iPhone 3G for free by winning a contest. Hmm, we here at the ‘Lab have benefited from free phones as well, and not just at [...]
A lot of ink has been spilled lately about Facebook and its privacy changes. Some key people have deleted their accounts, and not one, but two so-called open projects have started. This is all noise. Even if all the people who rail against Facebook’s privacy changes, do actually quit (they won’t), that will only be [...]
Occasionally my friends ask me what do I listen/read to keep informed. So I thought I would like to post an update. First – there is an entirely new network being launched by Jason Calacanis called “ThisWeekIn“. They have weekly shows on variety of topics including Startups, Android, Twitter, Cloud Computing, Venture Capital and now [...]
Many of you know that I came to Oracle through the acquisition of OctetString. You may not realize that I co-founded OctetString in early 2001, which was during the last downturn. In fact, we were negotiating our first software sale when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred. So I read with great interest Jason Calacanis’s email [...]
Many of you know that I came to Oracle through the acquisition of OctetString. You may not realize that I co-founded OctetString in early 2001, which was during the last downturn. In fact, we were negotiating our first software sale when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred. So I read with great interest Jason Calacanis’s email [...]
Many of you know that I came to Oracle through the acquisition of OctetString. You may not realize that I co-founded OctetString in early 2001, which was during the last downturn. In fact, we were negotiating our first software sale when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred. So I read with great interest Jason Calacanis’s email [...]