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Tag: google

  • Keyring 2.0 and Keyring Social Importers 2.0

    Yesterday I released new versions of both Keyring and the Keyring Social Importers packages, containing a bunch of updates and new additions. If you’re already using them, you should have update notices in wp-admin. If you’re not yet, then download them at the links above, or search for “keyring” in wp-admin under Plugins > Add New. What’s changed? It’s been a while since the last official release of Keyring, so there’s a bunch to catch up on: All Google services have been modified to use a shared base service (cuts down on code duplication significantly). Added a GMail Service (props…

  • The Future of the Web

    I recently spoke at a small conference we put on in Detroit. I talked about The Future of the Web, in the context of data ownership, and proprietary vs open platforms. It was the first time I’ve done a talk like this without slides of any kind, so I actually wrote out the whole thing (below). The live version was a little different, as you can hear in the audio (sorry it’s a bit echo-y):