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My =giulio page

I purchased my iname and am now =giulio on the net. Soon I will be able to log in the myriad of Web2.0 services that I use by just typing =giulio and a single password. That looks great. Also, at some point I will be able to maintain just one profile (instead of separate profiles for Facebook, Linkedin etc.) and the system will take care of propagating my profile. In some sense, the Internet itself will be the social network.

My main page on the XRI registry is http://xri.net/=giulio/(+index). This page is a set of hidden links to my blog, personal page, company site, facebook profile, Linkedin profile etc. The link http://xri.net/=giulio/(+contact) or simply http://xri.net/=giulio takes to a contact form where visitors can send email to me after authenticating themselves with their openid. The iname =giulio belongs to me, and if I want I can transfer it to another service provider just like a web domain name.

Openid and Inames, two open and non proprietary standards, look very promising as enabling services for the social web and, I think, will permit creating personal hubs linked by social applications like Opensocial and the Facebook platform, but with the user in control of her or his identity.

Posted by on 11/09 at 07:54 AM