Steven Osborn
"I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code".

Archive for June, 2008

Fun in the Portland Sun.

Monday, June 30th, 2008

This past weekend, the family and I went see Vidoop's new office in Portland, OR. I got there expecting cool weather, cloud cover and rain, but it ended up being quite warm and sunny the entire time we were there. We arrived on Thursday and that evening ate a wonderful ...

Westward Bound

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

I'm really excited about taking a family trip down to Portland. We're going down to see the new office and spend a couple of days checkout out the town. Some things I'm hoping to see: Oregon Zoo International Test Rose Garden Children's Museum Powell's Books I would be down for some Beer and ...

Why I’m against OpenID Whitelisting

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

So let's talk about what OpenID whitelisting really is. It's essentially a way of saying we don't trust our users to store their identity securely and we're not ready to deal with what happens when they loose it. Which really isn't anything new. Right? Today we trust users ...

Why PayPal Security Tokens = FAIL

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

I had a bit of trouble last night trying to purchase something on eBay and despite much frustration and hours chatting with eBay reps, I'm still unable to login to my eBay account due to a mishap involving my PayPal security token, a 1-year-old and a glass of water. It is ...