BuddyPress: authentication versus authorization
When it comes to user access of computer-based systems, access control has two subgroupings: authentication and authorization. Authentication deals with the process of verifying that a given user is...
View ArticleI’m BuddyPress-ed for Time
Volunteerism is the heart and soul of any successful, healthy Open Source project. So, when Paul Gibbs posted the following Tweet a week ago, Apparently I’ve made 1317 posts on the #buddypress forums....
View ArticleOAuth, BuddyPress, and Privacy
When I first started kicking around the idea of coding a privacy component for BuddyPress, several people suggested looking into using the OAuth protocol to accomplish the task. Being semi-omniscient,...
View ArticleHow Can BuddyPress Developers Earn a Living?
In the WordPress ecosystem, when it comes to getting paid for time spent, it seems that theme designers are far ahead of plugin developers. GPLed–premium themes are not only an accepted part of this...
View ArticleDo You Support BuddyPress Privacy?
In a recent post, I asked for ideas on how WordPress ecosytem developers can earn a living doing what they love to do—coding great-quality plugins for WordPress, BuddyPress, and bbPress. This post is...
View ArticleThe Hot Air About Global Climate Change
When it comes to science, the scientific process, and specifically the climate issue, most people are unfortunately ignorant. Case in point. The proper term is global climate change—not global warming....
View ArticleIntroducing Twitter-disclosure Slashtags
It’s official. On December 1, 2009, the FTC’s new disclosure guidelines went into effect. So what does this mean for Twitter users? It means that you must disclose any financial relationship that you...
View ArticlePrivacy in the Facebook Era
Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg recently stated that privacy is no longer a social norm. Is that an actual fact or a engineered fact? Here’s why I ask. Over the past several years, whenever Facebook...
View ArticleNew Equity Offering Model: the Semi-Public Market
Corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to their debt and equity holders—collectively called their stakeholders. But when a company decides to issue stock in the public market, they lose...
View ArticleLooking for Two Startup Partners 35-plus years Old
At first, that might seem like an odd announcement. But when Dave Winer made a recent post about ageism, I decided that I would try a little reverse ageism in finding startup partners. Since I am not...
View ArticleAre You a Successful Project Manager Or a Reluctant Leader?
In my previous incarnations as an executive at two different consulting firms, I often came across the type of person that I refer to as the reluctant leader, or the reluctant manager. I use this term...
View ArticleBuddyPress Privacy: Moving Toward a Privacy API
BuddyPress development is moving toward a modular, team-focused approach. In my mind, this is the biggest news that came out of the weekly BuddyPress developers’ chat (more…)
View ArticleRash Decisions Are Not Good Decisions
I recently posted an article entitled, Looking for Two Startup Partners 35-plus years Old. It is interesting how some people quickly jumped to conclusions and made sweeping assumptions based on a...
View ArticleIt’s Chemical Free and Not Tested on Animals!
As a trained scientist, there are two phrases that stir up my ire every time I see them in marketing copy: “chemical free” and “not tested on animals.” I know that may seem odd, but with our...
View ArticleBig Snow Equals Global Cooling, What?
Record lake effect snowstorm (36.6″) in South Bend, Indiana. January 7 -8, 2011. Credit: Dr. Jeff Masters’ WunderBlogWith the recent record-setting snowstorms in the Mid-Atlantic states, global climate...
View ArticleFlocking To the Stream
I recently began to go through some article backlogs on the websites of various people whose thoughts and perspectives I want to understand better. One such person with whom I’m trying to play catch up...
View ArticleA Flock of Twitters: Decentralized Semantic Microblogging
In my last article, Flocking To the Stream, I ended with this thought about the growing issue of social-networking fatigue: …as the number of streams continue to increase and as the flow rate of each...
View ArticleNosquare and Nowalla: Polluting the Stream
Location-based services are great. But please stop sending updates (check ins) to your Twitter and Facebook accounts. It is the perfect example of social-networking tie-in gone wrong. Why do I say...
View ArticleEasy Code to Show Your Most Recent Tweets in WordPress
Note: The code below will no longer work as it uses a now deprecated Twitter API. Unfortunately, to grab your tweets, or any tweets from the public timeline, you have to set up an OAuth connection. If...
View ArticleCrap, GPL Questions Once Again
Recently, someone sent me a private message on the BuddyPress.org community network. They had joined WPMU DEV and acquired all of their premium plugins. They wanted to know it they could, “release...
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