Pardon Our Dust
At about 9:00 a.m. DC time EP will upgrade to the latest version of Movable Type. The upgrade — if all goes well — should take approximately half an hour for the site to work normally, though probably things will still be under adjustment in the background for several hours. In terms of EP's layout the most visible change is on the Archives pages, where secondary pages make navigation to a year and month easier, and guests are listed with the headlines instead of independently. A more subtle but much more important change has to do with comments, where not only is Typekey login finally working, but there's now much more flexibility in posting comments. Essentially, we've leapfrogged a couple generations of comments technology. This new platform is really cutting edge. And I hope that with it being easier to post comments the EP community can find new ways to connect. A little change, things look pretty much the same, a lot more flexibility: Please let me know what you think and whether it works!
Posted by George Kenney on September 24, 2007 12:55 AM 
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Specifically, the new commenting system allows you to use any OpenID-based identity provider to log in and post comments.
Right now, the main provider of this service is livejournal, but I expect this technology to really catch on in a big way over the next year or so. Both Microsoft and the Mozilla Foundation have pledged support for it. For more information on OpenID, see here:
http://openid.net
Posted by: William Lachance
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September 24, 2007 11:39 AM
And TypeKey does, in fact, seem to be working. Excellent!
Posted by: George Kenney
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September 24, 2007 12:08 PM
Not to simply be counter to your ideas, but OpenID seems to be nothing more than another consumer tracking device.
Conspiratorially and commercially thinking, it is usable by whomever bothers to gather your information. Your online personality can be traced, and predicted, to influence your habits or thoughts.
Practically speaking, imagine if someone manages to steal your OpenID code and password.
Posted by: anon | September 26, 2007 7:08 PM
Pretty much anything you say or do on the Internet is subject to being tracked if someone's determined enough to do so.
Does posting comments from an OpenID account make this even easier? Yes, but so what? I personally like the idea of a ubiquitous online identity and want anyone who's interested to be able to know more about me. If you don't, well, at least here you have the option of posting anonymously. :)
What would happen if someone stole my OpenID username and password? I suppose they could theoretically post incriminating comments on weblogs like this one claiming to be from me.
Not exactly the end of the world.
Posted by: William Lachance
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September 27, 2007 12:09 AM