Author Archives: donpark
HTML5 Microdata Fantasy
I haven’t been tracking HTML5 design efforts lately but what’s being proposed for microdata (see posts by Sam Ruby and Shelly Powers) yucked me sufficiently to revisit an old fantasy of mine about HTML (man, what a boring life I … Continue reading
Smiley Profile Image Set
I wish I could use a set of profile images instead of just one and have appropriate one displayed based on text content so that if I put a smiley like or in the text, photo of me smiling or … Continue reading
Trying Twitter/Facebook-like P2 theme to…
Trying Twitter/Facebook-like P2 theme to see if that’ll get me to post more often. I did change default template’s post body font size and added side paddings for easier reading.
Why wasn’t OAuth Vulnerability found earlier?
According to OAuth about page, it was Blaine Cook who initiated the birth of the the standard while working at Twitter in Nov. 2006. Blaine mobilized the initiative by getting Chris Messina involved which attracted others at CitizenSpace to join … Continue reading
On Twitter’s OAuth Fix
While the OAuth team is working on addressing the OAuth session fixation vulnerability at the spec level, Twitter made following changes to reduce the exposure window: Shorter Request Token timeout – This is good practice in general. Developers tend to … Continue reading
On OAuth Vulnerability
Twitter’s OAuth problem turned out to be a general problem affecting other OAuth service providers and well as consumers using ’3-legged’ OAuth use-case. For details, you should read not only the relevant advisory but Eran Hammer-Lahav’s post Explaining the OAuth … Continue reading
Value of Journalism
Will newspapers survive? I think the physical form will survive for another 10 years at least at much lower valuation then eventually break into nich market fragments. The profession of journalism will, however, not only continue on but become more … Continue reading
Leg Fetish
I’ve been too busy tinkering so, beyond twittering, I haven’t had the mindshare to blog. Sorry. I think the stock market is in for another big leg down soon, not like the slide we’ve had lately but a drop of … Continue reading
Transcultural Funk
Here is Natalie, a cute non-Korean girl (as far as I can tell ) based in LA, singing a popular song by K-POP group Wonder Girls: and idol-mob girl group SNSD’s song: Being a cultural mutt, I enjoy this sort … Continue reading
OpenID Middlemans
Apparently the invite-only OpenID meetup at Facebook took place tonight. The fact that it was held at Facebook points to a shift taking place in the OpenID world. What’s coming is obvious: somehow retrofit Facebook Connect into OpenID architecture. Repeat … Continue reading
