Mash Pit OpenID: PDX - 1/17/2007 ...

Mon Nov 27 01:40:55 UTC 2006

On Nov 26, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Chris Messina wrote:

> Absolutely -- I wasn't suggesting that you /not/ organize an event --
> I think it's a great idea! I was only clarifying the naming convention
> to avoid any kind of legal problems (we don't want another Web 2.0^tm
> kind of trademark debacle!).
>
> Anyway, do go forward with this idea -- and, in fact, you should talk
> to Matt Pelletier (www.eastmedia.com) who's in New York and might be
> interested in helping out. East Media was involved in Versign's PIP as
> well as writing Rails libraries for OpenID, so would be a good friend
> to work with on this idea.
>

Kaliya,

Feel free to contact me on- or off-list. I'm happy to help put  
something together. We've been active participants and sponsors of  
user groups, local conferences, co-working events etc. and have been  
itching to get a Mash Pit going. This would be a great vehicle for it.

Thanks,
Matt

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Matt Pelletier
http://www.eastmedia.com -- EastMedia
http://www.informit.com/title/0321483502 -- The Mongrel Book
http://identity.eastmedia.com -- OpenID, Identity 2.0

> Good luck,
>
> Chris
>
> On 11/25/06, Kaliya * <Kaliya at mac.com> wrote:
>> I  just put it out there that if folks on the east coast want to  
>> come and do
>> OpenID at MashupCamp. I will be there - will likely run an session  
>> during
>> the OpenSpace on the topic.
>> It is free and open to anyone who wants to come.
>>
>> I am trying to be helpful in solving human problems. If folks on  
>> the east
>> coast don't want to use that free open venue fine with me.
>>
>> =Kaliya
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/25/06, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Please note the distinction between Mash Pit and Mashup Camp --  
>>> there
>>> is no such thing (yet) as Mashup Pit:
>>>
>>> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/03/mash-pit/
>>>
>>> The importance of the distinction is legal, in that Mashup Camp is a
>>> registered trademark and Mash Pit is not; instead, it is a community
>>> mark:
>>>
>>>
>> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/14/the-case-for-community-marks/
>>>
>>> I welcome whatever modifications and permutations to the Mash Pit
>>> model you'd like to make, so long as the end goal is to focus on
>>> solving "human problems"... which I think Scott's Mash Pit: OpenID
>>> event will do.
>>>
>>> Anyway, if anyone's interested in the Bay Area, I'd like to look at
>>> hosting another Mash Pit, if not in December, probably sometime  
>>> in mid
>>> January.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On 11/25/06, Kaliya * < identitywoman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I am going to be out East helping Run MashupCamp 3 with Doug and  
>>>> Dave.
>>>>
>>>> Since it is a free camp it seems like a great place to have a  
>>>> MashupPit
>>>> happen concurrently.
>>>> Not being technical myself some East Coast OpenIDers would also  
>>>> need to
>>>> converge to make it work.  I added a page on the Mashup OpenID for
>> Boston.
>>>> =Kaliya
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/15/06, Scott Kveton < scott at janrain.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Everybody,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've had quite a few people and companies here in the Portland- 
>>>>> area
>> ask
>>>>> about OpenID and how they can implement it on their site.  The  
>>>>> people
>> I
>>>>> talked with always wanted to just do it right then and there.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the spirit of just-getting-it-done, I'd like to announce the  
>>>>> first
>> (of
>>>>> what I hope are many) Mash Pit: OpenID events. The goal is to  
>>>>> have a
>> time
>>>>> for application developers and site operators to be able to  
>>>>> talk with
>>>> people
>>>>> active in the OpenID community to help them actually hack  
>>>>> through what
>> it
>>>>> would take implement OpenID on their site.  We're using the  
>>>>> Mash Pit
>> model
>>>>> because we want to encourage as much hacking as possible.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can read more about the first event in Portland, OR here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://mashpitopenid.pbwiki.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> When: Wednesday, January 17th, 2007 - 4pm until we're done
>>>>> Where: Portland, OR - JanRain world headquarters
>>>>> Why: Because people keep asking to learn more about OpenID so we
>> figured
>>>> we
>>>>> do them one better and show them.
>>>>> Who: You! And anybody that wants to learn more about OpenID.
>>>>> RSVP: Please let us know if you'll be attending so we can have  
>>>>> enough
>> grub
>>>>> on hand!
>>>>>
>>>>> Anybody is welcome to come ... Also, feel free to start your  
>>>>> own Mash
>> Pit:
>>>>> OpenID events in your own cities ... Don't be shy about  
>>>>> reaching out
>> this
>>>>> list to find OpenID brainiacs to help with the event ... I'm  
>>>>> pretty
>> sure
>>>> you
>>>>> can talk David Recordon into a visit to just about  
>>>>> anywhere ... :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks everybody and hope to see you here in Portland on 1/17!
>>>>>
>>>>> - Scott
>>>>>
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