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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m not a fan of “fun and easy”… for me, that’s code for “trivial and low value” and I don’t need to bother. I think we’d do better with something that appeals to developers professionalism, emphasizes the importance of web security and describes OAuth/OIDC as an interesting and critical (not hard or complicated!) part of the canon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Plus we need memes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My $.02.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-gil<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Openid-specs-ab <openid-specs-ab-bounces@lists.openid.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nat Sakimura via Openid-specs-ab<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 28, 2019 4:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> Artifact Binding/Connect Working Group <openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Nat Sakimura <sakimura@gmail.com>; Mike Schwartz <mike@gluu.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openid-specs-ab] Marketing OpenID: combatting negativity<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mike, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>+1 on running inter-linked blog and vlog posts. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>+1 also for positioning OpenID is fun and easy. The "easy" part is a bit an overstatement but it is clinically proven that if people were told that it is hard, they will absolutely stop learning. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Nat<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 9:02 PM Mike Schwartz via Openid-specs-ab <<a href="mailto:openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net">openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><br>I think to go head-to-head with the negative OpenID press, we need to <br>market a message something to the effect of:<br><br>"Using OpenID is great fun, and it solves real problems for developers."<br><br>You can't combat negativivity with a message of: "the detractors have a <br>point".<br><br>We have the brain trust in this community to get that message out. If <br>everyone wrote one blog, and we all cross-promote on social media (i.e. <br>more of what Nat is doing so brilliantly on Youtube...), I think we <br>could make a dent in perceptions. Especially if we tap into the <br>corporate marketing cabailities of our respective organizations.<br><br>- Mike<br><br><br>-----------<br>Michael Schwartz<br>Gluu<br>Founder / CEO<br><a href="mailto:mike@gluu.org" target="_blank">mike@gluu.org</a><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nynymike/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/nynymike/</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>Openid-specs-ab mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net" target="_blank">Openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs-ab" target="_blank">http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs-ab</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Nat Sakimura (=nat)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chairman, OpenID Foundation<br><a href="http://nat.sakimura.org/" target="_blank">http://nat.sakimura.org/</a><br>@_nat_en<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>