I was talking to a long time competitor/colleague/client/friend this week about identity governance and a variety of other identity topics. We were commenting that in some regards access certification and access policies have been stuck in bubble of amber: not a lot of innovation save the addition of some cluster analysis (marketed as AI.) In the course of the conversation I remember that a long time ago I had written a piece on the use of negative policy spaces for access governance. My buddy thought it would be fun to dig it up a repost it. So of I went to find this…

I really enjoy David Foster Wallace’s writing: the short stuff and the long stuff. Dead, apparently at his own hand, his writing genius is no longer among us. Rest well David. – I didn’t really like the title of this post and thus I changed it. I never really got the sense that DFW was toying with his readers and laughing as they struggled through his works. That being said I do feel like he had a real sense that his readers were out there nearly close enough to touch. Currently, McSweeney’s is collecting people’s memories and stories about his. Check it out.

I love McSweeney’s, both the quarterly collection of literature as well their other publications and books. Besides the care and crafting of the content, the quarterly collections have really interesting artwork and packaging. I just got issue 28 and this one takes the cake from the packaging perspective. And then I thought, “why is it that only Apple products get unboxing photos?” So, for your pleasure, I present to you the McSweeney’s Issue 28 unboxing. You’ll note that each little book is one story.

Sweet! Wordpress released their app for the iPhone. So far, so good. I am getting dangerously to being able to go to conferences without my laptop. UPDATE: And by so far, so good, I meant it crashed when I posted this post. Sigh. I’m sure this too shall pass.

The follow is a piece I wrote on the flight out to LA on Monday. It is quite raw, i.e. it has been spell checked but that’s about it. I’m not sure what it is about or what it means…… be so good as to tell me.

In the town I have never been - The Lamp Maker

In the town I have never been, the shops are clustered together. Grouped by their common theme, their common thread. Butcher next to butcher. Fishmonger next to fishmonger. Gallery next to gallery.