I've mentioned Identity Commons and i-names here and other places many
times over the past year. Identity Commons has taken yet another
important step forward, and is now offering a special deal on i-names:
Until January 25, 2005, you can purchase the rights to an i-name for
50 years for only $25. You can buy your i-name at: (01)
http://2idi.com/registrar/index.html?referral_code=blueoxen (02)
Most of the money from this sale will help Identity Commons complete
its technical infrastructure. A portion of the money will go to
partner organizations (including us, as is evident from the URL above)
to help them integrate i-names into their infrastructure. (03)
Briefly, i-names are like DNS for people. They're based on open
standards, and the core infrastructure will be open source. They are
designed to support services that will allow individuals to control
their digital identities, a vision largely inspired by the recent
whitepaper, "The Augmented Social Network: Building Identity and Trust
into the Next-Generation Internet." (04)
http://asn.planetwork.net/whitepaper.html (05)
The term "augmented" is no accident; that whitepaper was largely
inspired by Doug Engelbart's work. (06)
All of you folks will get free @blueoxen i-names from us when that
service is available. But if you want your own individual i-name, you
should purchase one (or more!) now at the above URL. More details are
at: (07)
http://www.blueoxen.net/blog/archives/8.html (08)
It's a great deal for a very good cause; I encourage you all to
purchase one today, and to refer your friends and colleagues as well.
Let me know if you have any questions. (09)
=eekim (my personal i-name) (010)
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