I recently announced our support for Blog Claiming with OpenID, I promised that
Technorati will be developing additional features and services that support OpenIDWe've been busy since then working out the ways we want to integrate this stuff. There are a number of different roles in user centric identity and a lot of people much more knowledgable about it are talking about it right now. To recap on my previous post on this, when using OpenID blog claiming, Technorati is a relying party and your blogging platform is the identity provider.
The important news about Technorati and user centric identity now is that you can use Technorati as your OpenID identity provider. What does that mean? There are many who ask! It means that when you're logged into Technorati you can use us to login to Zooomr, Wikitravel, the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) wiki, leave comments on blogs that support OpenID and other services that accept OpenID for authentication -- you don't need to register another password (this is the part where you say "w00t!").
This is what you need to do to login to those services with Technorati:
- Login to Technorati
- Go to, say, Zooomr and click "Sign In"
- Enter the URL for your Technorati Profile i.e. http://technorati.com/profile/<username> (for instance, I can login to those services as http://technorati.com/profile/spidaman)
- Zooomr will ask you a few other questions to complete your profile (but no password) -- voila: you're logged into Zooomr authenticated by Technorati!
Still confused? The funny thing is that it's easier to use than to explain. We're thinking a lot about extending understanding about user centric identity and the user experience, so don't dispair. We'll have more identity functionality cooking but we invite you to "kick the tires" on this bit and send us your feedback.
