Day: December 7, 2004

Phil Windley (who dares to venture forth with the brave slogan “Organizations get the IT they deserve...”) has done an interesting posting on the first three laws plus a law of symmetry. I was heartened that he really got what I was trying to say about objective dynamics and the requirements of the universal identity system.

I&#39m going to leave the great questions he poses for later in this discussion for fear of running off madly in all directions at once.

I got together recently with Mike Foley of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group to talk about changes currently being proposed to the core Bluetooth protocol – changes which will enhance it in terms of privacy. Mike also told me about the process for making further enhancements over the next few years.

I recorded the discussion so others could share what I was learning. I was fascinated to hear Mike talk concretely about how the understanding of privacy requirements has changed since the early days of Bluetooth. I really believe Bluetooth is a crucible for the industry in this sense – we are seing the same evolution in many other areas, minus – perhaps – the urgency. We also discuss the Fourth Law of Identity and Mike is not only interested but I think understands it deeply because of the wide experience of his consortium.

I should have all this ready to post tomorrow – and hope everyone (including a certain DK) will take a listen. I found the whole thing very energizing.