Directories and Identities (x.500 and OpenID)

Well, this blog has become much more intermittent than I had originally imagined, although I never claimed to be a 'power blogger'...

As an information developer, I've always been fascinated with databases as the holy grail of information storage. Fortunately, much of my client work has taken me in this direction, more on the technical writing side than on the instructional design side, including:

• network operator profiles (Nortel Networks)
• VoIP Active Directory profiles (Cisco Networks)
• student records (Pearson Chancery SMS)

A recent subcontract with the BC Provincial Health Services Authority (thanks Rahel!) afforded me a glimpse into the structural domain of Electronic Health Records, based on the Cerner system.

Current work on a subscriber management system for Telcordia (via Tekmark Global Solutions) is opening a window into the domain of mobile subscriber identities, for call management and service billing functions.

Parallel work documenting a DataGrid Unified Query modeler for Alcatel-Lucent (via Tekmark Global Solutions) is extending my directory services knowledge from X.400 into X.500, as I enter the world of Directory Information Trees (DIT).

Now I have stumbled on an interesting crossover technology, OpenId, which seems to be the current titleholder of the Single Sign On holy grail. Signed up, and in the process found that OpenID owes some technological parentage to Sxip/Active State right here in Vancouver BC. Cool!

The Printable CEO

The Printable CEO
http://davidseah.com/blog/the-printable-ceo-series/

David is a systems person after my own heart, with an interest in practical productivity tools. Linear inspiration with a lateral core!

2007 Webblog Awards

So, you can't get enough of the 'net?
StumbleUpon too random for you?
Try the 2007 Webblog awards, self-described as the "world's largest blog competition."
http://2007.weblogawards.org/

Web 2.0 Ecosystem

Image map that measures the footprint of various social networking sites. This is probably dated as we speak, but it still an interesting historical footnote.

Prediction: Consolidation and shakeout coming!

Welcome to objectives.ca!

Welcome to objectives.ca.

Thoughts from Ben Hechter, Vancouver BC on information development, information technology, technical writing, instructional design from Canada's West Coast.

So, does that make it the Pacific Northwest (American view) or the Pacific Southwest (Canadian view)? While "Pacific Southwest" may be more accurate, it inaccurately places me closer to Santa Fe than Vancouver.

Currently, I telecommute to New Jersey! for a telecommunications services company and teach technical writing part-time at British Columbia Institute of Technology. Interests: All things computers, all things music.