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OAuth Is Asking What Authorization Needs to Become
October 6, 2026 · 13 minLearn why OAuth is being pushed to reconsider what authorization needs to become as software grows more autonomous. Heather examines recent OAuth working group discussions around proof of possession, HTTP message signatures, threat models…
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What It’s Actually Like to Serve on the W3C TAG
September 29, 2026 · 14 minHeather explores what it’s actually like to serve on the W3C Technical Architecture Group, from reviewing emerging web technologies to navigating architectural questions, consensus, and unfamiliar areas of the web platform. Rather than…
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The Verifier Has an Interoperability Problem Too
September 22, 2026 · 12 minIn this episode, Heather examines the gap between technical interoperability and real-world digital identity deployment. Wallets and verifiable credentials may successfully exchange information, but relying parties must navigate different…
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Someone Still Has To Accept The Credential
September 15, 2026 · 11 minDiscover how digital wallets and verifiable credentials are moving from pilots into real-world adoption, while revealing a critical gap: someone still has to accept the credential. Heather examines the verifier’s perspective, particularly…
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A Field Guide to Identity Conferences: Which One Should You Attend?
September 8, 2026 · 14 minDiscover how identity conferences can help practitioners stay current on digital identity, emerging standards, regulation, cybersecurity, and the challenges organizations are preparing to solve. Heather examines why choosing the right…
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Standards Transparency: Public Isn’t the Same as Understandable
September 1, 2026 · 12 minHeather examines why making standards information public is not enough to make the work understandable. This episode explores the growing challenge of navigating specifications, document status, provenance, working group activity, and…
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Keeping Up With Standards Without Pretending You Can Keep Up
August 25, 2026 · 11 minHeather explores why keeping up with standards development does not mean tracking everything. This episode looks at how a lightweight standards radar can surface emerging work across digital identity, AI, authorization, credentials, and…
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Staying Useful in a Geopolitical Internet: Reflections from IETF 126
August 18, 2026 · 12 minLearn why nation state politics are increasingly shaping technical standards and the future of the Internet. Drawing on reflections from IETF 126, Heather examines how regulatory pressure, geopolitical interests, and competing views of…
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Technical Standards Were Never Outside Politics
August 11, 2026 · 13 minHeather explores why technical standards have never been truly separate from politics, even when they remain nonpartisan. This episode examines how choices around interoperability, privacy, security, and user needs embed values into…
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Take the Selfie
August 4, 2026 · 12 minHeather examines why a simple conference selfie can become one of the most meaningful records of your professional life. Rather than posting for social media, she explores how preserving moments with colleagues, collaborators, and mentors…
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How to Research a Defensible Paper Without Drowning in Sources
July 28, 2026 · 17 minIn this episode, Heather explores a practical framework for researching complex technology topics and building recommendations that stand up to scrutiny. From defining the right research question to evaluating academic literature…
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The Identity Salon: Five-Year Problems, Chatham House Notes, and DNS Nonsense
July 21, 2026 · 13 minDiscover how the Identity Salon creates a high trust, vendor neutral space for senior identity practitioners to explore the five to seven year challenges shaping digital identity. Heather shares why forward looking conversations matter and…

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