http://simonwillison.net/2010-09-16T11:07:00+00:00Simon Willison2010-09-16T11:07:00+00:002010-09-16T11:07:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Sep/16/alex/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://al3x.net/2010/09/15/last-thing-about-twitter.html"><p>While I don’t expect Twitter to master its own destiny as far as the decentralization of the medium goes, I do support the idea, and I hope that Twitter as a business can coexist with the need for the world to have a free, open, reliable, and verifiable way for humans to instantly communicate in a one-to-many fashion.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://al3x.net/2010/09/15/last-thing-about-twitter.html">Alex Payne</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/alex-payne">alex-payne</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/decentralisation">decentralisation</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/twitter">twitter</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/recovered">recovered</a></p>

2009-04-05T19:59:51+00:002009-04-05T19:59:51+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Apr/5/alex/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://al3x.net/2009/04/04/reasoned-technical-discussion.html">Mending The Bitter Absence of Reasoned Technical Discussion</a></strong></p> Not at all surprised to see Alex Payne write this considering the low quality of discussion around anything technical to do with Twitter. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/alex-payne">alex-payne</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/etiquette">etiquette</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/twitter">twitter</a></p>

2009-01-06T23:56:20+00:002009-01-06T23:56:20+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Jan/6/twitterhack/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://simonwillison.net/2009/Jan/2/adactio/#c43001">The Twitter administrator hack was a dictionary attack</a></strong></p> I quoted Blaine earlier suggesting that the recent Twitter mass-hack was due to a Twitter admin password being scooped up by a rogue third party application—this was not the case, as Alex Payne explains in a comment. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/alex-payne">alex-payne</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/blaine-cook">blaine-cook</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/twitter">twitter</a></p>

2009-01-05T10:47:41+00:002009-01-05T10:47:41+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Jan/5/antipatterns/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://simonwillison.net/2009/Jan/2/adactio/#c42956"><p>The username/password key's major disadvantage is that it open all the doors to the house. The OAuth key only opens a couple doors; the scope of the credentials is limited. That's a benefit, to be sure, but in Twitter's case, a malicious application that registered for OAuth with both read and write privileges can do most evil things a user might be worried about.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://simonwillison.net/2009/Jan/2/adactio/#c42956">Alex Payne</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/alex-payne">alex-payne</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/oauth">oauth</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/phishing">phishing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/twitter">twitter</a></p>

2008-12-06T10:32:16+00:002008-12-06T10:32:16+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Dec/6/alex/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.al3x.net/2008/12/03/how-i-use-textmate.html">How I Use TextMate</a></strong></p> “Ack in Project” is a brilliant replacement for TextMate’s disappointing single threaded “Find in Project” feature. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ack">ack</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/alex-payne">alex-payne</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/textmate">textmate</a></p>