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Went to see the movie - "Churchill'. Every manager, anyone managing people should watch it. I have enormous respect for the Man. Statesman, painter and wonderful human being. How he cared for his people? Amazing! Two hours of suspense and wonderful performance by Brian Cox and the cast. Unforgettable...

"Another challenge is that identity data is typically decentralized . The Department of Motor Vehicles issues drivers licenses, for example, while the Department of Homeland Security issues passports, banks track financial histories, and so on. Most of these organizations have isolated and centralized identity management systems, but the current landscape demands federation and single sign-on (SSO). This makes identity management, protection and verification very cumbersome, costly and risky for all industry enterprises and government agencies." Jai Singh Arun - Security and Blockchain Innovations Program Director, IBM Identity architectural landscape is changing and personally I can only think of this very simple analogy between identities and blockchain. Identities to the blockchain are what the bees are to the honey. . This is as simple as even your grandma would understand :) Bees (identities) all day collect honey somewhere in the fields. Coming back to thei

"Creme tangerine and montelimar A ginger sling with a pineapple heart A coffee dessert, yes you know it's good news But you'll have to have them all pulled out After the Savoy truffle" George Harrison George bless his soul was right when he was singing about Truffle. Indeed need to be tried to believe. The topic of this blog entry is more technical and it is about 'Truffle' http://truffleframework.com (source code https://github.com/trufflesuite/truffle) Truffle is development framework and it is to Ethereum as JUnit to Java. So what are you waiting for :) Head down to http://truffleframework.com/docs/ or http://truffleframework.com/#tutorials Put the 'Savoy Truffle' on Youtube and start 'truffle'ing' Creme tangerine and montelimar :)

"Many of the technical choices we’re about to make will be strikingly political.   Who has access to what data?  Where is the line between human choice and machine intelligence? Why is one computer architecture better than another? These decisions—and the people who make them —will determine power’s new aspects ." "The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks" I was mesmerised when I read this. Started to frantically search the author name - Joshua Cooper Ramo.  No he is not an IDAM Architect. The book is not even about IDAM.  But it cuts to the core of what I do for my living and many many others as well. What a powerful thought:   Identity will be at the heart of power structures of the future. Hold it for a moment .    What about me? What about my identity? Those are all valid questions to ask in this context. Unwind to Sep 19 2016 when my friend Steve jokingly asked me: "where is your blog? where is your thought l