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Microrant: Basecamp needs OpenID. It’s already on someone else’s wishlist, but I’m going to put it out there for posterity’s sake. I work in no less than 8 different Basecamps — all with whack-ass URLS (x.projectpath.com, y.updatelog.com, etc) and different usernames, depending on who set it up and whether I had the time to go and tweak my username.

PBWiki implemented centralized identity — why can’t Basecamp? Better yet, why doesn’t it use OpenID and let me use one the personas I’ve already set up somewhere else? Seriously — this is a major hurdle for spreading inter-organization Basecamp use.

This entry was written by Chris Messina and posted on Jul 9th at 10pm and filed under Life online, Technology, Tumblelog. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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  1. pixelsebi said
    at 8am on Jul 10th # |

    /signed

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