--- title: 'One OpenID gets you 30+ different Silicon Forest sites' date: '2008-04-30T15:43:25-07:00' type: post word_count: 811 char_count: 5476 tokens: 1055 categories: - OpenID - Oregon - Portland - Portland_OR tags: - OpenID - Oregon - Portland --- # One OpenID gets you 30+ different Silicon Forest sites Last week, after reading [Aaron Hockley’s call](http://www.anotherblogger.com/2008/04/24/taking-a-stand-openid/ "Taking a Stand on OpenID") to implement [OpenID](http://openid.net "OpenID"), it got me to thinking: **How many sites in Portland—arguably the de facto leader in OpenID development—and the Silicon Forest have actually implemented OpenID?** Well, thanks to Kevin Fox at [Vidoop](http://vidoop.com "Vidoop")/[ConfIdent](http://confidenttechnologies.com "ConfIdent Technologies") and a number of other folks chiming in, we were able to gather the following list of 23 30+ velvet ropes behind which your OpenID will let you. (NOTE: The list is by no means exhaustive. So if your site is missing, please comment, and I’ll add it.) **[AboutUs](http://www.aboutus.org/Special:OpenIDLogin "AboutUs")** “We connect businesses and websites with each other and their customers using a [wiki](http://www.aboutus.org/WikiWiki "WikiWiki")-based resource of millions of editable pages of information.” [**GreenRenter**](http://greenrenter.com "GreenRenter") “Find a green place to [live](http://greenrenter.com/properties/residential) or [work](http://greenrenter.com/properties/commercial). Discover green buildings in your neighborhood. Get recognized for your sustainability efforts.” **[ICANNWiki](http://icannwiki.org/ "ICANNWiki")** “ICANNWiki is a wiki whose goal is to create a free, valuable and ‘community’ neutral, global Internet resource containing information for all aspects of the ICANN ‘community.'” **[Jyte](http://jyte.com "Jyte")** “Claim anything! Yes, anything. If you have something to say, then make a claim and let the community vote on it. Make claims about yourself, friends, and family. Put your stake in the ground and see where the votes go.” **[Kumquat](https://kumquathq.com/ "Kumquat")** “It’s your career. You need to take responsibility for it. That’s why we built Kumquat. To help make it easier to get the feedback you deserve. Whenever and however often you want it.” **[Pibb](http://pibb.com/ "Pibb")** “Pibb combines the best features of instant messenger, chat, email, and bulletin boards.” [**Portland Small Business**](http://www.portlandsmallbusiness.com/ "Portland Small Business") “PortlandSmallBusiness.com is a collaborative website, where members of the Portland small business community can go for peer advice and networking.” **[Portland Web Innovators](http://pdxwi.com "Portland Web Innovators")** “Portland Web Innovators is a technology-agnostic group where you can meet like-minded web people without the excuse of a networking-only event.” **[Treasurelicious](http://www.treasurelicious.com/ "Treasurelicious")** “WTF is Treasurelicious? It’s a widget to show off what you treasure.” **[Tweetpeek](http://www.tweetpeek.com/ "Tweetpeek")** “Using Twitter followers, Tweetpeek is designed to help anyone build a pulse-of-anything widget in a few easy steps.” **[twurl](http://twurl.cc "Twurl")** “So what is twurl designed to do? Well, at the very most basic level, twurl is a URL shortener that allows you to track clicks.” [**Velog**](http://velog.com/ "Velog") “Velog is a simple place to log your bicycle rides and connect with others in the cycling community.” ### Blogs supporting OpenID for comments - [Nate Angell](http://xolotl.org "Nate Angell") - [Another Blogger](http://www.anotherblogger.com/ "Another Blogger") - [Josh Bancroft](http://tinyscreenfuls.com "Josh Bancroft") - [Chris Brentano](http://fourone.org/chris/ "Chris Brentano") - [Miss Burrows](http://arandproud.blogspot.com/ "Miss Burrows") - [Selena Deckelmann](http://www.chesnok.com/daily/ "Selena Deckelmann") - [Sam Grover](http://blog.samgrover.com/ "Sam Grover") - [Scott Hanselman](http://hanselman.com "Scott Hanselman") - [Hockley Photography](http://hockleyphotography.com "Hockley Photography") - [Iterasi](http://iterasi.blogspot.com/ "Iterasi") - [Cami Kaos](http://www.camikaos.com/ "Cami Kaos") - [Marshall Kirkpatrick](http://marshallk.com "Marshall Kirkpatrick") - [Scott Kveton](http://kveton.com/blog "Scott") - [Brent Logan](http://blogan.net/blog/ "Brent Logan") - [Alex Malinovich](http://www.the-love-shack.net/ "Alex Malinovich") - [Jeff Martens](http://jeffthegreat.blogspot.com/ "Jeff Martens") - Justin Kistner’s [Metafluence](http://metafluence.com "Metafluence") - [Tom Offermann](http://offermann.us/ "Offerman") - [OpenID](http://openid.net "OpenID") - [Chris O’Rourke](http://cdcstudios.com/ "Chris O'Rourke") - [Portvangelista](http://portvangelista.com "Portvangelista") - [RE Tech Coach](http://www.retechcoach.com "RE Tech Coach") - [Michael Richardson](http://gobyairship.com "Go by Airship") - [Silicon Florist](http://siliconflorist.com "Silicon Florist") - [Techcraver](http://techcraver.com "Techcraver") - [Bill Winett](http://bwinett.blogspot.com/ "Bill Winett") - **Bonus**: Any Marshall Kirkpatrick post on [ReadWriteWeb](http://readwriteweb.com "ReadWriteWeb") (You can actually use it for any comment, but I had to find a Silicon Forest hook.) ### Need an OpenID? If you haven’t had a chance to use your OpenID (it’s highly likely that you already have one) or aren’t quite sure how to get started, you might want to visit Portland’s own [myVidoop](http://myvidoop.com "MyVidoop") or [MyOpenID](http://myOpenID.com "MyOpenID") to get going. A few short steps and you’ll have access to all of the sites above. Just like that.