The Dan York Report: Recent Episodes
Dan York
Dan York - author, speaker, technologist - comments on the technical, cultural and social changes happening all around us, particularly related to the Internet. Emerging technology, social media, security, and other random topics...
I'm back! After a self-imposed hiatus for most of 2025, I’m returning to something I’ve been deeply missing… writing and speaking... and creating podcast episodes! In this more personal episode, I go into some of the changes in my life that led to me choosing to go quiet ... and how I'm now in a situation where I'm back with a plan! You can read more in my latest AVFTCN newsletter: https://crowsnest.danyork.com/2026/03/24/avftcn-040-returning-from-a-hiatus-and-plans-for-2026/
What is going on these days with the Linux Professional Institute (LPI)? I sat down with Matthew Rice, the current Executive Director of LPI to find out!Way back in 1998/99, I was one of the co-founders of LPI, still today the leading independent certification program for Linux administrators. I haven’t been involved in 20 years but was recently inducted into the LPI “Hall of Fellows” - https://www.lpi.org/hall-of-fellows/ - and Matt Rice visited me in Vermont to give me an actual physical award. So I seized the opportunity to ask Matt a few questions and understand what LPI is doing in 2025.
Where were you 25 years ago on New Year’s Eve 1999? This year is the 25th anniversary of the Y2K bug. For those of us of a certain age, we remember where we were. In this episode I talk about where I was in a bit about what all the concern was about.
It’s been a while since my last episode… almost 6 months in fact. In this episode I explain a bit of what went on, and talk about plans for returning in a slightly different format.
20 years ago today I set up my account and first edited Wikipedia. In this episode, I talk about some of how that journey has gone over the 20 years. More info can be found in this blog post: https://www.danyork.com/2024/04/celebrating-20-years-as-a-wikipedia-editor.html And occasionally you can find me livestreaming Wikipedia editing on Twitch at: https://www.twitch.tv/danyork324
On January 8, 2024, United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched their Vulcan Centaur rocket - in this episode I talk about WHY this was such an important milestone and about the current state of the launch industry where SpaceX is the only company consistently launching rockets. You can read more at:- https://www.danyork.com/2024/01/ulas-successful-vulcan-centaur-rocket-launch-is-good-news.html-https://crowsnest.danyork.com/2023/11/03/avftcn-022-the-global-chokepoint-where-spacex-is-the-only-consistent-launch-provider/Comments are welcome - do you want more episodes like this?
It's a new year and this year I've got a new plan that I'm aiming at for producing weekly podcast episodes. In this episode I talk about the plan an how it relates to other work I'm doing and content I'm creating. More info at: https://www.danyork.com/2024/01/a-new-plan-for-getting-in-the-habit-of-consistently-publishing-podcasts-and-newsletters.html
Has it really be over a year since I last published a podcast episode? In this new episode, I talk about some of the fatigue and malaise that has kept me away from recording and also writing. I also provided an update on some of what has been going on in my life. Hopefully you'll see more episodes coming out from me soon! Links I mentioned:- https://www.danyork.com/2023/01/my-themes-for-2023.html- https://elemental.medium.com/your-surge-capacity-is-depleted-it-s-why-you-feel-awful-de285d542f4c- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html
How do people use an Apple Watch? What do they like the most? The least? What is the big caveat I have with recommending a Watch? In this episode, I share my reflections on using an Apple Watch Series 3 for seven months.
Thoughts from others in this Twitter thread from February 2022: https://twitter.com/danyork/status/1488552360288960517
It's been a loooonnnngggg while since the last episode! But I'm back with a long list of episodes... and I'd like to engage with YOU, listeners, in experimenting with Reddit Talk as a way to record podcast episodes. If you are a Redditor, please drop me a note and lets figure out a time to try out Reddit Talk! (More info: https://reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404349195284 )
For the 13th year, I started my first episode of 2022 talking about the "themes" I see myself weaving into my life over the next 12 months. This episode is a companion to this blog post that goes into more written detail: https://www.danyork.com/2022/01/my-themes-for-2022.html
Twitter Spaces is now available to everyone on iOS and Android with more than 600 followers. In this episode, I talk about all the changes Twitter has made to Spaces since episode 406 back in February, and all the features they have said are coming soon. And I ask the question - after the pandemic, will people still listen?
If you go to the top of a Wikipedia article, there is a "Talk" tab in the upper left that brings you to the "Talk page" for an article. What is this Talk page for? How is it used? What happens on that page? In this episode, I talk about the role of Talk pages in enabling collaboration between editors to improve articles. I explain the various use cases and WHY you might want to look at Talk pages to understand more. I also discuss user talk pages and sending messages to other editors. More info at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines
See also episode 405 - https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-405-a-frustrating-aspect-of-wikipedia-your-page-is-not-yours-to-edit-explaining-coi
As Clubhouse turns 1, every other service seems to want to have their own rival version. On the last show 406 I talked about Twitter Spaces, which has continued to evolve and improve. Facebook has indicated they are building their own… and in this episode I talk about new entrants from Discord and LinkedIn… and Spotify’s entrance into the game, as well as Telegram adding voice chats to their messaging app. More in these links: - https://blog.discord.com/captivate-your-community-with-stage-channels-46bbb756e89b -https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/31/discord-stage-channels-voice-events/ - https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/30/linkedin-confirms-its-working-on-a-clubhouse-rival-too/ - https://newsroom.spotify.com/2021-03-30/spotify-acquires-locker-room-and-announces-plans-for-a-new-live-audio-experience/ - https://www.axios.com/spotify-betty-labs-locker-room-52550d15-3c05-48ed-b924-a9404c31901b.html - https://telegram.org/blog/voice-chats-on-steroids - https://www.makeuseof.com/telegram-is-launching-an-unlimited-upgrade-to-voice-chats/
Plus the cautionary tale about who audio channels may be excluding: - https://slate.com/technology/2021/03/clubhouse-voice-social-media-people-who-stutter.html
So what’s the deal with TwitterSpaces? How does it work? Will it truly be a competitor to Clubhouse for “social audio”? Today I had a chance to participate in three TwitterSpaces - and in this episode I talk about the experience of joining a TwitterSpace, what you can do inside of it, how you interact with it, my thoughts on how it is different from Clubhouse, and some thoughts on "social audio". Two posts I reference are: - https://stratechery.com/2021/clubhouses-inevitability/ - https://web-strategist.com/blog/2021/01/30/the-future-of-social-audio-startups-roadmap-business-models-and-a-forecast/
I welcome feedback either to @danyork on Twitter or via email to dan@danyork.org
"Wait? What? If something is wrong on a Wikipedia page about my company, I can't just go in and edit it??? That's crazy!" One of the most challenging and frustrating aspects for newcomers to Wikipedia is the guidelines and policies about "conflict of interest" (COI). What you think of as "your" page is NOT your page to edit. In this episode I talk about what is going on, why this is the way it is... and what you can do within Wikipedia's conventions if you do have COI and would like to suggest changes to an article. Please do let me know your feedback about this episode and whether you would like more episodes about Wikipedia. Some resources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plain_and_simple_conflict_of_interest_guide - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources - https://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2021/01/most-nights-you-can-find-me-briefly-streaming-on-twitch-and-editing-wikipedia.html - https://www.twitch.tv/danyork324
Wikipedia is an idea that probably should NOT work... but it does! On January 15, 2021, Wikipedia celebrated its 20th anniversary with over 6 million English articles and having just celebrated its 1 billionth edit (Jan 13). In this 404th episode, I talk about this milestone, and my own involvement in Wikipedia editing - and some of the things I've learned over this year. Some links: - https://wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia20/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:20th_anniversary - https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/1350125701513572355 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/15/wikipedia-20-year-anniversary/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dyork
As I've done for the last 12 years, I started 2021 talking about the "themes" I see myself weaving into my life over the next 12 months. This episode is a companion to this blog post that goes into more written detail: https://www.danyork.com/2021/01/my-themes-for-2021.html
Is it true that over 39% of websites now use WordPress? In this episode I talk about that statistic and other information coming out of the “State of the Word 2020” event by Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, the company behind the hosted WordPress.com and driving overall WordPress development
In November 2020, Twitter launched "Fleets" globally, bringing the vertical "Story" format first launched on Snapchat and then Instagram, Facebook, and most other social networks. In this episode, I explore what Fleets are all about, how they work, what some of the issues I've seen with them, and some of my thoughts for their future. You can read more at: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2020/introducing-fleets-new-way-to-join-the-conversation.html
After 7 years and 400 episodes of The Dan York Report, this episodes has a look back at how and why I started this podcast, what I've used to create it, some of the content I've covered, along with some thoughts about the future. I would definitely welcome your comments!
With two hooks in the ceiling, I made the single biggest home office improvement for Zoom calls and live streaming! In this episode I talk about how useful a ceiling-mounted green screen can be, and how green screens in general can help improve the quality of your video calls or live streaming...
What??? With schools moving to online learning, are we really seeing the end of snow days? In this episode, I talk about the long tradition of "snow days" in the northern US, and how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way we learn... and removing the need to have a day off for snowstorms! If you are in areas with snow, are you hearing something similar? (no snow days) What do you think about all of this?
In this pandemic with its ongoing and never-ending uncertainty, is part of our challenge that we have depleted our brain's "surge capacity"? Following on to the last episode 396 where I talked about the "Pandemic Productivity Plunge," in this episode I discuss an article I found very helpful in thinking about how to think about our response to the pandemic. The article is "Your ‘Surge Capacity’ Is Depleted — It’s Why You Feel Awful" by science journalist Tara Haelle. I would encourage everyone to read it at:
https://elemental.medium.com/your-surge-capacity-is-depleted-it-s-why-you-feel-awful-de285d542f4c
(If you cannot view it there, I have also found it at https://outline.com/GwHDSf )
What do you think about this article and the ideas? Are they helpful to you? What are YOU doing to renew your capacity to respond? Please do leave comments either here on SoundCloud or wherever this is posted on social media.
FYI, you can follow the article author on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tarahaelle
So... anyone else struggling a bit with productivity during these pandemic times? I'm working longer hours than ever, and am "busier" than ever.. but I'm finding myself struggling a good bit, particularly with creating new content. In this episode I talk about some of my own struggles with productivity during the pandemic, as well as some of what people share in threads on Twitter - https://twitter.com/danyork/status/1290287978024116227 and Mastodon - https://mastodon.social/@danyork/104626127875193156
Why haven't I been recording podcast episodes? Well... I've been off experimenting with Twitch! In this episode I talk all about why I have been doing that, and what I have learned so far. You can follow along with my experiments at https://www.twitch.tv/danyork324
(And yes, this episode was actually streamed on Twitch, too.)
After the COVID-19 pandemic is over, will livestreaming change churches and community organizations? If so, how? In this episode I talk about how there have been some benefits seen in livestreaming. When the pandemic is over and we can start gathering again, will we bring with us any lessons from all our time streaming online?
In the beginning, SoundCloud had a big orange button in their iOS app that let you record and upload audio. Then in 2014 that was removed... but now in 2020 the Upload ability is back (but not Record). In this episode I talk about that evolution over these years... Links: - TDYR 163 from 2014, where I talked about the initial change: https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-163-soundcloud-removes - SoundCloud's info about uploading: http://web.archive.org/web/20200514015038/https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043080874-How-do-I-upload-tracks-on-iOS-
On this 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, I look back 30 years and tell the story of how the events that led to Earth Day 1990, and the choices I made, fundamentally changed my life and set me on the path that led to where I am today... See also this post: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2020/04/on-this-50th-earth-day-we-are-using-the-internet-to-change-the-world/
In a time of isolation, how can you use virtual coffee breaks to connect with others? In this episode, I talk about how people within my organization have used the combination of Zoom and Slack to have virtual coffee (or tea) breaks to connect with each other. I also offer some tips for someone wanting to do this within your organization...
Why do we write articles that people can't understand? How can we be more clear and concise in our writing? How can we reduce the load on the brains of our readers? In this episode I talk about how critically important it is to write in "plain language" so that you text can be understood by the widest number of readers. Some of the resources I mention include: - http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_language - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_English - https://plainlanguage.gov/ - https://plainlanguage.gov/resources/checklists/web-checklist/
What techniques and strategies do YOU find effective for writing in plain language?
It’s been one month since the first positive case of COVID-19 was found in Vermont, where I live. In this episode I talk through some of my thoughts about what all is going on...
Yesterday we had the joy of using the Internet to celebrate the relationship of two people whose wedding was cancelled due to the pandemic. In this episode I talk about how wonderful that celebration was... and how the Internet can be used to bring moments of joy amidst the chaos...
This past Tuesday was “Super Tuesday” where my wife and I had a date night with CNN, settling in for a long night of watching primary election results... why do I find this so fascinating? In this episode, I talk about why...
It was 10 years ago, on January 27, 2010, that Steve Jobs stood on stage and announced the iPad. In this episode I reflect on all the ways that I personally have found the iPad to be useful (including curling!).
What do YOU think about the iPad? Have you found it useful? If so, how? If not, what didn’t work for you?
Links I referred to in the article: - https://twitter.com/stevesi/status/1221853721363013632?s=21 - https://daringfireball.net/2020/01/the_ipad_awkwardly_turns_10
[Note: this episode was planned entirely on an iPad (using MindNode to create a mind map), recorded on an iPhone, and then uploaded to SoundCloud using an iPad.]
Since 2010, I've started the new year with a blog post about my 3 or 4 themes or aspirations for the new year. This year I've published that at https://www.danyork.com/2020/01/my-4-words-for-2020.html - and this episode talks more about what I'm hoping to do in 2020.
Recorded back on December 1, 2019, this episode recaps how and why I failed at "National Podcast Post Month" (NaPodPoMo) a second time. I was SO prepared... I had outlines... I had a whole month of episodes planned out... I just hadn't counted on one thing...
Why not try something different than just presenting with slides? In this episode I talk about how I recently used MindNode to present a talk using its "Focus" mode and some trackpad zooming to give a different style of presenting. More info about MindNode's Focus mode: https://mindnode.com/news/2019-04-24-mindnode-6-has-arrived And the mind map I presented this week is at: https://my.mindnode.com/YDJYKxKp2y1jbd4XENeNpmHdZWaqFVW6aKTwqgyn#869.0,-2412.0,2
What are some LESSONS LEARNED since I first started working in a home office 20 years ago? In this final Part 3, I talk about the lessons I have learned that have helped me thrive working remotely from a home office, and I also share lessons that others shared with me on Twitter. Episode 380 covered the benefits of remote working. Episode 381 covered the disadvantages, and then this episode wraps it all up. I would love to hear your comments - are there lessons YOU have learned that I didn't cover? Please leave a comment!
(Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/danyork/status/1182606706485977088 )
Episode 380 - Benefits - https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-380-remote-working-part-1-what-are-the-benefits-of-working-from-home
Episode 381 - Disadvantages - https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-381-remote-working-part-2-what-are-the-disadvantages-of-working-from-home
What are the DISADVANTAGES of working remotely from a home office? I started working in a home office 20 years ago back in 1999 - what have I seen as the benefits? the challenges? what lessons have I learned? I decided to make this a 3-part series and so this episode 381 covers the disadvantages. The previous episode 380 covered the benefits, and episode 382 will wrap up the series with lessons learned. I also asked people on Twitter about their thoughts - I include many of those as well. (Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/danyork/status/1182213497066868741 ) WHAT DISADVANTAGES DO YOU SEE? Please leave a comment here...
What are the BENEFITS of working remotely from a home office? I started working in a home office 20 years ago back in 1999 - what have I seen as the benefits? the challenges? what lessons have I learned? I decided to make this a 3-part series and so this episode 380 covers the benefits. The next episode 381 will cover the challenges, and episode 382 will wrap up the series with lessons learned. I also asked people on Twitter about their thoughts - I include many of those as well. (Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/danyork/status/1181883371611406336 ) WHAT BENEFITS DO YOU SEE? Leave a comment here...
The 106th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) begins this weekend (16 Nov 2019) in Singapore. In this episode, I talk about what will be happening there and how you can participate remotely. Learn more in this post: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2019/11/ietf-106-begins-nov-16-in-singapore-here-is-how-you-can-participate-remotely-in-building-open-internet-standards/
Are we (of a certain age) the last generation to remember sticking actual physical keys into cars? In this episode, I just talk about how actual keys have faded away in favor of "key fobs"... and how while that gives great convenience, it comes with other issues...
WordPress 5.3 was released yesterday, November 12, 2019, an in this episode I talk about my initial thoughts on the release and what I'm excited to use on my sites. If you are curious about what is in WordPress 5.3, or have seen the upgrade notices and are interested in learning what is in the release, this episode may be helpful.
(My intention is then to follow up in a couple of weeks with another episode reflecting on how I have found WP 5.3 to be.)
Is it the end of the EditFlow plugin for WordPress? Or is there still life in the plugin? In this episode I talk about the value I found in EditFlow over the years, as well as recent news that work was discontinued... although that seems at odds with checkins to the Github repository! Links discussed in the episode include: - https://wptavern.com/automattic-has-discontinued-active-development-on-edit-flow-plugin - https://editflow.org/ - https://wordpress.org/plugins/edit-flow/ - https://github.com/Automattic/Edit-Flow - https://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2015/03/suggestions-for-an-editorial-calendar-toolservice-for-content-strategy.html
"What is 'dialing', Daddy?", my youngest daughter asked one day when I talked about "dialing" a number on the phone. In this episode I reminisce about the age of rotary dial phones... including that time I and some friends were repeatedly dialing a ticket company to get Pink Floyd tickets. :-) More info about rotary dial phones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_dial
In a recent interview about his new book, J. Michael Straczynski, said he pitched the network on his Babylon 5 show by saying that it was all about "choices, consequences, and responsibility." In this short episode, I talk about what a great summary that is of the sci-fi show that I so enjoyed over the many years. You can watch the JMS interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyt4Og0hc08
"Die Mauer! Die Mauer ist weg!" ("The wall! The wall is gone!") It was 30 years ago tonight when I got the phone call from a friend of mine that the wall was gone. I turned on our TV and was astounded by what I saw. For cold-war kids who were students of German and German history, this was unbelievable and unthinkable... we were stunned... and joyous! In this episode I share some of my reflections on that amazing time...
Are there good alternatives to Meetup.com for organizing groups and events? Many people started asking that question a few weeks ago when it appeared Meetup.com was drastically changing its pricing. While Meetup.com clarified this was just a test, it caused many people to wonder about relying so much on Meetup.com. In this episode I talk about what happened, some of the alternatives, and some of the challenges in moving to a different service. More info and a list of alternatives at: https://github.com/danyork/meetup-alternatives
It was 50 years ago in the summer of 1969 that the Unix operating system was created at Bell Labs by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and their colleagues. In this episode I talk about the large effect Unix has had on my own life, in all of its many variations, and celebrate the 50 years of this remarkable creation. More info: https://www.bell-labs.com/var/articles/celebrating-50-years-unix/ https://www.bell-labs.com/unix50/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix
Once upon a time, our mental model of how networking worked was rather simple. You had a device connected to a network (a "client") and a server to which that device was connecting. Each had a host name and an IP address. The server was typically a computer on a desk or in a rack. But that's not TODAY's network... now instead we have content delivery networks (CDNs), Anycast networks, containers and so much more.. it's a FASCINATING time to be in networking! I talk about all of that on this episode...
What do you like in IOS 13? After using it for a number of weeks now, I reflect on what I like and dislike...
Will quantum cryptography affect the DNS and DNSSEC? If so, how? and when? Today at the "Tech Day" part of the ICANN 66 meeting in Montreal, John Levine spoke about what impact quantum crypto might have on DNS. His slides are available at:
https://static.ptbl.co/static/attachments/232986/1572893313.pdf?1572893313
In this TDYR episode, I talk about what John said in that session and my thoughts around it all.
NIST's "Post-Quantum Cryptography" work mentioned in the episode can be found at: https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Post-Quantum-Cryptography/Post-Quantum-Cryptography-Standardization
This week I'm at the ICANN 66 meeting in Montreal participating in sessions about DNS security, privacy, routing security and more... in this episode I talk a bit about the history of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and what I'll be doing there this week. More info can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN https://66.schedule.icann.org/
Have you ever wanted to start podcasting but didn't know how to begin? Google Podcast and PRX just launched a "Podcasting 101" 10-part video series that explains many aspects of getting started with podcasting. In this episode I talk about what the videos cover and how I believe they can help people in the early stage of podcasting. You can find the videos at: https://googlecp.prx.org/
Other articles about the Podcasting 101 videos can be found at: - https://www.blog.google/products/search/want-make-podcast-5-tips-get-you-started/ - https://medium.com/prxofficial/podcasting-101-with-sean-rameswaram-a8f04014b1e8
Having failed to complete National Podcast Post Month (NaPodPoMo) back in 2017, why do I think it will be different this time? In this episode I talk about that... and invite listeners to join me for the next 30 days...
In the beginning, a podcast was a never-ending set of episodes, week after week after week... (or daily or monthly). It was exhausting and many shows "podfaded". But in recent years now formats such as "series" or "seasons" have emerged. In this episode I talk about how that lowers the barrier to entry to starting a podcast, and how it can be beneficial for organizing a podcast...
It's been 4 months since I last recorded one of my podcast episode, and while it may be tempting to blame it on work responsibilities and limited personal time, I think it's really something more... as podcasting has become increasingly "professionalized" and expectations have been raised, there's a certain sense that in order to be in the podcasting space, you need to step up the quality of what you do. And while that is true in many ways, there also does continue to be space for many diverse voices and diverse forms of content...
WordPress 5.2 came out back on May 7, 2019, and if you haven't upgraded, or just upgraded but didn't really pay attention to what was included, I talk in this episode about what is in WP 5.2 and why it merits upgrading and investigating. More info: https://wordpress.org/news/2019/05/jaco/ and https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-12-0-emoji-changelog/
I was in Prague for the 104th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and in this episode I talk about some of what went on there...
What was the Internet like before the Web? How did the Web change our online communication so dramatically? Last week (March 12) was the 30th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee starting the World Wide Web, and in this episode I reflect on what the Internet was like before. Read more: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2019/03/celebrating-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-world-wide-web/
As I have for the past 10 years, I started off the year talking about my "3 words" for 2019 - the areas in which I intend to focus. You can read more here: https://www.danyork.com/2019/01/my-3-words-for-2019.html
I am on my way to Bangkok, Thailand, for the 103rd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). In this episode I explain why I am going...
October 11, 2018, was a blissfully boring day on the Internet - and that was a beautiful thing! The long-planned DNSSEC Root KSK Rollover (described in TDYR 356 - https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-356-are-you-prepared-for ) did NOT "break the Internet". There were no large outages. Everything went as planned. In this episode, I talk about all of that, why it matters - and what is next. Image credit: NLNet Labs - https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/
Are you prepared for the change of the security key at the center of the Domain Name System (DNS)? In this episode I talk about DNS, DNSSEC, and the “root key rollover” that is happening on October 11. Find out more at: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20181005_how_to_prepare_for_dnssec_root_ksk_rollover_on_october_11_2018/
As a follow-up to episode 354, I provide an update about my recovery from surgery and colon cancer....
TDYR 354 - Colon Cancer, Colonoscopies, Vermont, and Recovering from Surgery by Dan York
How can you use podcasting or live online radio as a team-building exercise? What happens when you take 16 people, 10 of whom have never done anything with audio, and tell them that in 4 hours they have to stream an hour of live audio on the public Internet? In this episode, Neville Hobson and I talk about exactly this experience!
This segment with Neville was actually my weekly report into the For Immediate Release (FIR) podcast hosted by Shel Holtz. It was part of FIR #146 on July 16, 2018. You can hear the entire show at https://firpodcastnetwork.com/fir-146-is-business-dropping-the-e-in-peso/
You can learn more about Neville at: http://www.nevillehobson.com https://twitter.com/jangles
The company that did the exercise we talked about is at http://liveat3.today
The 102nd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) starts today in Montreal with over 1,000 engineers coming together from around the world to make the Internet work better. It’s an amazing event and I give a preview in this episode. Visit https://www.ietf.org/live to follow along this week.
I attended my first WordCamp Europe (WCEU) this week in Belgrade, Serbia, and it was an outstanding event. In this episode I talk about some of what I learned.
I downloaded all my Facebook data today.... and it was an interesting trip through 11 years of memories - and other data... in this episode I talk about some of what I found, and also note how you can do this, too.
Tap... tap.. tap... is this thing on? Unbelievably, it has been four months since I last published an episode of The Dan York Report. I am ready to get back behind the microphone and crank out some more episodes... stay tuned!
Did you know you probably have many “acoustic speakers” in your home? I was amused this weekend to see devices marketed as an “acoustic speaker” this weekend....
I failed at NaPodPoMo 2017 - 30 podcasts in 30 days - but took away some important lessons about how to do it better next time...
How do I record on my iPhone? What is my workflow? I was asked that question and thought I would answer through an episode. The main app I use is the Hindenburg Field Recorder...
Twitter just moved from 140 to 280 characters. In this episode I relay some of my thoughts about this change. What do YOU think about it?
Logitech announced to owners of Harmony Link devices that those devices will stop working in March 2018. They will be “bricked”. While Logitech responded to the furor by eventually doing the right thing and offering free upgrades, this speaks to the larger issue that “ownership” is a different concept in our new world of connected IoT devices.
How do indigenous communities across North America connect to the Internet? What are the benefits and opportunities? How do they make it happen? These are questions being discussed at the Indigenous Connectivity Summit (ICS) on November 8-9, 2017, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. WATCH LIVE! (or the recording) More info - and the links to live video streams - is at https://www.internetsociety.org/events/indigenous-connectivity-summit/ You can also follow on Twitter via the hashtag #indigenet17 -https://twitter.com/hashtag/indigenet17?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash
We live in a world where we never need to be bored. Distraction is just a smartphone away. But is that the right way to be? Are WE in control of our attention? Or do we let others control our attention? Should we let some boredom into our lives to generate more creativity? I talk about all that as well as some of the things I am doing....
Snapchat went down today and millions of teens and other young people suddenly found themselves without their primary means of communication...
As I mapped out my plans for 30 podcasts in 30 days, I realized I had not asked YOU, the listeners, what you would like to hear. What is of interest? Thoughts on new technologies? Explanations of parts of the Internet? Reflections on the early days of the Internet? Memories of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI)? Thoughts on social networks? Work information about curling? Software apps? New Hampshire? Books? What would you like to hear me talk about?
Why do I think curling is a great sport for youth? I talk about the many great aspects of youth curling: skills, strength, stamina, strategy, communication, confidence and more...
We’re heading to the Washington, DC, area today for my 15yo daughter to play in a curling bonspiel. In this episode I talk about what we are doing and why we are going. (Listen to show #337 for more info about bonspiels.)
You can follow the team at https://www.facebook.com/TeamTschumakow
What is a “bonspiel”? What does it have to do with curling? How is it structured? How does it work? In this episode I talk about what bonspiels are, how they typically work, what people do at them and much more...
Today (Nov 1) marks the start of National Podcast Post Month (NaPodPoMo) where participants commit to publishing 30 podcast episodes in 30 days. I'm going to give it a try this year... let's see how I do! More info is at http://napodpomo.org/
I’ve been a longtime user of “mind mapping” software to capture thoughts, brainstorm, take notes, organize plans and more. Lately I have found myself really enjoying using MindNode on my Macs and iOS devices. In this episode I talk about why I like using MindNode so much...
This morning my mind was a bit blown learning about the whole world of “chat fiction” or “chat stories” - stories told in the form of chat message exchanges. If you are not under 25, you probably don’t know about them... but they are there! In this episode I talk about chat fiction and ask a number of questions about the tools, statistics and more. I would love to hear from any listeners who have done anything with chat fiction....
It's done. It shipped. The new https://www.internetsociety.org/ website shipped! And with that, I can finally return to the writing, recording and other content creation I so love to do...
Make your web page load fast... or Facebook will lower the visibility of links to your page in the NewsFeed! On August 2nd, Facebook announced that web page load time will be a ranking factor in placement in NewsFeed. Links that load faster will show up higher in people's NewsFeeds - and links that load slowly will be lower. If you want to ensure people see your links, make your pages load fast! More info at these links: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/08/news-feed-fyi-showing-you-stories-that-link-to-faster-loading-webpages/ https://media.fb.com/2017/08/02/best-practices-to-improve-mobile-site-performance/
The big news today was that SoundCloud closed a $170 million round of funding to continue its operations. I talk about that, and my own views on SoundCloud's evolution. Many articles about this at: https://www.techmeme.com/170811/p5#a170811p5
What is the state of IPv6 deployment? Today on the 5th "Launchiversary" of World IPv6 Launch, the Internet Society published a new report, the "State of IPv6 Deployment 2017". I talk about the report and some of the information you can find inside - and encourage listeners to read the report - and deploy IPv6! More info: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/tech-matters/2017/06/landmark-ipv6-report-published-state-deployment-2017-5 The report: https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/state-ipv6-deployment-2017
Snapchat just rolled out "Custom Stories" that let you create a thread of photos and videos that your friends can contribute to and also view. You can include a group of friends - or use geofencing to tie the story to a location. I am curious - what do you all think about this this feature?
I haven't published a TDYR episode in almost a month, haven't published many blog posts since March, and haven't been very active on social media... here is a bit about why...
The Mastodon social network is getting a great bit of buzz. In this episode I provide some initial thoughts on what is going on. You can find me at https: // mastodon.social / @danyork (That link isn't working well. Try this: http://bit.ly/2oi4wxJ )
"Why should I care about encryption? How does it affect my business?" In this episode I give a simple example of why encryption is important for every business, government or organization. Read more at: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/tech-matters/2017/04/encryption-critical-business-communication
Our messaging systems are a mess - how do you know how to reach someone? They are spread across so many different messaging / chat systems. I wrote about this today on my Disruptive Telephony blog - and recorded this audio commentary. Here's the blog post: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2017/03/xkcd-comic-perfectly-captures-sad-fragmented-state-of-messaging-chat-systems.html
This past week brought the ability to create a "snapcode" for any website. This makes it easy for Snapchat users to very easily get to your sites. In this episode I talk about how to do that and why I think this could be very useful...
You can now embed 360 photos and videos in any WordPress site using the Jetpack plugin version 4.5 released last week. I talk about why I think this is so important and what it offers. More info can be found in this article: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2017/01/big-news-360-photos-now-available-for-any-wordpress-site-via-jetpack-plugin.html
What is the state of deployment of DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC)? What is DNSSEC all about, anyway? Why should you care about it? What does it do? In this episode I dive into what DNSSEC does and the recent report we released about the "State of DNSSEC Deployment 2016" - Please see the full report at: https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/state-dnssec-deployment-2016
What is it like to watch 100 girls throw rocks at houses? In this episode I talk about our recent trip to Toronto where I got to do exactly that...
I was fascinated by reactions by people to my waving at them from the side of the road today...
Netflix this week added the ability to download shows and movies and watch them offline. In this episode I talk about why I think this is so exciting...
Today is a great day to buy ebooks and videos at 50% from O'Reilly and associated publishers - http://oreil.ly/CyberMonday16 . Two of my books are included in the sale: http://migratingappstoipv6.com/ and http://www.7ducattacks.com/ - the sale goes until Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 5:00am Pacific Time.
Some brief thoughts on the way home from Seoul, South Korea, where I was for IETF 97. This was recorded in Narita airport in Tokyo.
I am heading to Bucharest, Romania, to be part of the Internet Society's "ION Bucharest" conference on Wednesday, Oct 13. More info can be found at https://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/ion/
Want to join a global conversation about how we connect the unconnected, increase the level of trust in the Internet and advance appropriate Internet governance policies? That conversation is happening TODAY at InterCommunity 2016, happening ON the Internet - over 2,500 people from 160 countries joining in from wherever they are! You can see the agenda and join in at http://icomm16.internetsociety.org/ You can also follow the hashtag #iComm16 today on Twitter and other social networks.
I'm en route to Orlando, Florida, to speak at the ISC2 Security Congress over the next few days. In this episode I talk about my sessions, explain some of what the MANRS initiative is about, and talk about why DNS security is important.... and if you are also at the ISC2 Security Congress, please do say hello!
This week Facebook provided yet another reason to make sure your website is "mobile-friendly" - ads for sites that are NOT will be penalized in Facebook's advertising network. In this episode I talk about that and some of the resources available. Read more: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2016/09/facebook-says-get-your-site-mobile-friendly-or-your-ads-will-suffer.html
Facebook Messenger today launched "Instant Video", allowing you to add video to a text chat. In this episode I offer some initial thoughts about why this is interesting... Read more: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2016/09/facebook-messengers-instant-video-lets-you-simultaneously-use-video-and-chat.html
What is the future of networking? And what did Greg Ferro think of the IETF 96 meeting in Berlin? In this episode I sat down with Greg Ferro of the Packet Pushers Podcast to get his views on the state of networking, what he thinks about attending his first IETF meeting and a wide variety of other topics. It was quite an enjoyable conversation... For more info about Greg see http://packetpushers.net/ and http://etherealmind.com/
TDYR 309 - Trying A New Rule - No Social Media Usage Until I Have Created Something Online by Dan York
Today was a great day of coding here in Berlin, Germany, at the IETF 96 Hackathon. In this episode I talk about why that was so great...
Today is the 4th anniversary of World IPv6 Launch and I talked in this episode about why that matters and what people should do. More info in this CircleID post: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160606_google_ipv6_stats_hit_12_percent_on_4th_anniversary_of_world_ipv6/ and also: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160505_apple_requires_all_ios_apps_work_on_ipv6_only_networks/
Today was the 41st consecutive day I have been learning Spanish using the DuoLingo app. In this episode I talk about why I find the app so powerful for learning languages and relay my experience using it for French, Spanish and German.
Do you know someone who has made the Internet better? If so, consider nominating them for the Jonathan B Postel Service Award. The deadline is Wednesday, May 18. More info can be found at: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/institutional/2016/05/deadline-may-18-recognize-someone-who-has-made-internet-better-place
Is the Internet fragmenting? Is the "universal" Internet fragmenting into separate networks along technical, economic or policy lines? Join a panel discussion TODAY at 3:30pm US EDT with representatives of Internet Society, WEF, OECD, Microsoft and more. More info at: https://www.internetsociety.org/events/panel-internet-fragmenting
This week Apple declared that as of June 1 all apps submitted to the AppStore must be able to work in an IPv6-ONLY network. In this episode I talk about what that means...
More text info at http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160505_apple_requires_all_ios_apps_work_on_ipv6_only_networks/
Yesterday I was thrilled to receive a print copy of Bloomberg BusinessWeek - in this episode I talk about why...
How do you create your own personal content (articles, blog posts, podcasts, etc) in the midst of all the other demands of life? Do you "pay yourself first" as Jeremiah Owyang once recommended? What do you do?
I am heading to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the 95th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and several other meetings. In this episode I talk about what I will be doing there.
On International Women's Day, can you shine the light on great examples of women using the Internet and technology to change lives? Can we provide great examples to inspire the next generation of women? Read more: https://www.internetsociety.org/shinethelight https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/institutional/2016/03/gender-parity-starts-internet http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-35705391
I'm on the road to Marrakech, Morocco, where I will be in the ICANN 55 and Africa DNS Forum meetings over the next week. In this episode I talk about what is going on... Read more: http://www.danyork.com/2016/03/heading-to-marrakech-for-icann-55-and-africa-dns-forum-2016.html
Back on June 5, 2015, I participated in a session about cybersecurity at the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. I recently found the recording and decided to release it as it is still very relevant. The video of the session can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xioLM6g737k&t=1h13m33s Links referenced in the recording include: http://www.eurodig.org/archives/eurodig15/ http://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Cybersecurity:_bringing_the_puzzle_together http://www.internetsociety.org/collaborativesecurity http://www.manrs.org/
Will Facebook's impending opening up of its "Instant Articles" on April 12 to ALL publishers of content help the "open web"? Or will it just keep more people inside of Facebook's shiny walled garden? In this episode I talk about all the questions I'm pondering on this important issue that I wrote about on my Disruptive Conversations site: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2016/02/do-facebook-instant-articles-support-the-open-web-or-facebooks-walled-garden.html Also published on Medium: https://medium.com/disruptive-conversations/do-facebook-instant-articles-support-the-open-web-or-facebook-s-walled-garden-a9abe0ba43ee
After using Facebook Reactions for the past two days, I got think about some questions... Read more: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2016/02/questions-i-have-about-facebook-reactions.html
Today was the start of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, and in this episode I talk about MWC and in particular Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's keynote ...
Today I had a choice of being caught up in my mental to-do list... or of being present in a moment in time...
The first step to successful writing / blogging is... Read more: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2016/02/the-first-step-to-successful-writingblogging-is-to-put-words-on-the-screen.html
"Hey, Dad, can you help me find the live stream for the curling event?" ... In this episode I talk about the expectations we now have that live video streams WILL be available... and how amazing that is on so many levels....
The 2016 New Hampshire Presidential Primary is now over and I recorded some thoughts on the day after it was all over. It's an amazing time to live in NH... and I spoke about the pros and cons of this time of year...
On February 1 the weather in Keene, NH, was amazingly warm and so I went for a run... and recorded a podcast episode while running....
Way back in June 2014 I spoke at the SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC) on the topic of "Is It Time For TLS for SIP?" I lost track of the audio recording but recently found it and thought I would share it. The slides for the presentation can be found here: http://www.slideshare.net/danyork/sipnoc-2014-is-it-time-for-tls-for-sip
Today is one of the days where I can always remember where I was at one point in time... on the day of the Challenger explosion... In this episode I reflect back on that fateful day... Read more: http://www.danyork.com/2016/01/remembering-challenger-30-years-later.html
At AstriCon on October 15, 2015, I spoke with Matthew Hodgson of Matrix.org about what they are trying to do to address the issue of walled gardens of messaging...
TDYR 282 - Reflections on the 2016 USA Curling Junior National Championships by Dan York
Our daughter's curling team is heading to the Junior National Championships and in this episode I talk about all the excitement of heading to Minnesota in 11 days! You can follow along on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/TeamRodgersCurling I also mention the GoFundMe page we set up to help fund the journey: https://www.gofundme.com/teamrodgerscurling It's an amazing opportunity and we're SO excited!
As I have for the past few years, I've recorded a New Year's Day episode about my "Three Words" representing my aspirations for 2016. Read more at: http://www.danyork.com/2016/01/my-3-words-for-2016.html
For the past 10 years I have contributed a weekly report into the "For Immediate Release" podcast (a.k.a. "FIR") focusing on technology and PR / social media. In this TDYR episode, I provide some context and then include the 6-minute report I contributed to FIR episode #14 - http://firpodcastnetwork.com/fir-14-where-does-employee-news-belong/
If you are interested in listening to more of the great series of FIR podcasts, visit http://firpodcastnetwork.com/
There's a brand new WordPress administrative interface and a separate app for the Mac that provide a powerful new way to edit and manage content across many different WordPress sites. I talk about it here - and reference these articles: https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/the-new-wordpress-dot-com/ https://developer.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/the-story-behind-the-new-wordpress-com/ http://om.co/2015/11/23/some-thoughts-on-the-new-wordpress-com-and-mac-app/ http://ma.tt/2015/11/dance-to-calypso/
I finally gave up on the iPad 2. After trying to keep it usable after making the mistake of upgrading to iOS 8 and then iOS 9, I finally gave in and bought a newer iPad ... more on the story here: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2015/11/giving-up-on-the-ipad2.html
Were you an iPhone 5s user who upgraded to an iPhone 6s? What do you think? Are you happier with the 6s? Or do you wish you stayed with the 5s? This week I'm dealing with this question of what is admittedly a "first-world problem" of which way should I go... (and as I said in the episode "Get an Android!" is NOT the answer right now... :-) )
While we are familiar with the gorgeous colors of Autumn in New England and similar places, there is also an awesome aural side to autumn... in this episode I capture some of that sound of walking through leaves...
Freedom House released their 2015 Freedom on the Net report yesterday and it paints a disturbing picture of a continued decline in freedom of expression / speech online. Read more at http://freedomhouse.org
See also https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/10/freedom-internet-where-does-your-country-stand
After a few years of tweeting back and forth, Kyle York and I finally got a chance to meet! Two Yorks in NH... both involved with DNS and with marketing / communications. I spoke on a panel at Dyn's #TechToberfest event in Manchester, NH. Kyle can be found on Twitter at http://twitter.com/kyork20
Today was the launch of the "GIP Digital Watch" a new website to provide basic info to help people learn about the critical Internet policy issues we all face today. You can visit the site and learn more at: http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/09/launch-gip-digital-watch-provides-new-education-resources-internet https://www.internetsociety.org/news/geneva-internet-platform-and-internet-society-launch-digital-watch-online-resource-critical
Four years ago I joined the staff of the Internet Society and in this episode I offer some thoughts on why I'm so passionate about the work I do and what's changed over the last year... see a written version at: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2015/09/four-years-at-the-internet-society.html
Getting on WiFi at a hotel or cafe can be extremely frustrating. In this episode I talk about some of my current frustration and talk about work within the IETF to make the user experience better. https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/capport/charter/ https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/captive-portals
Summer is over in the Northern Hemisphere and now we return to the regular rhythms and routines...
I'm working in the Toronto, Ontario, area this week... and in this episode I explain a bit about WHY...
How do we as a society best address the critical issues of Internet access, governance and security? Join us at InterCommunity 2015 on July 7 and 8 to talk about these issues and take action: http://www.internetsociety.org/intercommunity2015/
It's free and all are welcome to join!
I will be heading to Ottawa on Monday, July 6, 2015, to take part in InterCommunity 2015, a global meeting of Internet Society members that will be happening ON the Internet and FOR the Internet. I'll be traveling to an in-person meeting location because I'm leading one of the sessions... but thousands of others will be connecting from their homes, offices and wherever they can get Internet access. Please join in! (Membership in the Internet Society is free...) More info at: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/institutional/2015/07/intercommunity-2015-july-78-its-gonna-be-great and http://www.internetsociety.org/intercommunity2015/
Happy Canada Day! Today, July 1, is the celebration of the creation of Canada on July 1, 1867.
Goodbye IPv4 addresses in North America! I've been watching the countdown as the final days of IPv4 happen in North America... in this episode I talk about IPv4 as a river and how there will still be capacity in the river for a bit, but the source of the river is drying up - and now is the time to finally make the move to IPv6! More info at: https://www.arin.net/resources/request/ipv4_countdown.html
Who will control the "directory" of users in the mobile app space? Or will we always live in a world of multiple directories? Will Facebook, Google and Skype win over all the challengers? Is there a way out of this dilemma? I talk about all that in this episode about an article I wrote recently on CircleID: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160515_directory_dilemma_why_facebook_google_skype_may_win_mobile_app_war/ I'd greatly appreciate any comments and feedback you have. Thanks!
Ello released an iOS app today that makes it easy to interact with the social network. I wrote more here: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2015/06/ello-releases-ios-app-and-drops-invitation-only-status-to-let-everyone-in.html
and you can find me on Ello at https://ello.co/danyork
I haven't recorded for almost two weeks... in this episode I talk about the paralysis induced by self-inflicted performance pressure...
I attended my first European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) in Sofia, Bulgaria, this week. In this episode, I talk all about what went on there... more info can be found at: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/europe-bureau-public-policy/2015/06/internet-society-eurodig-2015-sofia-bulgaria-week-network
What do you need to do to get your blog post noticed? When we are drowning in a sea of content, how can you make your post stand out? How can you maximize the chances that people will actually find your blog post, read it and then hopefully share it? Read more: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2015/05/the-3-critical-elements-to-getting-your-blog-post-noticed.html
Every year KPCB's Mary Meeker releases an "Internet Trends" report chock full of statistics, charts and graphs about trends in Internet usage, apps, demographics and so, so much more... you can see it all at: http://www.kpcb.com/internet-trends
TDYR 246 - Interview with Bryan Person About Lithium, Austin, Social Media and more by Dan York
After the devastating earthquake on April 25, there are many excellent efforts underway to help the people in Nepal. As the initial surge of help continues, the Internet Society's (ISOC) Nepal Chapter is working to help rebuild the communication and Internet systems in Nepal. In this episode I talk about that and ask people to help. More info at: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/chapters-members/2015/04/people-nepal-need-our-help and to donate directly: https://www.internetsociety.org/form/donate-nepal
Why do I like SoundCloud as a platform for podcast publishing? What are some of the reasons podcasters should consider it? I dive into detail in this episode... Read more at: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2015/05/the-power-of-soundcloud-as-a-podcast-publishing-platform.html
Yesterday Wire.com launched "Wire for Web" letting anyone with a web browser use chat and voice to communicate with other users of the Wire apps for iOS, Android and Mac OS/X. See http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2015/04/wire-launches-webrtc-voicechat-web-app-for-windows-linux-more-includes-high-tls-security.html for more info.
TDYR 240 - Perhaps The Greatest Challenge of the Internet Age: Being Present Where We Are by Dan York
After many years away in Mac OS X, I recently got reacquainted with Microsoft Windows 7 ... in this episode I talk about what I thought... and how it made me appreciate "less is more" even more!
A key to writing online is to consistently create quality content... in this episode I talk about that...
This week I'm living the "IETF blur" as the 92nd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) takes place in Dallas, Texas, all week. I'm participating remotely... but it's still a crazy busy week! More in the episode...
Is your web site "mobile-friendly"? If not, you have until April 21, 2015, to do so or suffer a drop in Google search results. I wrote about this more at: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2015/03/google-says-make-your-site-mobile-friendly-by-april-21-or-drop-in-search-results.html
GigaOm shut down this week... http://www.gigaom.com/ ... in this episode I talk about why this failure hurts more than most...
TDYR 229 - Analysis of the HBO NOW DNSSEC Error That Caused Problems With Comcast And Google by Dan York
The 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference (15NTC) is done today and I recorded some thoughts about leaving the conference... as well as my own saga getting out with canceled flights...
I'm in Austin, TX, at the NTEN 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference this week - http://myntc.nten.org/home - and in this episode I talk about some of the sessions I've been in, including the session I led.
My role is changing at the Internet Society... more info here: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2015/02/changing-my-role-at-the-internet-society-content-strategy-across-all-areas.html
Do you want to turn off the sounds that Facebook recently added into their iPhone/iPad/iOS app? Here's how you do it... as well as some commentary about how the user experience is changing as we increasingly use mobile apps. Read more: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2015/02/how-to-turn-off-sounds-in-the-facebook-iphone-ipad-app.html
How do the maps we have around us frame our expectations for how we might travel from Point A to Point B? I talk about this in the context of my flights from New Hampshire to Singapore, which I naturally thought would go from East to West... and friends thought would go West to East... but in fact went a different way!
A couple of the links I talked about were: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections#Cylindrical http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Mercator http://www.gcmap.com/
P.S. And yes, I know Singapore is actually a set of islands. I referred to it in the recording as being down the peninsula formed by Malaysia, Thailand, etc. Singapore is in fact a set of islands right off the tip of Malaysia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore for more info.
I'm on the way to Singapore for the ICANN 52 meeting. More info here:
http://singapore52.icann.org/en/
http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2015/02/many-dnssec-and-dane-activities-at-icann52-next-week-in-singapore/
https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/02/return-singapore-chili-crabs-names-numbers-and-protocol-parameters
In my recent "FIR On Technology" episode #3 I explained the Markdown language. This TDYR was a preview. The full episode is at: http://forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/fir_on_technology_with_dan_york_episode_3_understanding_markdown including the range of links I discussed.
Comments can be left at:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DanYork/posts/CVRBi3YHhRp
TDYR 216 - The Frustration of Canceling A Curling Bonspiel, And Weather Forecasts by Dan York
TDYR 213 - Heading to Sri Lanka to Talk about IPv6, DNSSEC, IETF and more... by Dan York
What are my aspirations for 2015? This episode speaks about my "four words" for 2015. More details here: http://www.danyork.com/2015/01/my-four-words-for-2015.html
In this final episode of 2014, I reflected back on my "four words" for 2014. More info here: http://www.danyork.com/2014/12/revisiting-my-four-word-for-2014-how-did-i-do.html
and http://www.danyork.com/2014/01/my-four-words-for-2014.html
While we'll be enjoying the celebration of Christmas and having a great time in the company of our families and friends, the weather here in southern New Hampshire will be VERY different than it usually is...
WordPress 4.1 is out today and brings a MUCH improved "distraction-free writing" experience...
More info: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2014/12/new-wordpress-41-provides-much-improved-distraction-free-writing-experience.html
I'm looking for a WordPress plugin that can easily give me statistics around content creation... the number of posts, pages and other content created over a period of time. All the plugins I've found so far are really for visitor statistics... but I'm looking for something that will show content stats. Know anything I should try?
More info here: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2014/12/the-wordpress-plugin-i-want-statistics-about-content-creation-number-of-posts-pages-etc.html
Back on December 1 in episode 187 I said my goal was to write at least one blog post a day for every day in December 2014. Two weeks in... how am I doing?
My list of posts in December so far: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2014/12/two-weeks-in-how-is-a-blog-post-a-day-doing-finish2014strong.html
Original posts: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2014/12/a-blog-post-a-day-for-december-2014-finish2014strong.html https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-187-1-blog-post-a-day-in
At a "Breakfast with Santa" yesterday, Santa asked our 5-year-old daughter about what she wanted for Christmas...
Verizon came out with a new "Voice Cypher" OTT app for iOS, Android and Blackberry which sounds like a very cool way to have secure voice communication across mobile networks... until you realize that it has a government backdoor already built in. :-(
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-11/verizons-new-encrypted-calling-app-comes-prehacked-for-the-nsa https://www.verizonwireless.com/wcms/business/apps/voice-cypher.html http://business.verizonwireless.com/content/b2b/en/solutions/technology/mobile-security/voice-cypher.html
In this episode I tried out the new "Opinion" app for the iPhone that aims to make podcasting easier:
http://www.opinionpodcasting.com/
You can hear my thoughts in the episode...
To me the "directory problem" is the greatest challenge facing new communications apps such as Wire, Talko and many more.... how do you build up the directory of users so that the app is useful to people? People will only use a communications app IF the people they want to talk with are using the app!
Where are the TV shows that are ultimately positive and hopeful like The West Wing? I'm looking for series like that, but all the recent drama series seems to be dark and gritty...
This week was the start of breakfasts for the homeless that will be offered at a church in Keene, NH, each week day... I talk about that in this episode...
A new communications app launched today called "Wire". In this episode I talk about my initial thoughts...
Also, see: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2014/12/initial-thoughts-on-wire-the-new-communication-app-from-ex-skypers.html
Today I tested "Firefox Hello", Mozilla's new WebRTC app that is included in Firefox 34. To read more about it, please visit:
http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2014/12/how-to-test-firefox-hello-mozillas-new-webrtc-video-call-service.html
I've set myself a personal challenge to "finish strong" in 2014 and write at least one blog post each day of December. More info at: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2014/12/a-blog-post-a-day-for-december-2014-finish2014strong.html
At our ION Tokyo event this week, I learned a good bit from talking with Japanese translators who then translated my talk...
More info about the event: http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/ion/tokyo2014/
I landed in Tokyo, Japan, last night and just reflect here on my first impressions on my first visit to Japan...
I can remember with vivid clarity where I was on that day 25 years ago when the Berlin Wall fell... this is that story...
(I should note that I published this on November 8... thinking it was November 9th! Sigh....)
How can we work together to improve the security and resilience of the global routing system? A new "MANRS" initiative was launched today to answer that question! See http://www.manrs.org/ to read the MANRS document and sign up!
A chance meeting while dumping leaves made me suddenly realize it had never remotely occurred to me to re-use leaf bags... what does that say about my thinking in our disposable society?
Do you struggle with accepting compliments? I find it hard and tend to dismiss or diminish what it is I am being praised for... but in so doing I have come to realize I am also dismissing and diminishing the person giving the compliment. This is something I've been working on...
This morning I was reminded of the awesome power of the Internet to enable us to see and experience events from far away. For a few moments I watched the Russian Progress 57 spacecraft dock with the International Space Station... all live and in HD video... and all from the comfort of my home...
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2014/10/29/new-progress-resupply-craft-arrives-at-station/
It was a time when I was just reminded of the amazing power of the Internet to connect us all!
We had an awesome day at the Keene Pumpkin Festival this past Saturday, October 18, 2014. It was an amazing, wonderful event... but you wouldn't know that from the media coverage that focused on the rioting of a large mass of college students and other young people a few streets away from where the Pumpkin Festival was happening.
As many of us play with Ello, the newest social network to attract attention, I take a moment to remember Orkut, the first "social network" many of us used way back in 2004... and that was shut down today, September 30, 2014, by Google...
Read more: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2014/09/rip-orkut-the-first-social-network-many-of-us-used.html
Also posted on Ello, of course: https://ello.co/danyork/post/kF7_SrLsE-ThvqLFmB79Mw
How do we define what it is to be "SIP-compliant" in 2014? Can we even do so? How can we make it easier for companies and vendors to make their systems work with SIP?
Some initial thoughts on today's Apple event where the iPhone 6 and AppleWatch were announced...
Skype released a new version 5.4 for the iPhone today that allows you to initiate group audio calls from the iPhone. In this episode I walk through what I've found in a quick test of the new feature today...
See http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2014/09/walk-through-skype-54-for-iphone-lets-you-host-audio-conference-calls.html for more info.
There is a dark side to being a prolific writer or prolific "content creator"... and that is that if you do NOT create content, you start to get a bit twitchy... in this episode I talk about that feeling of having your head exploding with ideas...
How do you make the time to create online content? Whether it is audio podcasts like this one, or blog posts... what has been your strategy to make the time to create content?
Today Facebook notified its users that all iOS and Android mobile users will soon have to install Facebook's separate Messenger app to be able to send messages to other Facebook users. In this episode I talk about why this is just part of the broader war for dominance of mobile messaging and mobile communication...
At IETF 90 last week in Toronto we had a live streaming nightmare - just as we were about to go live, Google's YouTube Live went "under maintenance" and wouldn't let us start a stream! Thankfully we had a backup...
A recording on board an Air Canada twin-turboprop Beechcraft 1900-D. It came out okay and I am quite impressed with the Hindenburg Field Recorder app for iOS.
Curling in July? I had that opportunity at the Union Ice Arena in Woodstock, VT, this past Sunday and in this episode I talk about that experience and discuss the challenges of curling on "arena ice"... I also mention our efforts to try to get curling happening in the Monadnock region of New Hampshire where Keene, NH, is located: http://monadnockcurling.org/
How do you best design web forms for the many different kinds of "personal names" that are used all over the world? In this episode I talk about a personal example of mine and also about this page at the W3C's website and a recent discussion on Hacker News: http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-personal-names.en.php https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8003686
SoundCloud removed the ability to record tracks from its iPhone and Android apps with its new 3.0 release, instead pointing audio creators to third party apps instead. In this episode I discuss my thoughts on that change. Links discussed include: http://web.archive.org/web/20141117112507/http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/1606516-what%E2%80%99s-new-with-the-iphone-app- http://retronyms.com/audiocopy/ http://hindenburg.com/products/hindenburg-field-recorder
UPDATE - in 2020, SoundCloud returned the ability to upload (but not record) audio. Listen to TDYR 393 from May 2020 - https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-393-soundcloud-brings-back-the-ability-to-upload-but-not-record-from-ios-apps
It is so easy to choose NOT to run or do any other kind of exercise. This morning I didn't want to go for a run... but that is a trap that is so easy to fall into. In this episode I talk about that and the need to treat one's body as sacred and important.
How can we use TLS to make SIP-based voice-over-IP more secure? I was at the SIPNOC 2014 conference in Virginia talking on that specific topic. You can find more info at:
http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/tls/
What is it like in Djibouti? WHERE is Djibouti? What am I doing here? In this episode I answer all those questions and talk about what I've learned about Djibouti and my first impressions of the day or so that I've been here. More info at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/dj.html http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/ion/djibouti2014/ http://internetsummitafrica.org/en/
P.S. I should have mentioned that there is a huge military presence here from the US, French and other nations.
TDYR #152 - The Big Downside Of Depending On Facebook For Contacting People by Dan York
TDYR #145 - How Can We Strengthen The Internet Against Attacks Such As What We See In Turkey by Dan York
TDYR #144 - A Great (Final) Night Of Curling - And Winning The League Championship by Dan York
TDYR #139 - Final Day In Singapore: Running, DNSSEC And Meeting Great People by Dan York
TDYR #137 - Travelogue: The Flight To Singapore, Initial Impressions And The First Day At ICANN 49 - by Dan York
I'm heading to Singapore for the ICANN 49 meeting happening there. My focus is on the technical side related to making the Internet more secure via DNSSEC ... but a great focus of the meeting will be all about Internet governance issues... More on what I am doing there at: http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2014/03/3-dnssec-sessions-at-icann-49-next-week-in-singapore/
This morning I realized that with my upcoming travel to Singapore I'm going to be traveling completely around the world with my particular flights. Being a lover of maps, globes and geography, I just found this kind of cool... Here is what I'm doing in Singapore: http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2014/03/3-dnssec-sessions-at-icann-49-next-week-in-singapore/ And the "write-on" globe I mentioned turns out to be the Replogle "Geographer" Globe that can be found in many online sites. Here is a link to buy it at Amazon: http://amzn.to/1ozAkFU
Getty Images recently announced that 35 million of their highly acclaimed images would be available for "free" embedding... the only problem is that the actual implementation doesn't allow social sharing - a major requirement for most people using images today. I wrote more about this on my Disruptive Conversations blog at: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2014/03/one-screenshot-to-show-how-getty-images-free-offer-fails-and-why-i-will-not-use-it.html
TDYR #129 - In Praise Of Public Libraries, And Doing Reports The Old-fashioned Way by Dan York
TDYR #127 - Is There A Wordpress Plugin To Convert Email To A Post Or Page? by Dan York
Back in 1991 or so, I was running an IT training team and developed a class on "Navigating The Internet", which, at the very end, had one page mentioning that there was this thing called the "World Wide Web" that you could see by telnetting to info.cern.ch.... we've come a LONG way since then! Happy 25th Anniversary to the Web! #web25 In this episode I reflect on how the Web has profoundly impacted my life and career... and what we need to do to ensure it remains open for all in the future! See: http://www.webat25.org/ http://webwewant.org/ and follow the "#web25" hashtag on Twitter.
(Note: In full disclosure I work at http://www.internetsociety.org/ where we are active on these type of issues for the broader Internet.)
Today is "Town Meeting Day" in New Hampshire when people across the state vote on local issues, municipal/school budgets and other major spending issues. The frustrating part is that at least for our city it is hard to get information about what exactly we are voting on today...
TDYR #123 - "123" Occurrences, Jet Lag, Time Zones And An Interview About The Evolution Of The Internet by Dan York
Final thoughts from London: meeting Neville Hobson, great activity at IETF ... and stumbling upon a great teleprompter app for an iPad...
Today I made a choice that was extremely unusual for me that reflects my newer attitude toward my health...
There are always people smarter than you... and being around those people can be a great experience in which you learn much. In this episode I talk about how the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meetings are places where this happens for me...
Tonight was spent getting "Wirecast for YouTube" set up for the livestreaming of what should be an interesting "Internet Society @ IETF89" Briefing Panel on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. More info at: http://www.internetsociety.org/internet-society-briefing-panel-ietf-89 https://plus.google.com/events/c1gfue9n0i7f5hanjfu6csgeo3g http://www.telestream.net/wirecastforyoutube/cb-landing.htm
TDYR #113 - The Challenge Of Packing All The Gear For Audio And Video Content Creation by Dan York
Next week is IETF 89 in London and in this episode I talk about the craziness of getting everything ready for the trip where I leave on Friday morning...
How can we best protect the Domain Name System (DNS) against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks? There's a new report from ICANN's SSAC on this issue: http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2014/02/ssac-issues-new-report-on-ddos-attacks-against-dns/
Today I reflect on the power of sites like Hacker News and Reddit to drive a large amount of attention to an article or other piece of content. I discovered today that a post I wrote last week: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140219_anyone_who_still_thinks_ipv6_wont_happen_isnt_watching_measurems/
wound up on both HN and Reddit and subsequently has jumped to receive a high number of views: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7291236 http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1yssvn/anyone_who_still_thinks_ipv6_wont_happen_clearly/
Tonight my thoughts are with all the folks in Kiev and throughout the Ukraine as they make their way through some very turbulent times...
(More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan )
TDYR #108 - The Amazing Power Of The Olympics To Get People Excited About Curling! by Dan York
If you are in IT and have been avoiding learning about IPv6 because you think it will never happen, new measurements show that it IS being deployed around the world! More info and stats here: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140219_anyone_who_still_thinks_ipv6_wont_happen_isnt_watching_measurems/
Today I had one of those moments when you realize how much the Internet has changed everything...
Canadians have a great screw: the Robertson or "square drive" head. When living in Canada we discovered how superior the Robertson screw is from the Phillips screw we use in the USA - and I've since used these screws in all my building projects. However, I'm running out of my stash... and I can't seem to find any sources locally. I was almost thinking I would have to make a run to Canada sometime to get some screws, when my wife had a better idea... :-)
More info: http://www.robertsonscrew.com/history.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._L._Robertson http://thefoolscapjournal.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/the-perfect-screw-a-concise-history-of-the-robertson-head-screw-by-mark-bell-obsolence-correspondent-for-the-foolscap-journal/
I was greatly amused to find myself on the front page of the Sports section of our local paper, the Keene Sentinel, with a great article about our efforts to bring the sport of curling to Keene and the greater Monadnock region. Here's the article:
http://www.sentinelsource.com/sports/local_sports/a-place-to-curl/article_9392cc54-6c8b-59a1-af79-cb117521716b.html
and the Monadnock Curling Club site is at http://monadnockcurling.org/
Want to try out curling? Find a local curling club! In the US, you can visit: http://www.curlingrocks.net/USA-Curling/Clubs/Find-a-Club
In Canada, you can visit: http://www.curling.ca/membership/member-curling-clubs/
In this era of social media, you have a moment to catch someone's attention and get them to click through and read your content. The title and first sentence of your article are critical!
After playing a great game of curling down in Petersham, MA, I talked about that game and also about how great it is to watch Olympic curling!
Today the Internet passed another milestone in the deployment of IPv6 when Google reported seeing over 3% IPv6 traffic only less than 5 months from seeing 2% IPv6 traffic. While the numbers are still small, the growth is hot and trending in the right direction! More info: http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2014/02/googles-ipv6-stats-pass-3-less-than-5-months-after-passing-2/ http://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html
A quick episode recorded on a ski lift and also while skiing (if you hang on to the end after I "ended" the episode).
Sadly, NBC has once again failed Americans who are "cord-cutters" by restricting the live coverage of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics to only people with cable/satellite TV subscriptions. Although their App Store app claims that you can watch live feeds from the Olympics for free, it turns out that you have to sign in or you are limited to only a few minutes of viewing each day. There is no option to purchase an Olympics package or anything like that. Instead, we who have cut the cord will need to find other ways to watch the Olympics... and we will. Perhaps some day NBC will adjust their business model - but that day is not today.
Oh, how the English language evolves... as a writer and lover of language I am always fascinated by how we change our language. Tonight I talk about three words that amused me today: operationalize, granularize and remoted... with a fourth thrown in at the end.
TDYR #089 - The Venomous Reactions To Coke's SuperBowl Ad Show We Still Have Much Work To Do by Dan York
TDYR #088 - Kudos To The NFL And Fox Sports For Streaming The Super Bowl Live To Cord-cutters by Dan York
This episode is just a special thank you to Lynn St. Amour, outgoing CEO of the Internet Society, thanking her for all the amazing work she's done in her 15 years at the Internet Society. More info at: http://www.internetsociety.org/news/thank-you-lynn-st-amour
What are the barriers preventing more network operators from being engaged in the open Internet standards process of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)? In this episode I raise that question and ask anyone operating a network or providing network services to please take a couple of minutes to fill out a quick survey. More info at: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140130_how_do_we_get_more_network_operator_feedback_into_ietf_standards/ http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2014/01/new-project-operators-and-the-ietf/
Today in my work at the Internet Society we launched a new topic area around "Securing BGP". In this episode I talk about what that is all about and why it matters to the health of the Internet... See more at: http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2014/01/introducing-a-new-deploy360-topic-securing-bgp/
Want to register a domain in .PLUMBING? .SEXY? .CLUB? .PHOTO? .PINK? With more new generic top-level domains (newgTLDs) appearing each week, how do you keep track of what is going to be out in DNS soon? In this episode I talk a bit about the newgTLDs and about an article I wrote on CircleID where I talked about how to keep track of all the newgTLDs: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140120_how_to_keep_track_of_new_generic_top_level_domains_newgtlds/
I started my Monday morning in a way that made me realize that any "problems" I may have right now really pale in comparison to what others are facing out there... (and yes, I said it was TDYR #81 when it was in fact #82.)
Tomorrow my 11-yr-old daughter will be playing in a "Little Rocks Bonspiel" at the Petersham Curling Club - http://www.petershamcurling.org/ - competing against teams from Cape Cod, Nashua (NH), Broomstones (Wayland, MA) and Bridgeport (CT). In this episode I talk about some of the excitement about that upcoming event...
NOTE: This episode is now WRONG because SoundCloud has removed the ability to record audio from within the SoundCloud mobile app. Please listen to TDYR #163 for more info: https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-163-soundcloud-removes
How do I create these podcast episodes on SoundCloud? What tools do I use? How involved is the process? A couple of people have asked me these questions and so I decided to answer them.... :-)
On why I'm NOT thrilled about how posting a YouTube link on Google+ winds up creating a comment on YouTube. More info at: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2014/01/my-unexpected-comment-on-youtube-via-the-google-integration.html
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day here in the USA and in this episode I reflect on the day and the teachings of Dr. King, Jr. - and both how far we've come and how far we still have to go. I Have A Dream Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs
Trying to watch the NFL Playoffs tonight over the Internet, one network (CBS Sports) rocked and let "cord-cutters" watch the game (with advertising) while the other network (Fox Sports) was still stuck in the legacy business model where they require you to login with your "TV provider", which, of course, I don't have as a "cord-cutter"...
While watching the live stream of the Continental Cup of Curling tonight, I was pleasantly surprised to learn of a connection between the women's team we were watching and the city of Ottawa and the man who first taught me how to play the sport of curling...
We have a chance to watch some amazing curling this weekend streaming live across the Internet as some of the best teams in the world compete in the "Continental Cup 2014" in Las Vegas. The live stream can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/worldcurlingtv
More info can be found at: http://monadnockcurling.org/2014/01/17/watch-live-this-weekend-some-of-the-best-curling-teams-in-the-world-at-continental-cup-2014/ http://www.worldcurling.org/world-financial-group-continental-cup-2014 http://www.curling.ca/2014continentalcup-en http://www.curling.ca/2014continentalcup-en/how-does-the-scoring-work-for-the-continental-cup/
I learned a very cool trick to type special characters while on a Mac... where before to type a "ü" I would press "Alt+u" to get an umlaut and then the "u" key, now I just use what I describe in this episode... VERY cool! (And presumably only for Macs - I don't know if there is a similar trick for Windows.)
Have you planned your own funeral/memorial service yet? Does anyone know how you would like your death handled? Do you want to be buried? cremated? In this episode I reflect on how a recent experience made me realize how important thinking about these questions can be - as well as sharing that information with others.
The Jetpack plugin for WordPress now lets you publicize posts to your blog out to Google+ in addition to Twitter, Facebook and other services. In this episode I talk about the power of that and all the other features of the Jetpack plugin. More info: http://jetpack.me/ http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2013/12/awesomeness-jetpack-27-lets-wordpress-users-auto-post-content-to-google.html
Are you thinking of your organization as a "media company"? Are you fully embracing the opportunity the Internet provides to tell your own story in your own words? Are you enabling people within your company to rapidly create content online? See: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2014/01/are-you-in-the-business-of-rapid-content-creation.html
We are creatures of story. We use stories to help us explain the inexplicable, to make sense of the senseless, and to find meaning and explain the world around us. Yet sometimes, those stories fail us...
A couple of recent events have reminded me how incredibly important it is to cherish the ones you love...
I received an abusive fraudulent phone call today from someone from the "Windows security service" who no doubt wanted to get me to install malware on my computer. The call made once again think of our need for "secure origin identification" within IP communications. More info at: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130729_can_we_create_a_secure_caller_id_for_voip/ http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/stir/charter/
"Why do you do it?" someone recently asked me after learning I'd flown around 96,000 miles last year year to somewhat ironically talk to people about making the Internet work better. In this episode I talk about WHY I do what I do... and about the choice of futures I see us having for the Internet and for our online future...
Some evening thoughts while walking the cold streets of Keene, NH, on our need to help those who have no choice but to be out on the streets...
I'm pleased to announce the launch of a new podcast, "FIR On Technology with Dan York" where I'll be doing deeper dives into the tools and technology that people involved with communications / PR / marketing need to care about. In this TDYR episode I talk about the show, play the promo and discuss the first episode. Links discussed include: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2014/01/my-new-podcast-fir-on-technology-episode-1-about-google-hangouts-on-air.html http://forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/C21 http://forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/fir_on_technology_with_dan_york_episode_1_exploring_google_hangouts_on_air FIR Podcast Community on G+: https://plus.google.com/communities/112349929544876511942 Mark Knox's music: https://soundcloud.com/xerocrossing
It's my first work day in 2014 and in this episode I talk about 3 reasons why today is significant, one of which is that the organization for which I work, the Internet Society, has a new CEO. More info at these links: http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-names-kathryn-c-brown-new-ceo http://www.internetsociety.org/meet-new-ceo http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society%E2%80%99s-president-and-chief-executive-officer-lynn-st-amour-step-down-february-2014
Recently Mitch Joel at TwistImage talked about why the content created by many companies is not being seen on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks: http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/almost-no-one-is-seeing-your-content/ In this episode I expanded upon this a bit to note that you have to remember that these companies are NOT the "open Internet" and are providing services based on their business plans... which are open to change whenever they want to do so.
A trip today to a "big box" bookstore reminded me of the power of bookstores to help us discover authors and books... and overwhelmed me a bit in the process...
Today was a hard day as a family member began her course of chemotherapy... in this episode I mostly voice my frustration with this beast that has affected so many lives. A written version: http://danyork.com/2014/01/cancer-the-scourge-that-keeps-on-taking.html
As has been my practice since 2010, my first blog post of the year was about certain words that I intend to be areas of focus in my personal life... the full post can be found here:
http://danyork.com/2014/01/my-four-words-for-2014.html
Some thoughts on the passing of Nelson Mandela and reflections on both my youth growing up in the 70s and 80s with apartheid a global issue and also my trip this past summer to South Africa for the first time. Links referenced in the episode include: https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-023-the-energy-of-africa https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-022-africa-straight-up http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/on-nelson-mandela
Yesterday was an "IT day" where I had to take care of home office IT issues. Along the way I learned of a VERY cool tool for analyzing disk space usage on Mac OS X - and also got native IPv6 connectivity for my home network. Some links: http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2013/12/going-native-ipv6-in-my-home-office/ http://www.spacegremlinapp.com/
Today is a great day to buy DRM-free ebooks on O'Reilly's website from a great range of publishers (not just O'Reilly) at 50% off or more. This includes two of my books: "Migrating Applications to IPv6" and "Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks". More info at:
http://migratingappstoipv6.com/2013/12/cyber-monday-50-or-more-off-migrating-apps-to-ipv6/ http://www.7ducattacks.com/2013/12/cyber-monday-deal-50-off-ebook-of-seven-deadliest-uc-attacks.html
Today, November 11, is "Remembrance Day" in Canada and I reflect on how moving I find the ubiquitous poppy symbol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_poppy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields
What can be done to harden the Internet against large-scale surveillance and pervasive monitoring? That will be the topic of the Technical Plenary next Wednesday, Nov 6, at the IETF 88 meeting in Vancouver. In this episode I talk about the upcoming event and why this is so important. Some relevant links: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20131031_bruce_schneier_to_speak_about_internet_surveillance_at_ietf_88/ http://www.ietf.org/blog/2013/10/plenary-on-internet-hardening/ http://www.ietf.org/live/ https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/perpass
This week will be a crazy one for me getting ready for the IETF 88 meeting happening next week in Vancouver. Some of the links I mention are:
Intro to the IETF video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpuzl9lvOSM
IETF 88 page: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/88/index.html
IETF on Google+: https://plus.google.com/115114278816279309050/posts IETF on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ietf.org
I recently made the switch from AT&T to Verizon Wireless and in doing so the very first website I visited over Verizon's LTE network was... http://www.test-ipv6.com :-)
I was thrilled with the results and very happy to have a smartphone that works natively over IPv6. (For more on why this is important, see http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/ipv6/ )
I awoke this morning to a bunch of Tweetdeck notification sounds telling me someone was mentioning @danyork on Twitter. Was this a bad thing? No, it turned out to be the latest "GaggleAMP" messages related to the For Immediate Release (FIR) podcast - in this case promoting my report in the latest episode. Here's the link to the FIR interview I mention in this episode about the GaggleAMP service:
http://forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/fir_interview_update_on_firs_gaggleamp_with_founder_and_president_glenn_gau
FIR can be found at http://forimmediaterelease.biz/
Two years ago today I started work at the Internet Society (ISOC). In this episode I briefly look back at the two years and what it has all meant to me. More info in this post: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/09/two-years-at-the-internet-society.html My work at the Internet Society can be found at http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/
Starting to create content online is EASY... keeping it going is the challenge. In this episode I talk about how consistency is the key to success in online communication and online content creation, whether that is blogging, podcasting, video, audio, social media such as Twitter or Facebook... or just posting content to your website
Do you sometimes need to change your location to break up your work routine? Maybe work from a different place? Or a different part of your office? In this episode I talk about this a bit from my perspective of working out of a home office...
With Apple's announcement of the iPhone 5c and 5s today, I spoke about my initial thoughts on the news... and desire to play with the fingerprint sensor on the 5s. What do you think about the news? Interesting? Just "meh"? Will you upgrade?
More info: http://thenextweb.com/apple/2013/09/10/heres-a-complete-roundup-of-everything-apple-announced-today/ http://gigaom.com/2013/09/10/apple-shows-the-lte-love-going-for-near-global-4g-support-in-the-iphone-5s-and-5c/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/10/apples-touch-id-a-500ppi-fingerprint-sensor-built-into-iphone-5s-home-button/
See: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/09/microsoft-buys-nokia-was-there-really-another-choice.html
What is the future of TV? Of film? Of online video? Kevin Spacey recently gave a powerful speech on the future of TV, video and film at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. In this episode I speak about my thoughts on his commentary. You can view both the full 45-minute presentation as well as a 5-minute edited set of highlights at: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2013/08/its-all-content-its-just-story-they-want-stories-they-are-dying-for-them-kevin-spaceys-brilliant-speech.html
Skype turns 10 today and while Skype has massively disrupted telecom, can it remain relevant? Will it be disrupted as well? Read the accompanying article at: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/08/10-years-of-skype-massive-disruption-but-will-skype-remain-relevant.html
On this 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech (August 28, 2013), I spoke about how the power of that speech still gives me chills... and encouraged listeners to go take a listen:
Speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs Text: http://www.archives.gov/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf
I was fascinated by TextIt, a new SMS application service, not so much by their service, which is cool, but by the fact that they come out of Kigali, Rwanda, in Africa. Read the Hacker News thread to understand the technical aspects behind what they are doing - it's very cool and a sign of the incredible energy and innovation coming out of Africa! http://textit.in/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6212029
10 years ago today, on August 14, 2003, there was a massive power outage that affected Ontario, Canada, and much of the northeastern United States. In this episode I reflect on where I was that day and some of my thoughts around that event, as well as what it means for complex systems. More information about the event can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003
Why does the Opus codec matter for apps and services communicating on the Internet? What is the Opus codec? Why should you care? In this episode I speak about what Opus is all about and how it has the potential to enable better user experiences on the Internet and help us communicate better. More info can be found in a companion article at: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/07/why-the-opus-codec-matters-even-if-you-dont-care-about-audio.html
Today was frustrating in that the SoundCloud app on iOS kept crashing when I tried to upload a recording. It turns out that this is a known issue and a fix has been submitted to the app store:
http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/1228230-i-m-having-problems-with-my-iphone-ipad-app
But this occurrence reminded me that if you want to be creating content you can't rely on only one tool. Thankfully, I also have the Hindenburg Field Recorder (HFR) app on my iPhone which had no problem uploading to SoundCloud. Now, it's NOT a free app. In fact at $29.99 it's one of the more expensive that I have on my iPhone - but it is excellent for recording and editing audio. More info is at:
http://hindenburgsystems.com/products/hindenburg-field-recorder
I was using the SoundCloud iOS app because it was easy and convenient, but this crashing may inadvertently cause me to switch to using HFR that much more.
As I prepare to leave South Africa, I recorded some final thoughts on the energy and enthusiasm I have found here...
Many of us outside of Africa tend to think of everything happening in Africa in terms of one monolithic entity... that it is all "Africa"... yet that is so incredibly wrong when you understand the amazing diversity and differences within the people and countries of Africa. A 29-minute video called "Africa Straight Up" aims to break down those stereotypes and help introduce people to the true nature of "Africa". If you have a half-hour to spare, I'd strongly encourage you to check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKUVfcXB14w
In this episode I talk about why I am in Durban, South Africa, this week (ICANN 47 and Africa DNS Forum) and some initial thoughts about Durban. More thoughts on Africa to come in future episodes...
When you use a URL in a marketing campaign or for an event or other short-time occurrence, are you planning for the longevity of those URLs? Are you planning to keep it around after the event or campaign is over?
In the fast-paced, always-on world of today, how do we carve out time when we disconnect and reflect on how pieces fit together? Do we need to go completely offline, as Baratunde Thurston recently did for 25 days? Do we need to schedule in some time in our regular week? (Or do we not need to?) What do you find works for you?
Today, July 1, is Canada Day, a national day of celebration in that country. In this brief episode I record a few brief thoughts about the five years we spent in Canada and the effect it has had on my life - and wish all Canadians a very happy Canada Day!
Today I logged into Facebook and found that I had the hashtag support that was announced last week. In this episode I talk about that support and what I find interesting and useful in the new support.
When a media site substantially changes a story published on their web site, what is their responsibility to let the readers know? And do we as readers view stories on media sites as "done" or as "works-in-progress" that are updated and changed? This came up in the context of the NSA PRISM story when the Washington Post rather massively changed their lead story on the issue, as chronicled by Ed Bott over on ZDNet:
http://www.zdnet.com/the-real-story-in-the-nsa-scandal-is-the-collapse-of-journalism-7000016570/
It's an interesting question. On the one hand, updating the original article is a great way to ensure that readers have the most accurate information. On the other hand, it is a change from how we have traditionally viewed news stories out of the media.
Today the tech community's productivity will take a dive as eyes focus on what happens at the Keynote of Apple's WorldWide Developer Conference (WWDC) happening at 10am US Pacific / 1pm US Eastern. With Apple's maniacal focus on secrecy, they are extremely successful in building anticipation. A few things are believed to be known... but how accurate are the rumors? For the first time I can remember, Apple's WWDC Keynote will be streamed live on Apple TV devices, which should be a change in the coverage. John Gruber also had some great thoughts about how Apple originally needed to get people comfortable with a touchscreen interface, and it's time for something more...
http://daringfireball.net/2013/06/wwdc_2013_expectations http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324798904578531661685819892.html http://9to5mac.com/2013/06/09/what-ios7-looks-like/ http://9to5mac.com/2013/06/06/wwdc-2013-roundup-ios-7-os-x-10-9-macbooks-genius-like-radio-app-plus-new-tidbits/
Today there is an enormous amount of outrage and anger out on the Internet about revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) apparently has connections into 9 major Internet companies and has also been receiving all "metadata" about phone calls. The reality is that we as a country granted the NSA and other intelligence agencies broad sweeping powers of electronic surveillance in October 2001 when the US Congress passed the US PATRIOT Act and President Bush signed it into law. Those powers have only expanded in the time since. The big question is how to balance the legitimate needs of governments to track down criminals and terrorists against the legitimate needs of citizens for privacy and freedom. How much freedom/privacy are you willing to give up in the name of security and safety?
Some of the many articles: http://www.techmeme.com/130606/p47#a130606p47
Who voted for the PATRIOT Act: http://educate-yourself.org/cn/patriotact20012006senatevote.shtml
EFF: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/confirmed-nsa-spying-millions-americans Timeline: https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying/timeline/
Bruce Schneier's call for more transparency: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/what-we-dont-know-about-spying-on-citizens-scarier-than-what-we-know/276607/
Today is the 1-year anniversary of World IPv6 Launch - what has changed in the year since with IPv6 growth? And why should you care, anyway? Today I discussed all that...
http://www.worldipv6launch.org/ http://www.worldipv6launch.org/infographic/ http://www.worldipv6launch.org/measurements/ http://www.worldipv6launch.org/blog/
http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/ http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/resources/making-content-available-over-ipv6/
An ever-present challenge in our world of social networks is how to NOT get sucked into those networks when it is so incredibly easy to do so. How do we maintain the discipline to embrace those networks when we have the time - but to not get sucked in when we really should be doing something else? I talk about a couple of steps I've taken... I'm also very curious to hear your ideas. :-)
Do we really need to be assigning telephone numbers to smart meters, cars and e-readers? Could we instead use some other application-layer identifier? If so, what? And how? In this episode I talk about some of the issues around moving beyond phone numbers, both why we might want to and also what some of the challenges are. More info can be found in this post: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/05/moving-beyond-telephone-numbers-the-need-for-a-secure-ubiquitous-application-layer-identifier.html
After my recent post about the integration of Google Voice and Google+ Hangouts, I received a good bit of feedback. In this episode I talk about some of that feedback and further thoughts about this integration.
You can read more at: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/05/further-thoughts-on-the-google-voice-google-hangouts-integration.html
This past week Google made several changes that are part of their ongoing disruption of telecommunication. First, they announced at Google I/O that they were unifying their various real-time communications services (Google Voice, GoogleTalk, Google Messenger, Google+ Hangouts) under the "Hangouts" brand - and they also announced two "Hangouts" apps for iOS and Android, marking Google's entrance into the "over-the-top (OTT)" app space. Google also connected Google Voice to Google+ Hangouts so that you can now receive phone calls to your Google Voice number directly inside of Google+.
On the negative side, they have removed support for XMPP.
For more info, see: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/05/you-can-now-call-into-google-from-regular-phones-google-connects-google-voice-to-hangouts.html
The horrific tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, yesterday was another example of where the Internet can play a powerful role in helping organize efforts in the face of a crisis. Here are some of the links I mention in the episode:
http://www.humanityroad.org/situation-report https://moore.recovers.org/ http://google.org/crisismap/2013-oklahoma-tornado https://www.facebook.com/cityofmoore https://twitter.com/cityofmoore
My thoughts are certainly with all of those affected by this terrible disaster.
Some reflections and thoughts about travel in Ireland and in particular the Galway region. I was in Ireland in May 2013 to attend a conference in Dublin and then spent 4 more days exploring the country with my wife.
This week I have been in Dublin, Ireland, at the DNS-OARC and RIPE66 meetings meeting people and talking all about IPv6 and DNS / DNSSEC. It has been a great week and this is a quick report from the site. You can get the slides and archives from:
http://www.dns-oarc.net/ http://ripe66.ripe.net/
SoundCloud has rolled out a new release of their iOS app that will, in theory, auto-publish a link to your sound to Google+ after you configure it. This is interesting because Google has so far only allowed a very few applications to connect directly into Google+ to share information. (Having said all this, this first episode after configuring Google+ sharing failed to post to Google+ with an "Oops" error message showing up in Google+.)
One year after going DRM-free for their ebooks, Tor Books reports that they have "seen no discernible increase in piracy". In this episode I talk about why that is important, how DRM is anti-consumer and as an author and reader why I prefer DRM-free titles. More: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/04/tor-books-uk-drm-free-one-year-later
Commentary: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130430/22322922899/tor-books-uk-says-ditching-drm-showed-no-increase-piracy.shtml
My DRM-free books: http://migratingappstoipv6.com/ (O'Reilly) http://www.7ducattacks.com/ (Published by Syngress and recently made available DRM-free through O'Reilly's ebook platform)
The entire country of Syria went offline on May 7-8, 2013, for about 19-20 hours. What can we learn from this event?
http://www.renesys.com/blog/2013/05/syrian-internet-fragility.shtml
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/08/how-did-syria-cut-off-the-entire-country-from-the-internet/ http://labs.umbrella.com/2013/05/07/breaking-news-traffic-from-syria-disappears-from-internet/
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/05/why-did-syria-shut-down-the-internet.html
The Dan York Report Episode #1: Intro To The Show, And - Could You Go Off The Internet For A Year? by Dan York
Some thoughts on Singapore as I wrap up my 48 hours in the country and get ready to fly back to the USA. I talk about my trip and the activities.
Separately, I recorded some thoughts about the ION Singapore conference that I was here to speak at over in the Deploy360 SoundCloud account at: https://soundcloud.com/deploy360/deploy360-ion-singapore-draws
What Is Singapore Like When You Arrive After Midnight? Some Initial Observations by Dan York
What do I call this series of short audio commentaries I've been recording at SoundCloud? The good news is that I've been accepted into SoundCloud's beta program to try out their podcasting features for spoken word podcasters. The bad news is that I need to lock down a name for use in RSS feeds, etc. The challenge is that I don't want a name that is too limiting as I want to leave it open for me to comment on virtually any topic. I thought about "Raw Random Audio", but it was pointed out to me that that name doesn't even communicate that it is spoken commentary - it could be electronic noise!
I like Dameon Welch-Abernathy's name of "Phoneboy Speaks" as it communicates that it is a person speaking and that the person is probably technical (or at least likes phones), but I'm not terribly keen on "Dan York Speaks" or any of a hundred variations I've played with. I'm still struggling ... if you've got any thoughts I'd love to hear them, either as comments here, on social networks or via email to dyork@lodestar2.com