February 2, 2015 archive
Feb 02
TDYR 221 – Explaining Markdown in FIR On Technology Episode 3
Feb 02
Two Great Articles In ArsTechnica And Light Reading About ION Conferences, IPv6, DNSSEC
We were pleased to see two great articles out today about our ION Conferences and our efforts to accelerate the deployment of IPv6 and DNSSEC. The articles followed on our news release about the 2015 ION conferences and were:
- Ars Technica: Internet Society tries to serve ‘Net providers tasty IPv6-and-DNSSEC salad by Iljitsch van Beijnum
and
- Light Reading: ISOC Urges Faster Security Standards Adoption by Carol Wilson
Both articles do a great job of explaining what we’re trying to do. I enjoyed that both writers liked the “broccoli” angle. Here was Carol Wilson:
“It’s a little like getting people to eat their broccoli,” Grunderman admits. Network operators can’t charge more for services after deploying these standards, but their deployment makes the entire Internet experience better for everyone by adding security and resiliency.
Exactly!
Many thanks to both writers for taking the time to understand what we are doing and to write about it on their respective sites.
And if you would like to get started with IPv6 or DNSSEC, please visit our Start Here page to begin!
Feb 02
Congratulations To Alec Saunders On His Move To Microsoft
And now he's returning to his roots! He was one of the first product managers for Internet Explorer at Microsoft... and now he's back at Microsoft again! As he says in his post:
As of last Monday, I’ve rejoined Microsoft in the role of Principal Technical Evangelist. My beat is Canada – not just Kitchener-Waterloo. My boss is Microsoft Chief Evangelist and Corporate Vice President for Developer Experience, Steven “Guggs” Guggenheimer. I’m part of the global Microsoft Ventures team. And we run programs, like the Microsoft Ventures Accelerators, that are focused on helping early stage companies achieve their full potential.
I've long been skeptical about Microsoft and frustrated with many of their products and services. In particularly I haven't been pleased at all with the lackluster evolution of Skype (or really lack thereof) under Microsoft's watch... but the list of other products that have frustrated me can go on.
BUT... I'll admit that they've been doing some interesting things lately - and their new leadership seems like they have a clue. It's probably a great time for dynamic people like Alec to re-join Microsoft. The role sounds perfect for him... using so many of his different strengths!
I'm looking forward to seeing what he does in that role ... and if my travels bring me back up to Canada I'll look forward to catching up with him somewhere in all the madness.
Congrats, Alec!
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Feb 02
FIR #793 – 2/2/15 – For Immediate Release
Feb 02