November 2019 archive

TDYR 383 – Abandoning Slides and Presenting Using MindNode in Focus Mode

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

TDYR 382 – Remote Working, Part 3: What are some LESSONS LEARNED about working remotely?

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

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...

TDYR 380 – Remote Working, Part 1: What are the BENEFITS of working from home?

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...

TDYR 379 – IETF 106 Begins In Singapore – 1,000 Engineers Gathered To Make The Internet Work Better

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/

IETF 106 Begins Nov 16 in Singapore – Here is how you can participate remotely in building open Internet standards

photo of the "super trees" in Singapore

Starting Saturday, November 16, 2019, the 106th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) will begin in Singapore. Over 1,000 engineers from around the world will gather in the convention center to join together in the debates and discussions that will advance the open standards that make the Internet possible. They are gathered, in the words of the IETF mission, “to make the Internet work better“.

Pick your protocol – the future of DNS, DOH, TLS, HTTP(S), QUIC, SIP, TCP, IPv6, ACME, NTP… and many, many more will be debated in the rooms and hallways over the next week.

What if you cannot be IN Singapore?

If you are not able to physically be in Singapore this week, the good news is you can participate remotely! The IETF website explains the precise steps you need to do. To summarize quickly:

  1. Register as a remote participant. There is no cost.
  2. Review the agenda to figure out which sessions you want to join. (I will note that there are some very interesting (to me!) Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) sessions at IETF 106.)
  3. Choose the channel(s) you will use to participate, including:
  4. Join the mailing list for the working group(s) you are interested in. While the face-to-face meeting in Singapore will have discussion, the working group mailing list is where the activity is finalized. By clicking on the working group name in the IETF 106 agenda you can find out how to join the group’s mailing list.

Again, the IETF 106 Remote Participation page has more details.

Do note that the time in Singapore is UTC+8 (this time zone conversion tool may help). For me based in the US Eastern time zone, that means many of the sessions will happen in the middle of my night. (So yes, dear DNS Operations (DNSOP) friends, this means odds are pretty good you will NOT see me online for the Thursday morning meeting as it will be 12:30am where I live! 😏)

If you find it helpful, the IETF provides an IETF 106 agenda with UTC times.

If you have never participated in an IETF meeting before

… I would suggest you review these materials first:

And then really look through the materials provided for each of the sessions you want to attend. The IETF 106 agenda has pointers to all the necessary slides and other documents. (Try the first “X” icon on the right side of the screen in the row for the working group.)

One important note I always mention to first-time attendees – you are entering conversations that are already in progress! With the exception of BOFs, all the other Working Group sessions are face-to-face discussions that continue discussion and debate from the working group email lists. There are typically no introduction tutorials or anything… you are just entering into the middle of the ongoing work of the Working Group! It can be disorienting at times because you may have no idea what people are talking about. This is why it is helpful to review the agenda and learn what documents will be discussed so that you can read those in advance.

That’s it!

With those few steps, you, too, can join with the thousands of engineers around the world at IETF 106 in the work of building open Internet standards, and helping to “make the Internet work better”.

See you online!


Image credit: a photo I took of the “supertrees” in the “Gardens by the Bay” when I attended an event in Singapore in 2013. You can view a larger set of photos. The supertrees may (or may not) have changed dramatically in the 6 years since I took these photos.

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TDYR 378 – Driving without an actual key

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...

TDYR 377 – Initial Thoughts on WordPress 5.3

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.)

TDYR 376 – Is It The End of The EditFlow Plugin for WordPress?

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

TDYR 375 – What is dialing, Daddy?

"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