Just a guy in Vermont trying to connect all the dots...
Dan York
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Dec 30
Excellent Article on Medium About Podcasting Stats: Downloads, Listens and Listeners
Back on December 12, Pete Davis published a great article on Medium titled "Downloads, listens, listeners, and about those podcast numbers" that dives into all these different stats. Davies was reacting to the hype over the podcast "Serial" and wanting to make sure people understood some of the nuances of how you can measure podcasts.
As he points out, the number of people downloading an episode can be very different from the total number of downloaded episodes. One person, who we will call a "downloader" might download many different episodes. As he notes, people might have different devices or podcast apps that all pull down episodes.
And the number of downloads is VERY different from the actual number of listens that occur. I can personally attest to this - my apps download many different episodes of podcasts... but I only listen to a few of them. The others have been downloaded but will probably never be listened to.
The challenge is that finding out if people have actually listened to a podcast is extremely hard. As Davies writes:
Nobody really knows exactly how many people are listening to podcasts.
This has a lot to do with the many different ways people can listen to podcasts. They can play them in a web page... play them in a podcasting app... play them in a music program like iTunes... download them and play them in some other music app.
All we can do is make guesses... or use imperfect numbers like downloads to make some kind of estimate of the popularity of a show.
It's a good article... and as he concludes, we do need better data around all of this. I also definitely agree with his conclusion that a large part of the success of "Serial" and "Startup" is that they offer compelling content! It happens to be in audio form... but the content and storytelling expertise is what draws people to these podcasts.
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Dec 30
TDYR 209 – Teaching Our Kids To Build Things Not just Buy Things
TDYR 209 - Teaching Our Kids To Build Things Not just Buy Things by Dan York
Dec 29
Seeing IP Phones In Hotels, Banks, Offices…
"Hey, that's a Mitel IP phone... I remember when that handset was introduced. It was very different from the previous one but had better 'shoulderability' ... it created a bit of a stir among customers, though. Hmmm... I wonder what model IP phone that is......"
All of this was running through my head during a routine visit to my bank this morning while waiting at a counter talking to someone. He had to call another office so there I was looking at his desk phone.
It happens to me all the time!
Even though I left Mitel way back in 2007... and really left IP telephony when I left Voxeo in 2011... IP telephony hasn't left me!
I'll be at a hotel... and I am checking out their phone system. A bank... an office... Wherever! There's a Cisco IP phone... there's an Avaya... there's a Mitel... a snow... a I-have-no-clue...
I guess it's just an occupational hazard of having been a product manager for IP phones during my time at Mitel... or maybe just the 6 years I spent there learning about IP telephony... but I just always see the IP phones. :-)
Dec 29
TDYR 208 – The Single Greatest Feature I Use On My iPhone Is…
TDYR 208 - The Single Greatest Feature I Use On My iPhone Is... by Dan York
Dec 29
FIR #788 – 12/29/14 – For Immediate Release
11th year of FIR begins next week; Quick News: TripAdvisor fined for fake reviews; Coca-Cola dumps voicemail, not all Facebook users want to review their year, tech companies oppose Marriott's Wi-Fi blocking plans; Ragan promo; News That Fits: influencers are burned out on influencer marketing, Dan York's Tech Report, measuring ad performance based on attention, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, listener comments, public shaming of leaders will become more common, Michael Netzley's Asia Report, Igloo Software promo, the last week on the FIR Podcast Network, how news outlets use Instagram to tell stories; music from Deleveled; and more.
Dec 29
FIR #788 – 12/29/14 – For Immediate Release
Quick News: TripAdvisor fined for fake reviews; Coca-Cola dumps voicemail, not all Facebook users want to review their year, tech companies oppose Marriott's Wi-Fi blocking plans; Ragan promo; News That Fits: influencers are burned out on influencer marketing, Dan York's Tech Report, measuring ad performance based on attention, Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, listener comments, public shaming of leaders will become more common, Michael Netzley's Asia Report, Igloo Software promo, the last week on the FIR Podcast Network, how news outlets use Instagram to tell stories; music from Deleveled; and more.
Dec 29
ERNW Compares Penetration Testing Tools IPv6 Support
Which network security penetration testing tools support IPv6? What caveats should you know about the ones that do support IPv6?
Recently the team as security firm ERNW published their December 2014 newsletter with the headline “Penetration Testing Tools that (do not) Support IPv6” where they took a lengthy tour through a wide range of security tools to assess their IPv6 readiness. As they say in their introduction, their goals were to:
- Find out which of our favorite penetration testing tools can be used natively using IPv6 as an underlying layer-3 protocol.
- Find alternative solutions for the rest
They specifically only tested open source or free versions of commercial tools and did not test IPv6-specific tools. They were seeking to understand which of the commonly available current (IPv4) test tools also worked well with IPv6.
The bulk of the document (pages 9-51) consists of walk-throughs of exploration of each of the various tools in different categories. They examine the tool, provide screenshots in many cases and then state a conclusion about how well or not the tool supports IPv6.
What I personally found most useful was section 15, the Appendix, starting on page 56 that provided a table view with a list of all the tools tested and a quick summary of how well (or not) the tool supported IPv6.
If you are interested in security testing and specifically for IPv6 networks, this document is definitely worth a read!
And if you are new to IPv6 and want to learn more, please visit our Start Here page to find resources targeted at your role or type of organization.
Dec 28
Watching Live Curling At 65mph on I-91
Today was an amazing testament to the power of today's mobile Internet. We traveled to Connecticut today to visit some friends and family, but we also wanted to watch the live video stream of one of the youth in our Petersham Curling Club youth program playing in the national Playdowns up in Rochester, NY. So, while my wife drove I set up my iPhone as a personal hot spot and used my iPad to display the live video stream from the Playdowns.
It worked out great... and was just amazing to think about!
Some thoughts via audio:
https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-207-an-amazing-day-of-the
Dec 28
TDYR 207 – An Amazing Day of the Mobile Internet and Live Video Streams
TDYR 207 - An Amazing Day of the Mobile Internet and Live Video Streams by Dan York
Dec 28
Video – Making Sense Out Of An IPv6 Address
Looking to understand how IPv6 addresses are put together? Here’s a great video from Keith Barker that explains IPv6 addresses in a very easy-to-understand style:
And when you’re done watching, please head on over to our Start Here page to find resources about IPv6 tailored to your job role or type of company or organization…
