Just a guy in Vermont trying to connect all the dots...
Dan York
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Nov 01
Embracing the NaPodPoMo challenge a second time – 30 podcasts in 30 days
There's something about November that seems to encourage people to take on challenges. Maybe for people in the Northern hemisphere it is because November is the grey, cold, rainy period between autumn and winter. Maybe the timing is just random... but in any event some people grow a mustache for "Movember" in support of various men's health efforts. And since 1999 there are hundreds of thousands of people who try to write a 50,000 word novel as part of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).
For those of us interested in audio, there is instead "National Podcast Post Month" or "#NaPodPoMo" as the hashtag appears on many social networks. The goal is to produce 30 podcasts in 30 days, and hopefully to have some fun along the way.
With my "The Dan York Report" over on Soundcloud, I tried - and FAILED - to do the NaPodPoMo challenge back in 2017.
I only made it 11 episodes before fading out. :-(
As I explained in TDYR 347 on December 4, 2017, life caught up with me and while I had great ideas I didn't have the corresponding planning and research. I said that for me to do it again, I would:
- Map out the month of episodes in advance
- Prepare evergreen / backup episodes in advance, for when I'm unable to record
- Do research in advance
Two years later I'm ready to give it another try! This time I've done all those things. I have 30 episodes at least planned out, and in some cases researched. I'm going to be doing recording in advance, and I'll have some backup episodes waiting in the queue.
I'm doing this just as a personal challenge because I enjoy working with audio so much - and I just need to get out there and DO IT!
You are welcome to follow along over at soundcloud.com/danyork/ It will be a mixture of topics. Some about podcasting... about Internet technologies... about how our society is changing... about some work topics... and so much more.
Let's see if I can get to doing all 30 days! 🙂
P.S. today's episode is already out...
Nov 01
TDYR 365 – Embracing NaPodPoMo a second time – 30 podcasts in 30 days
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...
Oct 30
Internet Society Seeks Nominations for 2020 Board of Trustees (Featured Blog)
Are you passionate about working toward a stronger, open Internet available to everyone? Do you have experience in Internet standards, technology, development or public policy? If so, please consider applying for a seat on the Internet Society Board of Trustees. The Internet Society serves a pivotal role in the world as a leader on Internet policy, technical, economic, and social matters, and as the organizational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). More...
Oct 30
Internet Society Seeks Nominations for 2020 Board of Trustees (Featured Blog)
Are you passionate about working toward a stronger, open Internet available to everyone? Do you have experience in Internet standards, technology, development or public policy? If so, please consider applying for a seat on the Internet Society Board of Trustees. The Internet Society serves a pivotal role in the world as a leader on Internet policy, technical, economic, and social matters, and as the organizational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). More...
Oct 24
So installieren Sie Etherpad lokal mit Docker
Kürzlich habe ich mit ein paar Leuten darüber gesprochen, wie Etherpad so gut für die kollaborative Bearbeitung funktioniert. Ich erkannte, dass es eine Weile her war, seit ich Etherpad benutzt hatte und, mit einem Flugzeugflug vor mir, fragte ich mich, wie schnell ich es installieren konnte, um damit zu spielen. Es stellte sich heraus, extrem einfach durch Docker! Alles, was ich tun musste, war:
Docker Pull Etherpad/Etherpad docker run -d --name etherpad -p 9001:9001 etherpad/etherpad
Und dann habe ich meinen Browser nur auf:
http://localhost:9001
… Und… ta da! Dort schaute ich auf Etherpad und konnte anfangen, meine eigenen “Pads” zu schreiben!
Das war es!
Es gibt natürlich VIEL mehr Dinge, die Sie mit dem Docker-Image tun könnten. Die Docker Hub-Seite für Etherpad durchläuft alle Optionen, die Sie zum Erstellen und Bereitstellen Ihres eigenen Images verwenden können.
Aber für mich war einfach das Ziehen und Ausführen des Images genug – das ist die Kraft von Docker zum Testen und Prototyping. Einfach und einfach!
Oct 24
How to Install Etherpad Locally Using Docker
Recently I was discussing with a couple of people how Etherpad works so well for collaborative editing. I realized it had been a while since I’d used Etherpad and, with a plane flight ahead of me, I wondered how quickly I could install it to play with it. It turned out to be extremely easy due to Docker! All I had to do was:
docker pull etherpad/etherpad docker run -d --name etherpad -p 9001:9001 etherpad/etherpad
And then I just pointed my browser to:
http://localhost:9001
… and… ta da! There I was looking at Etherpad and could start writing my own “pads”!
That was it!
There are of course MANY more things you could do with the docker image. The Docker Hub page for Etherpad goes through all the many options you can use for building and deploying your own image.
But for me, simply pulling and running the image was enough – this is the power of Docker for testing and prototyping. Simple and easy!
Oct 08
TDYR 364 – Seasons, Series, and other Innovations in Podcasting
TDYR 364 - Seasons, Series, and other Innovations in Podcasting by Dan York
Oct 07
TDYR-363-Professionalism and Podcasting Performance Anxiety
TDYR-363-Professionalism and Podcasting Performance Anxiety by Dan York
Sep 29
Slides – VT CodeCamp Presentation about Why App Developers Should Care about IPv6
Yesterday (Sept 28, 2019) at Vermont CodeCamp 11 in Burlington, VT, I gave a talk titled “Yes, IPv6 is Real! How To Make Your Apps Work (And Be As Fast As Possible) ” with the abstract:
How well do your applications or websites work over IPv6? As the world runs out of IPv4 addresses, new mobile networks are being deployed as “IPv6-only” with IPv6-to-IPv4 gateways at the edge of those networks. The result is that apps and sites that work natively over IPv6 will be faster for users than apps and sites stuck on only IPv4. Many leading services have already made this transition, and Apple now requires IPv6 for all apps in their AppStore. In this session, you’ll learn about tips and tools to successfully migrate your applications and sites to work over both IPv4 and IPv6.
It was an enjoyable session with a good number of questions from the participants. The slides are available on SlideShare at:
Thank you to the VT Code Camp organizers for accepting my proposal to speak – and for all the participants in the session for the attention and questions. I hope I helped some of them understand a bit more of why they should make sure their apps work over IPv6 – and how to get started!
P.S. If you’d like someone to speak on this topic at a conference or event you are organizing, please do contact me.
