Dan York

Just a guy in Vermont trying to connect all the dots...

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TDYR 343 – The Indigenous Connectivity Summit – Internet access through community networks

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

TDYR 342 – Silencing Notifications and Embracing Boredom

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....

TDYR 341 – #SnapchatDown – Lost Streaks, Severe Angst, Jitters and more…

Snapchat went down today and millions of teens and other young people suddenly found themselves without their primary means of communication...

TDYR 340 – What would you like me to talk about?

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?

TDYR 339 – Why is curling a great sport for youth?

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...

TDYR 338 – Heading to DC for a weekend of curling

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

TDYR 337 – Explaining Curling Bonspiels

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...

Testing Gutenberg 1.6

This is just  test of using the new Gutenberg editor version 1.6 on my iPad. 

Blue jeans 

Hmmm… it wouldn’t let me add this text block below the image. I had to move the image to the top, start writing in the text block, separate that into a new block, and then move the text block up on top.

Still, it is pretty cool!

Internet Society Seeks Nominations for 2018 Board of Trustees (Featured Blog)

Are you passionate about preserving the global, open Internet? Do you have experience in Internet standards, development or public policy? If so, please consider applying for one of the open seats 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...

Beginning NaPodPoMo – 30 Podcast Episodes in 30 Days

NationalPodcastPostMonth NaPodPoMoCan I publish one podcast episode each day for the month of November? That's the premise of "National Podcast Post Month" or "NaPodPoMo". Similar to the idea of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), where writers sign up to write a novel in a month, NaPodPoMo is a way for podcasters to get in on the action for the month of November.

For me, I decided to do it just as an incentive to see about getting back into more content creation. As I explained in The Dan York Report episode 333, the last 10 months of my life have been focused on the launch of the Internet Society's new website. That's consumed a HUGE amount of hours... and left me with very little time for all the normal writing and audio production that I've done.

The Internet Society website launched on September 14, and in that TDYR episode 333 I naively thought the work was close to done... and that I'd have more time for content creation.

The truth is that there's been a great amount of work still to be done on the website - and so I have NOT been able to return to creating content.

But now we're getting closer... and my internal NEED to create content is driving me crazy.

So this NaPodPoMo is just an incentive to help me get back into the swing of creating more content.

I'll be publishing new episodes at my SoundCloud account at https://soundcloud.com/danyork

You're welcome to follow along this month! We'll see how I do!