Dan York

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

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Nov 03

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

Nov 02

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...

Nov 02

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!

Nov 01

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...

Nov 01

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!

Nov 01

TDYR 336 – Beginning NaPodPoMo 2017 – 30 podcasts in 30 days

Today (Nov 1) marks the start of National Podcast Post Month (NaPodPoMo) where participants commit to publishing 30 podcast episodes in 30 days. I'm going to give it a try this year... let's see how I do! More info is at http://napodpomo.org/

Oct 25

TDYR 335 – Loving Me Some MindNode

I’ve been a longtime user of “mind mapping” software to capture thoughts, brainstorm, take notes, organize plans and more. Lately I have found myself really enjoying using MindNode on my Macs and iOS devices. In this episode I talk about why I like using MindNode so much...

Oct 24

TDYR 334 – Chat Fiction, Chat Stories: Love it? Read it? Don’t know about it?

This morning my mind was a bit blown learning about the whole world of “chat fiction” or “chat stories” - stories told in the form of chat message exchanges. If you are not under 25, you probably don’t know about them... but they are there! In this episode I talk about chat fiction and ask a number of questions about the tools, statistics and more. I would love to hear from any listeners who have done anything with chat fiction....

Oct 16

For Immediate Release #109: CEOs Torturing English

Neville Hobson joined Shel Holtz for the October edition of the monthly Hobson & Holtz Report. This month’s topics:

  • Shel and Neville in November 2014, at Runnymede, site of the signing of the Magna Carta

    Three distinguished PhDs propose a Magna Carta for Artificial Intelligence. Too soon?

  • Research establishes a connection between CEOs who mangle English during analyst calls and falling share prices.
  • What can PR agencies and associations do to build a reputation of trust in the wake of the Bell Pottinger scandal?
  • New data points reinforce the importance of companies taking positions on social and political issues. Most importantly, Edelman’s 2017 Earned Brand study found that 30% of consumers are “belief-driven” buyers.
  • In the UK, political activists are using an app to influence party conference votes.
  • Two crises — one from Facebook and one from Unilever’s Dove brand — were both completely avoidable.
  • Dan York’s tech report covers a women’s boycott of Twitter pushed people to give the Twitter alternative, Mastodon, a try; podcast app Castbox has a new in-audio search function.

Connect with Neville on Twitter at @jangles.

Check out Neville’s Small Data Forum Podcast (available at a new website).

Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.

About Neville Hobson:

Neville Hobson was co-host of The Hobson & Holtz Report for over 10 years. For over 15 years, Neville has been a voice of experience and influence when it comes to speaking about digital technologies, disruptive change in workplaces and marketplaces, relevant trends to pay close attention to, and what it all means for your business. His experiences embrace deep understanding and subject-matter expertise in contemporary business issues that include social, digital and cognitive technologies, connecting that with a career in traditional public relations, marketing communication, employee compensation and benefits communication, and investor relations. Based in the Thames Valley some 30 miles west of London, Neville works either from his home office or from a client’s location; or from wherever he has a good network connection.

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Oct 12

New Policy Brief published on Community Networks and Access to Spectrum

Yesterday we published a new policy brief: Spectrum Approaches for Community Networks

Access to affordable and available spectrum is critical for Community Networks. Policy makers can play a key role in ensuring adequate access to spectrum. The policy brief examines the various ways that Community Networks can gain access to spectrum, including:

  • the use of unlicensed spectrum,
  • sharing licensed spectrum, and
  • innovative licensing.

Network operators also play a key role in helping Community Networks. The policy brief outlines recommendations for operators which include:

  • access to backhaul infrastructure at fair rates,
  • equipment and training partnerships, and
  • the sharing of infrastructure as well as spectrum.

Please read our press release for more information about this new paper.  Also visit our World Telecommunications Development Conference (WTDC) 2017 page for more about what our team is doing there in Buenos Aires this week.

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