Neville’s Twitterversary; Quick News: agency staffers need to disclose, impact of a breastfeeding protest, who’s watching online videos?, Netflix tests tweet reminders; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Attributes of social CEOs, Dan York’s Tech Report, we’…
Nov 28
Today At Noon EST: Matrix.Org Distributed Communications On The VUC Call
What is the Matrix.org distributed communication system all about? What is an "open source federated signaling standard"? In about 30 minutes you’ll be able to find out LIVE on today’s VoIP Users Conference (VUC) where the guest will be Matthew…
Nov 28
Disruptive Telephony… … disrupted?
It’s been a while since I’ve written here on Disruptive Telephony… too long. 🙁 It’s not for a lack of topics … my queue of things I would like to write about continues to grow and grow! It’s easy to…
Nov 28
Are You Buying Home Electronics That Are Ready For IPv6?
Are you buying home electronics that are ready for IPv6? At this time of year there are many sales both offline and online that offer dramatic discounts on home electronics and devices of all types. Massive TVs, audio equipment, computers, home networking equipment… you name it… the opportunities are tempting! As you consider whether that Read more…
Nov 27
Thank You For All Your Support And Help In 2014
If you are reading this message, odds are pretty good that this is just another regular Thursday for you. In fact, it might be a quieter Thursday than usual because you are receiving fewer email messages or articles from colleagues or people you know in the USA. Maybe you’ll get a bit more done than Read more…
Nov 24
FIR #783 – 11/24/14 – For Immediate Release
Quick News: Confidence produces better results than reputation, Internet to hit 3 billion users next year, Mattel is in trouble again over Barbie, the post-PC CEO has no desk and no desktop; Ragan promo; News That Fits: is not allowing comments on your…
Nov 21
7 Asterisk VoIP Security Advisories Issued
The Digium / Asterisk Security Team has obviously been extremely busy ensuring that Asterisk is as secure as possible given that yesterday they released 7 security advisories, although only one of them (AST2014-16) was rated as “Critical”. The others are rated as “Moderate” or “Minor” – but still are good reasons to upgrade to the latest […]
Nov 21
Beginning A Season Of Youth Curling Bonspiels
Tonight begins a new era in our lives as parents as our 12-year-old daughter competes for the first time in a curling "bonspiel" (tournament) that will go all weekend (or, at least, we hope so!). Over the past three years that she has been involved with the Petersham Curling Club youth program in nearby Petersham, MA, she’s been in the "Little Rocks" program where she has played in typically three or four one-day bonspiels around New England. But now that she has reached the age of 12 she is in the "Juniors" program… and they play at a much more…
Nov 21
LinkedIn Joins The World IPv6 Launch Measurements Project
We were very pleased to read that LinkedIn is joining the WorldIPv6 Launch measurements effort and providing data about what it is seeing in the way of IPv6 deployment among the many visitors coming to LinkedIn’s sites. In that post to the World IPv6 Launch blog, our colleague Mat Ford also pointed that the November Read more…
Nov 20
TDYR 186 – Japanese Dining Customs and other Reflections On My Short Visit
Some thoughts on dining customs in Japan and other cultural differences…