FIR #785 – 12/8/14 – For Immediate Release

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’…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 […]

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…

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…

TDYR 186 – Japanese Dining Customs and other Reflections On My Short Visit

Some thoughts on dining customs in Japan and other cultural differences…