TDYR #133 – Flying A Circle Around The World To/From Singapore

This morning I realized that with my upcoming travel to Singapore I’m going to be traveling completely around the world with my particular flights. Being a lover of maps, globes and geography, I just found this kind of cool…
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3 DNSSEC Sessions At ICANN 49 Next Week In Singapore

Next week we’ll be at ICANN 49 in Singapore for several excellent DNSSEC-related sessions, two of which will also be streamed live for those who want to watch remotely. DNSSEC For Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide First up on Monday, March 24, 2014, in the late afternoon from 17:00 – 18:30 Singapore time will be the DNSSEC Read more…

TDYR #132 – And On The 77th Day, The Streak Endeth …

TDYR #132 – And On The 77th Day, The Streak Endeth … by Dan York

Dramatic IPv6 Growth Now Visible Via Trend Charts On World IPv6 Launch Measurements

Here’s something very cool… you can now see the dramatic growth in IPv6 usage seen in the World IPv6 Launch measurements by way of new trend charts provided for the top 10 networks.  Here’s an example of the chart for Verizon Wireless:   The graphs for Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Deutsche Telekom and others in the Read more…

TDYR #131 – The Big Fail In Getty Images’ “Free” Embedding

Getty Images recently announced that 35 million of their highly acclaimed images would be available for “free” embedding… the only problem is that the actual implementation doesn’t allow social sharing – a major requirement for most people using imag…

One Screenshot To Show How Getty Images’ "Free" Offer FAILS – And Why I Will Not Use It

Much has been made over the past few weeks about Getty Images allowing the free embedding of over 35 million images from Getty’s vast library. The Verge ran a glowing piece and Neville Hobson summarized a good bit of the…

What Is A TLD? gTLD? ccTLD? newgTLD? IDN?

What is a "TLD"? How does a "gTLD" differ from a "ccTLD"? And what is a "newgTLD" all about? These are some of the questions I’ve encountered as I’ve been talking to people both in person and via the FIR…

FIR #747 – 3/17/14 – For Immediate Release

Quick News: Top 10 companies making employees happy, Wikipedia considering change to paid-advocate rules, why every employee should build weak ties at work, reasons to spend time on Reddit; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Deloitte study says employees are…

TDYR #130 – On The Beauty Of Musicians’ Impromptu Jam Sessions

TDYR #130 – On The Beauty Of Musicians’ Impromptu Jam Sessions by Dan York

Video: IPv6 featured on “This Week In Enterprise Tech” (TWIT TV)

We were pleased to see IPv6 featured in this past week’s “This Week In Enterprise Tech” episode #82, where host Robert Ballecer and his crew interviewed John Curran, CEO of ARIN, the Regional Internet Registry for North America, and also Brandon Ross of Network Utility Force. It was an enjoyable interview that covered a wide Read more…