How do we help develop the next generation of champions for an open Internet? As many of us who were involved in the early years of the Internet are getting older, how do we help inspire a new wave of advocates for an open Internet available to everyon…
Mar 08
Testing from WordPress iOS app
Just a test… nothing to see here! Move along now… and have a nice day!
Mar 01
Help Recognize Internet Pioneers and Heroes – Nominations Open for 2021 Internet Hall of Fame (Featured Blog)
Do you know someone who deserves recognition for launching the Internet in their region or country? Or someone who made some major technical innovation that made the Internet faster or better? Or someone who is a passionate advocate who influenced othe…
Feb 19
Minor Administrative Updates to Internet Society Privacy Policy
Today we have made some minor updates to the Privacy Policy for this site and most of our other affiliated websites. The changes from the previous privacy policy were: Clarified in the introduction that this privacy policy applies to sites from both th…
Feb 15
TDYR 406 – My Initial Thoughts on TwitterSpaces
So what’s the deal with TwitterSpaces? How does it work? Will it truly be a competitor to Clubhouse for “social audio”? Today I had a chance to participate in three TwitterSpaces – and in this episode I talk about the experience of joining a TwitterSpa…
Feb 10
TDYR 405 – A Frustrating Aspect of Wikipedia: “Your” Page Is NOT Yours To Edit – Explaining COI
“Wait? What? If something is wrong on a Wikipedia page about my company, I can’t just go in and edit it??? That’s crazy!” One of the most challenging and frustrating aspects for newcomers to Wikipedia is the guidelines and policies about “conflict of …
Feb 01
TDYR 404 – Wikipedia Celebrates Its 20th Birthday (Jan 15)
Wikipedia is an idea that probably should NOT work… but it does! On January 15, 2021, Wikipedia celebrated its 20th anniversary with over 6 million English articles and having just celebrated its 1 billionth edit (Jan 13). In this 404th episode, I ta…
Jan 25
Nominations Open for Public Interest Registry (PIR) Board of Directors (Featured Blog)
Would you be interested in helping guide the future of the Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit operator of the .ORG, .NGO and .ONG domains? Or do you know of someone who would be a good candidate? If so, the Internet Society is seeking nomin…