Free “Learning IPv6″ Webinars TOMORROW (on Sept 24/25) Sponsored by AFRINIC and ISOC – Sign Up Now!

Want to learn about IPv6? Would you like to know more about how IPv6 works, the basics of IPv6 addressing as well as what transition mechanisms are available to help move from IPv4 to IPv6? If so, you can take part in a set of two free webinars happening tomorrow, Tuesday, September 24, 2013, and Read more…

FIR #722 – 9/23/13 – For Immediate Release

Congratulations to Jeramiah Owyang and Maggie Fox; FIR on Strategy starts debuts this week; Neville at smwSMILE on Monday; Quick News: Ghost blogging platform released to early backers, Target places bet on earned media, how top PR firms used LinkedIn,…

ICANN’s 2013 RAA Requires Domain Name Registrars To Support DNSSEC, IPv6

How do we get more domain name registrars to support DNSSEC?  I don’t know how many times I’ve heard this: “I want to sign my domain, but my registrar doesn’t support DNSSEC – what do I do?” It’s been one of the proverbial questions that has indeed been a barrier to getting more domains signed.  Read more…

Two Years At The Internet Society

It rather staggers my mind that it was two years ago today, on September 19, 2011, that I began work for the Internet Society (a.k.a. "ISOC"). Longtime readers and friends may remember my impassioned (and naturally long) post at the…

TDYR #037 – Two Years At The Internet Society

Two years ago today I started work at the Internet Society (ISOC). In this episode I briefly look back at the two years and what it has all meant to me. More info in this post: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/09/two-years-at-the-internet-soc…

TDYR #036 – Consistency Is The Key To Online Content Creation / Blogging / Podcasting

Starting to create content online is EASY… keeping it *going* is the challenge. In this episode I talk about how *consistency* is the key to success in online communication and online content creation, whether that is blogging, podcasting, video, au…

6 TLDs for Honduras, East Timor And Multiple Islands Are Now Signed With DNSSEC

We were delighted to learn from Garth Miller, the administrative contact for the .CX top-level domain (TLD), that 6 more TLDs have been signed with DNSSEC and now have DS records in the root zone.  This means that people and businesses with domains registered in these TLDs can now receive the higher level of security Read more…

4 More Days To Submit Speaking Ideas For DNSSEC Workshop At ICANN 48

Will you be attending the ICANN 48 meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November 2013? If so, you have four more days to submit a speaking proposal for the DNSSEC Workshop planned for Wednesday, November 20, 2013.  I wrote about the call for speakers earlier but since that time the program committee decided to extend Read more…

Google Confirms Having IPv6 And IPv4 Will NOT Cause Duplicate Content Issues For Search Ranking

Great to see Google’s Matt Cutts formally confirming what many have us have assumed all along – that making a website available over both IPv6 and IPv4 would not bring about a “duplicate content” issue that would incur penalties in search engine ranking.  The question Matt answers is: As we are now closer than ever to switching Read more…

FIR #721 – 9/16/13 – For Immediate Release

FIR app for Windows 8 available; FIR Interview with Chris Muccio is up; FIR on Strategy with Andrea Vascellari is coming soon; Quick News: Mondelez partners with Twitter, Vodaphone’s best-practice use of Twitter for customer service, in-bound marketing…