Blog Chronicles A Couple’s Automation Of Their Home Using IPv6

Interested in how IPv6 could be used in home automation? Nathalie Trenaman and her soon-to-be-husband have started a blog at http://ipv6athome.blogspot.nl/ where they are documenting their work automating their home with IPv6: Nathalie, an IPv6 trainer, wrote back in April about why she was starting upon this path. It has been fun to read about Read more…

Fun Tool To Learn More About Git Branching And Merging

Want to learn more about how to work with branches in git? Confused about what “git rebase” does? By way of a post on Google+ I learned about this great tutorial site at: http://pcottle.github.io/learnGitBranching/

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"It’s all content! It’s just story!… They want stories! They are dying for them." – Kevin Spacey’s Brilliant Speech

Do you want to understand the future of television? of online video? of the future of creating video content? Actor Kevin Spacey really nails it in this speech at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. If you have 45 minutes, the…

10 Years Of Skype – Massive Disruption… But Will Skype Remain Relevant?

Ten years ago today, on August 29, 2003, a group of entrepreneurs and developers from Denmark, Sweden and Estonia unleashed a small software program that would fundamentally and irrevocably disrupt telecommunications and just communications in general. Everything would change. Skype…

TDYR #031 – At 10 Years Old, Skype Has Disrupted Telecom, But Can It Stay Relevant?

Skype turns 10 today and while Skype has massively disrupted telecom, can it remain relevant? Will it be disrupted as well? Read the accompanying article at: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/08/10-years-of-skype-massive-disruption-but-will-sky…

TDYR #030 – On The 50th Anniversary Of MLK’s “I Have A Dream” Speech

On this 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech (August 28, 2013), I spoke about how the power of that speech still gives me chills… and encouraged listeners to go take a listen:

Speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s…

Call for Speakers For DNSSEC Workshop at ICANN 48 in Buenos Aires

Will you be attending the ICANN 48 meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November 2013?  If so, are you interested in speaking about DNSSEC at the DNSSEC Workshop planned for Wednesday, November 20, 2013? The DNSSEC Workshop program committee, of which I am a member, is seeking speakers for sessions on: DNSSEC activities in Latin Read more…

TeleGeography’s Interactive Submarine Cable Map Is a Fun and Fascinating View Into Infrastructure (Featured Blog)

Ever want to know where all the submarine cables are that provide part of the physical infrastructure of the Internet? Or which cities in the world have the most connectivity via submarine cables? (or which regions might be single points of failure?) I…

TeleGeography’s Interactive Submarine Cable Map Is A Fun And Fascinating View Into Infrastructure (Featured Blog)

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FIR #718 – 8/26/13 – For Immediate Release

Melbourne Mandate interview now available, marketing automation interview coming, no FIR Live on Google and press releases, Neville’s Bloggade wrap-up; Quick News: Volkswagen’s #SmileDrive app, Ford and Boing Boing partner for a hackathon, HuffPo ends …