Interested in learning about the state of the Domain Name System (DNS) in Africa? As I mentioned previously, I’m in Durban, South Africa, for the next week for the Africa DNS Forum today and tomorrow and then ICANN 47 next week. The first Africa DNS Forum is happening right now and you can watch live now: Read more…
Jul 11
First “Africa DNS Forum” To Be Streamed Live July 12 and 13 From Durban, South Africa (Featured Blog)
The first Africa DNS Forum will take place on Friday, July 12, and Saturday, July 13, 2013, in Durban, South Africa, in advance of next week’s ICANN 47 meeting. Jointly organized by AfTLD, ICANN and the Internet Society, the Africa DNS Forum “aims to e…
Jul 08
Comcast Now Enabling Users To Easily Find Out IPv6 Status In Their Area
Are you a Comcast customer wondering when you will ever get IPv6? If so, we learned by way of a tweet over the weekend that Comcast has now made it easy for customers to know if they have IPv6 or will soon be getting it. If you are a Comcast customer, you simply need to Read more…
Jul 08
TDYR #020 – Are You Planning For The Longevity Of Your URLs?
When you use a URL in a marketing campaign or for an event or other short-time occurrence, are you planning for the longevity of those URLs? Are you planning to keep it around after the event or campaign is over?
Jul 08
FIR #711 – 7/8/13 – For Immediate Release
Speakers and Speeches is up; Brian Solis speaking in London, FIR episodes will result; Quick News: Journalists trust elected officials more than PR people, Yellow Pages of social networks released, TSA Instagram account shows confiscated dangerous item…
Jul 05
The Legacy IP Only / IPv6 Horse And Buggy Stickers – How To Get Copies…
After we tweeted last week about the “Legacy IP Only” horse-and-buggy stickers that we received from Virginia Tech, we had a great number of people asking us about where to get these stickers. As we noted in a subsequent tweet, the source of the sticker is Phil Benchoff at Virginia Tech and the image is Read more…
Jul 04
First Africa DNS Forum To Be Held July 12-13 In Durban, South Africa
What can African registries and registrars do to grow the domain name business in Africa? What role can the African governments play to empower registries and registrars? What can be learnt from successful registries and registrars operating outside Africa and adapted to strengthen their African counterparts? How can cross-border collaborations be setup to strengthen the Read more…
Jul 02
TDYR #019 – On The Need For Time Offline – And Time For Reflection
In the fast-paced, always-on world of today, how do we carve out time when we disconnect and reflect on how pieces fit together? Do we need to go completely offline, as Baratunde Thurston recently did for 25 days? Do we need to schedule in some time …
Jul 02
4 Outstanding IPv6 Transition Videos From RIPE NCC
Want to understand what various IPv6 transition mechanisms are available to help you with the move to IPv6? Interested in understanding the differences between “6in4″, “6RD”, “NAT64″ and “DS-Lite”? (Or what they even are?) If so, our friends over at the RIPE NCC have put together a set of four IPv6 transition videos that are Read more…
