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…
Jul 01
TDYR #018 – Happy Canada Day!
Today, July 1, is Canada Day, a national day of celebration in that country. In this brief episode I record a few brief thoughts about the five years we spent in Canada and the effect it has had on my life – and wish all Canadians a very happy Canada …
Jul 01
FIR #710 – 7/1/13 – For Immediate Release
Two interviews posted; Neville’s panel discussion coming; Brian Solis in London July 12; IABC update; Ragan promo; Quick News: Introducing NSA-proof font, astroturfing comes to EU, Vine sharing tanks after Instagram video introduced, Second Life turns …
Jun 27
Telstra Rolls Out IPv6 To Business ADSL Customers
We were very pleased to learn (via ZDNet) that Australia’s largest telecommunications company, Telstra, has just rolled out IPv6 connectivity to all of its business ADSL customers. Using a dual-stack approach of allowing both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity, Telstra’s David Robertson said in their news release: “As stocks of IPv4 addresses diminish globally, we need Read more…
Jun 25
Video: IP-Spoofing / Routing Best Practices Panel at RIPE 66
Can we stop the spoofing of IP addresses? Is the problem serious enough to warrant high-level attention? Are there best practices for routing that the larger community should be engaging in? What are the real challenges with stopping IP spoofing? These are the questions addressed in a recent post by our colleague Andrei Robachevsky, “Can Read more…
Jun 24
Missed The VUC Hangout About DNSSEC and VoIP? Watch The Recording…
Interested in learning more about how DNSSEC can potentially work with VoIP? If you missed the VoIP Users Conference (VUC) Hangout in Google+ back on May 3 where I discussed this topic, you can now watch the archive at: It was a very enjoyable presentation and I do thank VUC host Randy Resnick for having Read more…
Jun 24
FIR #709 – 6/24/13 – For Immediate Release
Intro: Shel at IABC conference; Shel, Richard Binhammer, Mark Dollins launch SME2; in memoriam: PRSA’s Arthur Yann; new FIR Interview up, more coming; Quick News: What’s the cost of a decent press release?, Burberry posts runway show on Vine, Jimmy Wal…
