Interested to learn more about how IPv6 usage has grown since last year’s World IPv6 Launch? And specifically within the African region? If so, you can join in a free webinar happening tomorrow, June 6, 2013, at 1:00 pm UTC (9:00 am US Eastern) where I will be joining representatives of Liquid Telecom and Orange Read more…
Jun 04
TDYR #012 – On The Challenge Of NOT Being Sucked Into Social Networks
An ever-present challenge in our world of social networks is how to NOT get sucked into those networks when it is so incredibly easy to do so. How do we maintain the discipline to embrace those networks when we have the time – but to not get sucked in…
Jun 03
Thursday Marks 1 Year Since World IPv6 Launch – Have You Made The Move? (If Not, Why Not?)
This Thursday, June 6, marks the one year anniversary of World IPv6 Launch. As we stated in a news release today, the growth in connected IPv6 users has more than doubled since June 6, 2012. In fact, the IPv6 measurements page shows even greater growth in some networks. For instance, Verizon Wireless, who we recently Read more…
Jun 03
FIR #706 – 6/3/13 – For Immediate Release
Final B2B Huddle keynote is up; Jeremiah Owyang interview coming; Neville will be at LeWeb London; no Asia Report today; Quick News: diminished role of relationships in media relations, LinkedIn launches two-step verification, PRSA aims to raise APR vi…
May 31
Moving Beyond Telephone Numbers – The Need for a Secure, Ubiquitous Application-Layer Identifier (Featured Blog)
Do “smart” parking meters really need phone numbers? Does every “smart meter” installed by electric utilities need a telephone number? Does every new car with a built-in navigation system need a phone number? Does every Amazon Kindle (and similar e-rea…
May 31
Celebrating 3 Years of Exercise/Running – And Dropping 50 Pounds
Three years ago yesterday I started down a path that would fundamentally change my life. At the time, I weighed around 255 pounds and couldn’t really walk down our (short) street without feeling a bit winded. Caught up in the whirlwind of business travel and sitting at desks, I wasn’t making the best choices. I knew I needed to change. Our second daughter was a year old and I realized that I had to do something for my health to ensure I was going to be around for my wife and our two girls. So my wife and I started…
May 29
Moving Beyond Telephone Numbers – The Need For A Secure, Ubiquitous Application-Layer Identifier
Do "smart" parking meters really need phone numbers? Does every "smart meter" installed by electric utilities need a telephone number? Does every new car with a built-in navigation system need a phone number? Does every Amazon Kindle (and similar e-readers)…
May 29
TDYR #011 – How Can We Move Beyond Phone Numbers As Identifiers?
Do we really need to be assigning telephone numbers to smart meters, cars and e-readers? Could we instead use some other application-layer identifier? If so, what? And how? In this episode I talk about some of the issues around moving beyond phone n…
May 27
FIR #705 – 5/27/13 – For Immediate Release
Another keynote coming; more book reviews coming; Stephen Waddington elected CIPR 2014 president; Eric Schwartzman launches new business; Quick News: Mercedes-Benz to put QR codes on cars, World Nutella Day sparks Facebook controversy, the consequences…
