FIR #693 – 3/4/13 – For Immediate Release

Congratulations Steve Rubel on new Edelman gig; Civility book review coming; B2B Huddle set for May 2, FIR will podcast keynotes; FIR listener discount to London conference; Quick News: most brands using Instagram, the return of sweetness, the first Vi…

Geoff Huston Unravels An IPv6 Bug Involving Apple Mail And Microsoft Exchange

Geoff Huston at APNIC Labs published today a fascinating and very well-documented exploration of why he was having occasional seemingly random problems sending email from his Apple Mail program via APNIC’s Microsoft Exchange Server. It’s such a good read that I’ll not spoil the story, other than to say it is a good example of the Read more…

The International Space Station’s Canadian Music Video Collaboration – and Google+ Hangout (Featured Blog)

As much as we talk here about the inner workings of the Internet’s infrastructure, there are times when you have to just sit back and look at how incredibly cool some of the things are that are enabled by the Internet. For example, last week I was deli…

Going on VUC Podcast Today – And A Few More Name Ideas

Going on VUC Podcast Today – And A Few More Name Ideas by Dan York

Is The “VoIP” in “VoIP Security” Still The Right Term?

Should we still be talking about “VoIP security”? Or should we be using some other language? Back when we started VOIPSA in 2005, “voice over IP (VoIP)” was the term we all were using, but as we look at what kind of activities come next, we’re starting to wonder if we should be talking about […]

The International Space Station’s Canadian Music Video Collaboration – and Google+ Hangout (Featured Blog)

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Video: WCVB’s "Chronicle" Shows Petersham Curling Club

Here’s a fun little video piece about curling… Boston’s WCVB TV station as part of their "Chronicle" show did a segment where Petersham, Mass., was their "mystery town". In the third segment they show the Petersham Curling Club where I curl on Tuesday nights in the Men’s League and coach the "Little Rockers" on Saturday mornings. The curling portion is after the part about the monastery (which I’ve always wondered about since I drive right by it to get to the curling club) and a piece about a local B&B. Very cool to see and I hope some folks in…

Use Google+? Join the Github and Git Communities

Github community on Google+Are you a Google+ use who is also interested in the git version control system and the Github hosting service?  If so, there are two of the new “communities” in Google+ that you may find of interest:

"Catching Up With Dan York" On The VUC Call Tomorrow At Noon US Eastern – Please Join Us!

Want to learn more about what I’m doing these days? Both with my work with the Internet Society Deploy360 Programme as well as other various projects? And what any of that has to do with VoIP and real-time communications these…

Video – DNSSEC: What Every Sysadmin Should Be Doing To Keep Things Working (USENIX LISA)

At the USENIX LISA ’12 conference in December 2012, Roland Van Rijswijk of SURFnet gave a great talk titled “DNSSEC: What Every Sysadmin Should be Doing to Keep Things Working” where he talks about how you are perhaps already using DNSSEC – and what you need to do to make sure it keeps working. Roland’s an Read more…