Why I Will NOT Be Rushing To Upgrade To Evernote 5 For Mac

The team at Evernote is making a big push right now to let users know about the upcoming new Evernote 5 for Mac. They have even released a beta version for users to try. I won’t be trying it. I’ll…

Can You Please Review ‘Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks’ On Goodreads?

Do you have an account on Goodreads? If so, there is a page for Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks with a very kind review from Alan Johnston. As an author, I’d naturally like to have some more reviews as they do tend to help people understand what people think about…

Yet Another Skitch / Evernote FAIL – Image Sharing/Uploading No Longer Works

In the continuing saga of Evernote’s destruction of Skitch, a.k.a. how-to-really-badly-screw-up-a-product-loved-by-its-users, I grabbed a screenshot in the old Skitch 1.x (a.k.a. the version that works) and hit the "Share" button. I hoped to get back a skitch.com URL that I…

NaBloPoMo – National Blog Posting Month: One Post Every Day

Today begins the November 2012 edition of "National Blog Posting Month" a.k.a. "NaBloPoMo" as it is referred to over on BlogHer, where this daily blogging project currently has a home. In truth, NaBloPoMo now happens every month as a project…

Sadly, The Big "C" Curtails My Participation Next Week At IETF 85

Sadly, the Big "C", the current unwelcome guest in our family, has claimed another activity that I enjoy. Next week is the 85th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Some 1,200+ engineers will gather in Atlanta, Georgia, to…

How To Participate in IETF 85 Remotely

Next week is the 85th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and, as we mentioned last week, there will be some IPv6 sessions at IETF85 we’ll be monitoring as well as many, many other meetings about various aspects of the Internet’s infrastructure.  There will be 1,200+ engineers from all over the world gathering Read more…

FIR #675 – 10/29/12 – For Immediate Release

Hurricane Sandy; two new interviews coming; Quick News: international social media use, Europe’s business elite adopts social media, Apple’s court-ordered apology, Twitter tests a like button; Ragan promo; News That Fits: the rise of the social media l…

Ameche Lets Telcos Add Apps Into Regular Phone Calls To Add Value And Services

Imagine you are driving fast along a major highway in traffic and you receive a call from a critical customer. She wants to know immediately when you can meet tomorrow with her team to go over the final proposal and…

Four IPv6 Sessions Coming Up at IETF 85 in Atlanta

What’s happening with IPv6 at the 85th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) coming up in Atlanta November 4-9, 2012? Which working groups will be meeting? As noted in our recently published “Internet Society’s Rough Guide to IETF 85′s Hot Topics” there are 4 working groups meeting at IETF 85 specifically on IPv6 Read more…

Walking In Red Square – Reflections Of A Child Of The 1970s

I was born in the late 1960’s and grew up in the U.S. in the 70’s and 80’s when the Russians were the enemy. When the Soviet Union was the evil empire bent on the destruction of freedom, democracy and everything we held dear. When calling someone a "Russki" was an insult and when the news media routinely showed images of the Soviet military parades in Red Square. When we were sure that the Kremlin was sending spies into our country to steal all our secrets and would do whatever it could to destroy our lifestyle. And when the doctrine…