After some of my tweets today I had friends contacting me in great surprise asking if I had really left Voxeo. Yes, to a certain degree of my own great surprise, I actually did. I started today (Sept 19, 2011) in a brand new role on a brand new project at the Internet Society, based in Reston, VA. I’m still working remotely from my home office in Keene, NH, so that didn’t (and won’t) change. The full story of my job change can be found over on my Disruptive Telephony blog. And yes, with all the other chaos going on…
Sep 19
My FIR Report – Sept 19, 2011 – An Update on My Job Change And Content Strategy
My report into today’s FIR episode #617 was a little different than my usual reports. Instead of an update on the latest technology and trends in social media, I gave a more personal update about my job change to work…
Sep 14
Ch-changes – Taking A New Job At The Internet Society To Join The Fight For The Open Internet
In the end, my impending job change is perhaps best explained by two quotes: this prescient quote from the 1992 film Sneakers: “There’s a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it’s not about who’s got the most…
Sep 13
Video: My Talk on "How IPv6 Will Kill Telecom" from eComm2011
At eComm 2011 this year, I spoke on "How IPv6 Will Kill Telecom – And What We Need To Do About It". I enjoyed giving the talk and have received great feedback about the session (including being asked to give…
Sep 09
Today Is The Last Chance To Enter The 2011 SNCR Excellence in New Communications Awards
Today, September 9, 2011, is the last day to submit your entry to the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) Excellence in New Communications Awards: The Society’s prestigious awards program honors individuals, corporations, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and media outlets…
Sep 08
Awesome 1954 Bell System Video – How To Dial Your (Rotary) Phone
Started off this morning getting a great laugh out of this classic 1954 Bell System video tweeted out by Larry Cannell. Amazing to think back to the time when the system was changing from just picking up the phone and…
Sep 07
How Will The Internet Evolve? An audio recording of a recent panel offers chilling ideas…
How will the Internet evolve over the years ahead? What are the most pressing challenges for the evolution of the Internet? That was the topic of a recent panel discussion sponsored by the Internet Society held at a recent Internet…
Sep 07
Video: Chris Pirillo to Emcee Voxeo’s Customer Summit, Oct 10-12
As I mentioned previously, Voxeo’s annual Customer Summit 2011 is coming up October 10-12 in Orlando, Florida. One of the latest bits of news is that Internet entrepreneur and über-geek Chris Pirillo will be the emcee for the event. He…
Sep 07
Amusing Video Tutorial: Let’s Suck at Github Together
If you want to learn more about using git and Github, or are a fan/user of git/Github (as I am) and want to pass along a video tutorial for others to see, you may enjoy this episode from Chris Coyier entitled “CSS-Tricks #101: Let’s Suck at GitHub Together“. As you can …
Sep 07
Running A Half-Marathon – One Year After Starting Running!
I did it! On September 4, 2011, I ran the 13.1 miles of the Swanzey Covered Bridges Half-Marathon! I came in at about 2 hours, 27 minutes for an average of 11:16 per mile. More on that in a moment, but I thought I’d mention that one driver for me to do this particular race was because the first time I recorded a run on my iPhone was September 7th, 2010. Here it was… 1.6 miles! And a year later here I am at 13.1. I’m admittedly pleased with how that has worked out! In truth, though, I had been…
