Jul 29

Connecting The Unconnected: The Story of a Visit to a School in Agua Azul, Mexico

How do you bring the “Internet” to a remote village in Mexico that doesn’t even have phone service? On June 20, 2016, we set out to understand that question. It was the day before the start of the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy in Cancun and our ISOC Mexico Chapter arranged for this visit.

Our group was small: Internet Society President & CEO Kathy Brown, Regional Bureau Director for Latin America Sebastián Bellagamba, Alejandro Pisanty of the ISOC Mexico Chapter and myself.

Dan York

Jul 29

Starting To Write On PacketPushers.net

Because clearly I don’t have enough places to write, I’ve decided to start writing over on PacketPushers.net. You can find my first post on my profile page there. I’ve long been a fan and listener to the excellent PacketPushers podcasts. If you are into networking of any type their shows are quite educational and enjoyable. (See the most recent shows in the right sidebar of packetpushers.net.) Last year Russ White encouraged me to consider writing on Packet Pushers and connected me to the folks there to be set up as an author. They gave me an account… but then I’ve…

Jul 28

Connecting The Unconnected: The Story of a Visit to a School in Agua Azul, Mexico

How do you bring the “Internet” to a remote village in Mexico that doesn’t even have phone service? On June 20, 2016, we set out to understand that question. It was the day before the start of the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy in Cancun,and our ISOC Mexico Chapter arranged for this visit. Our group […]

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Jul 27

Turning The Microphone Around: An Interview with Greg Ferro

Usually Greg Ferro is the one interviewing people. But at the recent Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 96 meeting in Berlin, Germany, I had the chance to turn the microphone around and ask Greg some questions of my own, including: What did he think of an IETF meeting now that he was at one? What […]

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Jul 26

Deadline of August 14 for Call for Presentations at DNS-OARC 25

Do you have an idea about how to improve DNS that you would like to present to a community of people active with DNS?  Have you done research into new ways to better secure DNS or increase the privacy?  Have you done something with DNSSEC or DANE that you’d like to share with others? If Read more…

Jul 25

TDYR 309 – Trying A New Rule – No Social Media Usage Until I Have Created Something Online

TDYR 309 – Trying A New Rule – No Social Media Usage Until I Have Created Something Online by Dan York

Jul 24

Trying a New Rule – No Social Media Usage Until I Have Created Something New

I’m trying something new as part of my day: No social network usage until I have created something online. No Facebook. No Twitter. No Instagram… Ello… Google+… or anything else. Nothing on any of those each day until I have…

Jul 23

TDYR 308 – An Interview with Greg Ferro of Packet Pushers Podcast

What is the future of networking? And what did Greg Ferro think of the IETF 96 meeting in Berlin? In this episode I sat down with Greg Ferro of the Packet Pushers Podcast to get his views on the state of networking, what he thinks about attending his …

Jul 22

TDYR 307 – Reflections on Judging the IETF96 Hackathon

Some thoughts on the experience of judging the Hackathon at IETF 96 in Berlin.

Jul 16

TDYR 306 – A Great Day of Hacking At The IETF96 Hackathon

Today was a great day of coding here in Berlin, Germany, at the IETF 96 Hackathon. In this episode I talk about why that was so great…