Would you like to understand the major highlights of the 96th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) last month in Berlin? What were some of the main topics and accomplishments? How many people were there? What else went on? If so, you c…
Aug 08
Ello Introduces a "Buy Button", allowing creators to sell their work
Remember Ello? The social network whose beta version happened to launch in September 2014 when everyone was upset with Facebook? With a commitment to not selling your data and not having advertising, it was a breath of fresh air coming…
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…
