Yea! Our daughter’s curling team is heading to the 2016 USA Curling Junior National Championships this month! Her team will be one of the top 10 junior women’s teams competing for the championship in Willmar, Minnesota, from January 16-23. She and her team are SO excited! Over the holiday break her curling team competed at the regional "GNCC Playdowns" where three womens teams were competing for two slots at the Nationals. Starting on Sunday, December 27, 2015, it was a very tense set of days, but on Tuesday morning they were able to win their final game and get the…
Jan 01
TDYR 279 – My Three Words for 2016
As I have for the past few years, I’ve recorded a New Year’s Day episode about my “Three Words” representing my aspirations for 2016. Read more at: http://www.danyork.com/2016/01/my-3-words-for-2016.html
Jan 01
My 3 Words For 2016
As has been my tradition for a while now, I like to start off on January 1 writing about my "three words" that represent my aspirations for the year ahead. (See my 2015 three words and also earlier years.) So here we go for 2016… STRATEGY I’ve found myself quite "busy" this past year, but the question is whether I’ve been "busy" with the right things. And more to the point – has there been a reason for some of the things I’ve been doing. Not that you absolutely NEED a reason for everything… but we live in an age…
Dec 26
TDYR 278 – An Example Of My Weekly FIR Podcast Reports
For the past 10 years I have contributed a weekly report into the “For Immediate Release” podcast (a.k.a. “FIR”) focusing on technology and PR / social media. In this TDYR episode, I provide some context and then include the 6-minute report I contribut…
Dec 21
Talko’s Purchase By Microsoft Shows The Challenge Of The Directory Dilemma
Today Microsoft announced that they acquired the technology of Talko, a communication app created by Ray Ozzie and launched back in September 2014. Fortune has an article on the acquistion, as do a good number of other media sites. After…
Dec 17
Deadline of Dec 21 To Submit Nominations for 2016 Internet Society Board of Trustees (Featured Blog)
Are you passionate about preserving the global, open Internet? Do you want to help guide work to connect the unconnected and promote / restore trust in the Internet? Do you have experience in Internet standards, development or public policy? If so, ple…
Dec 16
ISOC At WSIS+10 Day 2: Kathy Brown Speech, Access Side Event, Cybersecurity Sessions
On this second day of the 10-year Review of the World Summit on the Information Society (a.k.a “WSIS+10”) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York our focus is on the main plenary session where our President and CEO, Kathy Brown, will be one of only 10 speakers from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society and industry to address the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Here’s what the day looks like:
Our Schedule Today
At some point today, Kathy will be addressing the UNGA. We don’t know precisely when, though. She is the 82nd speaker on the list of speakers and we anticipate it will be sometime between 3 and 4 pm New York time (UTC-5). You can watch all of the sessions on “UN Web TV” at:
Dan York
Dec 15
ISOC At WSIS+10, Day 1: Women’s Empowerment and Building on WSIS+10
Today marks the official start of the 10-year Review of the World Summit on the Information Society (a.k.a “WSIS+10”) here in New York at the United Nations Headquarters. All year long our policy activities have been building toward this event, and as …
