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Nov 24
Giving Up On The iPad2
I finally gave up. After months of trying to continue to use my older iPad 2 with first iOS 8 and then iOS 9, as chronicled in several blog posts, I finally gave in and bought a new iPad Air…
Nov 24
TDYR 275 – Finally Giving Up On The iPad 2
I finally gave up on the iPad 2. After trying to keep it usable after making the mistake of upgrading to iOS 8 and then iOS 9, I finally gave in and bought a newer iPad … more on the story here: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2015/11/giving-up-on…
Nov 23
For Immediate Release #10: Responding to terror with cats
Welcome to episode #10 of For Immediate Release. This week’s panel includes Philippe Borremans, an independent communications consultant from Brussels and host of the PR-focused podcast, Wag the Dog; Glenn Gaudet, founder and president of GaggleAMP and host of the podcast, AMP Up Your Social Media; and Donna Papacosta, principal of Trafalgar Communications and co-author of the book, The Business of Podcasting: How to Take Your Podcasting Passion from the Personal to the Professional. This week’s topics range from more discussion about social media and the Paris terror attacks to changes to Google+, how to convince companies to let their employees become ambassadors for the brand, companies pitching journalists with targeted paid Facebook ads, and much more.
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Nov 23
Video and Slides Now Available For My AstriCon 2015 Keynote: Open Source and The Global Disruption of Telecom
If you’re interested in what I said last month at AstriCon 2015 in my keynote on "Open Source And The Global Disruption of Telecom: What Choices Will We Make?", the video and slides are both available. As I wrote about…
Nov 21
TDYR 274 – Beginning a Weekend of Curling at a Broomstones Bonspiel
TDYR 274 – Beginning a Weekend of Curling at a Broomstones Bonspiel by Dan York
Nov 20
TechTarget Sheds Light On DNSSEC, CAs and Government Spying / Control
Over on TechTarget, Michael Heller wrote this week about some of the criticisms around DNSSEC and how some of them may be rooted in misunderstandings of what DNSSEC is all about. His article is: Experts: DNSSEC protocol can’t be worse than certificate authorities I’m admittedly NOT a fan of title TechTarget gave the piece – Read more…
Nov 20
WordPress Now Powers 25% of Top 10 Million Websites
Fascinating news out of W3Techs earlier this month that WordPress now powers over 25% of the Alexa top 10 million websites. The next closest content management systems (CMS) are Joomla at 2.8% and Drupal at 2.1%. The full stats are…
Nov 18
Is There A WordPress Plugin That Adds Easy "Sign A Petition" Support?
Has anyone found a great plugin for WordPress that adds the easy ability for visitors to a site to "sign" a statement or position and have their name appear? If so, could you please share the info? Here’s what’s going…
Nov 16
For Immediate Release #9: Media Relations? There’s An App For That
Welcome to episode #9 of For Immediate Release. This week’s panel includes Nora Ganim-Barnes, who leads the annual research into social media use among the Fortune and Inc. 500 for the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Peter Himler, founder of Flatiron Communications in New York; and Ron Ploof, former head of social media for Epson, the podcaster behind Griddlecakes Radio, and creator of the StoryHow Pitch Deck. This week’s episode features conversation about the highs and lows of social media in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, the decline of blogging and the rise of GlassDoor among the Fortune 500, the University of Missouri’s woeful crisis management, a new app that pitches stories to journalists, and more.
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