When I looked at Google’s IPv6 stats recently, it was great to see that the peaks are now consistently all over 40%. Back in January, I wrote about crossing the 35% threshold, so there’s been a 5% growth over the space of the year. Would we who advocate for IPv6 want it to grow quicker? […]
Dec 15
Google IPv6 stats consistently peaking over 40%
When I looked at Google’s IPv6 stats recently, it was great to see that the peaks are now consistently all over 40%. Back in January, I wrote about crossing the 35% threshold, so there’s been a 5% growth over the space of the year.
Would we who advocate for IPv6 want it to grow …
Dec 14
Au Revoir Revue! Twitter to Kill Off Newsletter Service at End of 2022 – I Guess I Need To Move My Newsletter!
I was a little surprised to learn this morning that Twitter is shutting down its Revue newsletter service. Casey Newton first wrote about this back on November 3 in his Platformer newsletter, but subsequent articles after the massive layoffs confirmed…
Dec 13
New collaborative book about IPv6 – available for free, and seeking contributors
Why is it that many of the “IPv6 books” are 10+ years old? Where can you find the most current info? Could a group of people using IPv6 today come together and create a new book about IPv6? Brian Carpenter asked those questions … and then started a project on GitHub to do exactly this […]
Dec 13
New collaborative book about IPv6 – available for free, and seeking contributors
Why is it that many of the “IPv6 books” are 10+ years old? Where can you find the most current info? Could a group of people using IPv6 today come together and create a new …
Dec 11
Resolution Song – a global movement of voices singing a common song for peace and climate action
Today I was blown away by the beauty of a song woven together of voices from around the world – Resolution Song ! I was completely unaware of the Planet Resolution movement that has now seen this song sung by thousands of people in over 100 countries. Their YouTube channel is full of inspiring versions of this song, and you can see even more at the YouTube hashtags #planetresolution and #NoMusicOnADeadPlanet. This article by Abbey Wright in April 2022 explains the origins of this project back in 2019 and how it evolved into a global movement. I liked this part:…
Dec 10
Twitter to Launch Blue, Gold, and Grey Checkmarks in The Next Week
Today Twitter announced that starting on Monday, December 12, people can pay either $8 on Android or $11 on IOS to subscribe to “Twitter Blue” where they will get: the blue checkmark the ability to edit tweets prioritized appearance in…
Dec 09
With Twitter in Chaos, What is Plan B for a TwitterSpaces Alternative?
I am a huge fan of TwitterSpaces! I enjoy hosting and participating in live audio TwitterSpaces. In fact, I’m hosting one later today! It’s a great system and service to have live audio conversations. Easy for people to join and…
Dec 08
Mastodon, Nonprofits, and the need for *some* kind of basic analytics to help justify spending time and resources
Why aren’t there more nonprofits using Mastodon? Why aren’t there more small businesses? What is taking these organizations so long? Shouldn’t they be already here? These are questions I’ve seen raised repeatedly on Mastodon, and I’ve been asked directly about…
Dec 07
WhatsApp and End-to-End Encryption (a ChatGPT3 article experiment)
For those who use WhatsApp, you may have noticed that your messages are secure and private, thanks to the encryption that is used. But what is encryption, and why is it so important? Encryption is a process of scrambling information…
