May 25
Tales of failure in communication and leadership: Amtrak in the wake of the deadly Philadelphia derailment, how Thomas Cook turned a Greek holiday tragedy into a business crisis; and more…
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May 21
I haven’t written about our journey with cancer for a while because my wife’s own journey has been one of the ongoing tedium of Tamoxifen … another day, another pill… and more fatigue, joint pain and so many more issues. It is, though, unfortunately our "new normal" … and will be for at least two more years of Tamoxifen. We just try to keep on going through it… But in truth, it’s been a rough period of time for us since I last wrote in July 2014 in regard to cancer around us. A brother-in-law was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer…
May 21
The team over at webrtcH4cKS (aka "WebRTCHacks") have been publishing some great articles about WebRTC for a while now, and I thought I’d point to two in particular worth a read. Philipp Hancke has started a series of posts examining…
May 21
The Scourge Of Cancer Strikes More People I Know by Dan York
May 19
The latest World IPv6 Launch measurements are out for May 15 and as my colleague Mat Ford explains in a blog post, there’s a lot of great momentum happening! My attention was drawn to the fact that Verizon Wireless is at 69.1%… at their current rate they should cross over 70% by next month: As Read more…
May 18
How do we extend the Internet to outer space? How do we build a truly “interplanetary” Internet? Today, Monday, May 18, 2015, this topic is being discussed at the 2nd Annual InterPlanetary Networking Conference in Washington, DC, where the focus is on “Delay & Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN)“. Participants include Vint Cerf and teams from NASA, Boeing, the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and others involved with space exploration.
You can watch the conference live from 9:00am to 5:00pm US EDT (UTC-4):
May 18
Intro: New FIR website goes live (and a hint of more to come), FIR’s new Pinterest account – and a board for sharing books for young communicators…
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May 16
TDYR 246 – Interview with Bryan Person About Lithium, Austin, Social Media and more by Dan York
May 15
Updated: 15 May 2015
On 25 April a powerful 7.8 earthquake devastated the country of Nepal. Two weeks after the initial quake, there are more reports of another major earthquake hitting near the town of Namche Bazar, near Mount Everest.
All our Chapter members have reported that they are safe.
These earthquakes already claimed the lives of more than 5 000 people, injured thousands more and left tens of thousands of people without homes and supplies.
The Internet Society has a Chapter in Nepal and has been working on Internet related projects in the region since 2007.
Right now, humanitarian and aid organizations need your help to help serve areas affected by the earthquake.
May 15
Source: Internet Governance and Cybersecurity Hot Topics At GCIG/SIPA Event May 14-15 (Watch Live) | Internet Society
