Apr 07

46 Years of RFCs (Celebrating The Anniversary of RFC 1)

By way of a tweet from @IETF this morning, it was fun to note that it was 46 years ago today, on April 7, 1969, when the very first “Request for Comments” or “RFC” was issued by Steve Crocker.  RFC 1 defined the “IMP software” used in the communication between hosts on the ARPAnet and makes for interesting reading today.  Steve was in those days a graduate student at UCLA and 46 years later now serves as the Chairman of the Board of ICANN.  Back in 1999, Steve offered some reflections in RFC 2555 on 30 years (at that time) of RFCs that included this bit about how it began:

Dan York

Apr 06

The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #802: April 6, 2015

Quick News:

Collaborate/London intranet workshop from Igloo Software on April 16, alarming declines in social media among Inc 500, good advice in BBC’s updated social media guidelines, companies just aren’t listening to what reporters want from their online newsrooms; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop.

News That Fits:

Does it make sense to do online Q&As on Reddit, Twitter, etc?; Michael Netzley’s Asia Report: Gushcloud controversy and smear campaigns conducted by blogging cartels; would you use Periscope for employee communication as one CEO did?; listener comments in the FIR Podcast Community on Google+ and via email; The Economist study identifies Gen-narrators who could be effective brand advocates; Dan York’s Tech Report: Turkey blocks social networks, Flickr and the public domain, NASA space image library, and more; Igloo Software promo; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network; with social still treated as an ‘afterthought’ by PR agencies, we offer some advice.
Continue Reading →

The post The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #802: April 6, 2015 appeared first on FIR Podcast Network.

Apr 06

FIR #802 – 4/6/15 – For Immediate Release

Ragan Communications ends FIR sponsorship; Gini Dietrich to guest co-host on May 4; Quick News: Collaborate London intranet workshop from Igloo Software, alarming social media declines among Inc. 500, BBC’s updated social media guidelines, what reporte…

Apr 05

The Tension Between Consumption and Creation of Content (a.k.a. spending time reading Facebook doesn’t help with writing)

There went another hour! I wanted to do some writing tonight but first I sat down and said "I’ll just take a quick look at Facebook"… and there I was… an hour later… having learned all about the lives of…

Apr 01

RFC 7511 – Scenic Routing for IPv6

Carrying on a grand old April 1 tradition, the IETF today released RFC 7511, Scenic Routing for IPv6. Given the amount of attention in the industry to environmentally-friendly “Green IT”, this RFC aims to help all the poor IPv6 packets that are trapped inside of wires and cables… and instead gives those packets some fresh Read more…

Mar 31

New DNSSEC Deployment Map Available In Global Internet Maps

Our DNSSEC Deployment Maps are now also available as part of a larger set of Global Internet Maps produced as part of our annual Global Internet Report.  My colleague Michael Kende wrote about these new maps earlier this month and explained a bit about them. This new DNSSEC deployment map is rather fun in that […]

The post New DNSSEC Deployment Map Available In Global Internet Maps appeared first on Internet Society.

Mar 31

New DNSSEC Deployment Map Available In Global Internet Maps

Our DNSSEC Deployment Maps are now also available as part of a larger set of Global Internet Maps produced as part of our annual Global Internet Report.  My colleague Michael Kende wrote about these new maps earlier this month and explained a bit about them. This new DNSSEC deployment map is rather fun in that Read more…

Mar 31

Never Give Up

Never. Give. Up. I was vividly reminded of that lesson last night in the championship game of the Men’s Curling League at the Petersham Curling Club where I play. Our team, which had played extremely well together all year, had made it through the playoffs to be in the final championship game against another excellent team. This was it. The end of the long curling season and a chance to have our names inscribed on the league trophy at the club. After 5 of the 8 ends (think "innings" in baseball or "periods" in hockey), both teams were tied. Then…

Mar 30

TDYR 236 – Winning A Curling Championship

TDYR 236 – Winning A Curling Championship by Dan York

Mar 30

The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #801: March 30, 2015

Quick News: Brands flock to Periscope, being seen as innovative boosts a company’s bottom line says Ketchum survey, Slack is killing IRC, all 650 Members of Parliament in the UK will receive an iPad Air 2 after the May election; Ragan promo;

News That Fits: New apps – including Periscope, Meerkat and NewsByMe – could boost citizen journalism; Dan York’s Tech Report: Periscope and live streaming, Dave Winer’s MyWord, Facebook; drilling a social media crisis with Polpeo; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio and in the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; wearable tech will shift from novelty to norm in the next five years; the past week on the FIR Podcast Network; Igloo Software promo; summary of what we learned from Facebook’s F8;

Music from Moon Taxi; and more.
Continue Reading →

The post The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #801: March 30, 2015 appeared first on FIR Podcast Network.