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Dan York - author, speaker, technologist - comments on the technical, cultural and social changes happening all around us, particularly related to the Internet. Emerging technology, social media, security, and other random topics...
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TDYR 410 - My Themes for 2022 from 2022-01-01T22:51:54
For the 13th year, I started my first episode of 2022 talking about the "themes" I see myself weaving into my life over the next 12 months. This episode is a companion to this blog post that goes i...
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TDYR 409 - Twitter Spaces now open to most users on IOS/Android - and a pipeline of new features from 2021-05-07T01:19:55
Twitter Spaces is now available to everyone on iOS and Android with more than 600 followers. In this episode, I talk about all the changes Twitter has made to Spaces since episode 406 back in Febru...
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TDYR 408 - What are Wikipedia Talk pages? How do they work? from 2021-05-06T02:21:34
If you go to the top of a Wikipedia article, there is a "Talk" tab in the upper left that brings you to the "Talk page" for an article. What is this Talk page for? How is it used? What happens on t...
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TDYR 407 - More Social Audio from Discord, Spotify, Telegram, and… LinkedIn? from 2021-04-02T00:59:08
As Clubhouse turns 1, every other service seems to want to have their own rival version. On the last show 406 I talked about Twitter Spaces, which has continued to evolve and improve. Facebook has ...
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TDYR 406 - My Initial Thoughts on TwitterSpaces from 2021-02-16T00:51:55
So what’s the deal with TwitterSpaces? How does it work? Will it truly be a competitor to Clubhouse for “social audio”? Today I had a chance to participate in three TwitterSpaces - and in this epis...
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TDYR 405 - A Frustrating Aspect of Wikipedia: "Your" Page Is NOT Yours To Edit - Explaining COI from 2021-02-10T23:43:39
"Wait? What? If something is wrong on a Wikipedia page about my company, I can't just go in and edit it??? That's crazy!" One of the most challenging and frustrating aspects for newcomers to Wikip...
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TDYR 404 - Wikipedia Celebrates Its 20th Birthday (Jan 15) from 2021-02-01T13:13:38
Wikipedia is an idea that probably should NOT work... but it does! On January 15, 2021, Wikipedia celebrated its 20th anniversary with over 6 million English articles and having just celebrated its...
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TDYR 403 - My Themes for 2021 from 2021-01-02T01:22:27
As I've done for the last 12 years, I started 2021 talking about the "themes" I see myself weaving into my life over the next 12 months. This episode is a companion to this blog post that goes into...
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TDYR 402 - WordPress Now Powers 39% of the Web, and the State of the Word(Press) 2020 from 2020-12-19T20:36
Is it true that over 39% of websites now use WordPress? In this episode I talk about that statistic and other information coming out of the “State of the Word 2020” event by Matt Mullenweg, co-foun...
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TDYR 401 - Will Twitter's Fleets bring the Story format to Twitter? Or will they be fleeting? from 2020-12-03T03:06:20
In November 2020, Twitter launched "Fleets" globally, bringing the vertical "Story" format first launched on Snapchat and then Instagram, Facebook, and most other social networks. In this episode, ...
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TDYR 400 - Reflecting on 7 years and 400 episodes of this podcast from 2020-12-02T03:05:17
After 7 years and 400 episodes of The Dan York Report, this episodes has a look back at how and why I started this podcast, what I've used to create it, some of the content I've covered, along with...
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TDYR 399 - The Genius of a Ceiling-Mounted Greenscreen from 2020-11-21T16:16:52
With two hooks in the ceiling, I made the single biggest home office improvement for Zoom calls and live streaming! In this episode I talk about how useful a ceiling-mounted green screen can be, an...
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TDYR 398 - COVID-19, online learning, and... the END OF SNOW DAYS?? from 2020-09-06T13:32:21
What??? With schools moving to online learning, are we really seeing the end of *snow days*? In this episode, I talk about the long tradition of "snow days" in the northern US, and how the COVID-19...
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TDYR 397 - COVID-19: Have we depleted our brain's surge capacity? from 2020-09-04T21:34:53
In this pandemic with its ongoing and never-ending uncertainty, is part of our challenge that we have depleted our brain's "surge capacity"? Following on to the last episode 396 where I talked abo...
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TDYR 396 - Pandemic Productivity Plunge from 2020-08-04T00:41:30
So... anyone else struggling a bit with productivity during these pandemic times? I'm working longer hours than ever, and am "busier" than ever.. but I'm finding myself struggling a good bit, parti...
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TDYR 395 - Experimenting with Livestreaming on Twitch (A.k.a. Why I Haven’t Been Podcasting...) from 2020-06-20T16:41:43
Why haven't I been recording podcast episodes? Well... I've been off experimenting with Twitch! In this episode I talk all about why I have been doing that, and what I have learned so far. You ca...
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TDYR 394 - After the pandemic, will livestreaming change churches and community organizations? from 2020-05-14T02:24:59
After the COVID-19 pandemic is over, will livestreaming change churches and community organizations? If so, how? In this episode I talk about how there have been some benefits seen in livestreamin...
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TDYR 393 - SoundCloud Brings Back the Ability to Upload (but not Record) from IOS Apps from 2020-05-14T01:43:58
In the beginning, SoundCloud had a big orange button in their iOS app that let you record and upload audio. Then in 2014 that was removed... but now in 2020 the Upload ability is back (but not Reco...
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TDYR 392 - Reflections on Earth Day 1990 and How It Fundamentally Changed My Life from 2020-04-23T00:56
On this 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, I look back 30 years and tell the story of how the events that led to Earth Day 1990, and the choices I made, fundamentally changed my life and set me on the ...
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TDYR 391 - Taking a Coffee Break via Zoom and Slack during COVID-19 Pandemic from 2020-04-20T12:44:48
In a time of isolation, how can you use virtual coffee breaks to connect with others? In this episode, I talk about how people within my organization have used the combination of Zoom and Slack to ...
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TDYR 390 - On Why We Need To Write in Plain Language from 2020-04-16T01:46:13
Why do we write articles that people can't understand? How can we be more clear and concise in our writing? How can we reduce the load on the brains of our readers? In this episode I talk about how...
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TDYR 389 - The COVID-19 Pandemic - Personal Reflections from Vermont from 2020-04-09T01:30:47
It’s been one month since the first positive case of COVID-19 was found in Vermont, where I live. In this episode I talk through some of my thoughts about what all is going on...
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TDYR 388 - The joy of using the Internet to celebrate a wedding cancelled by the pandemic from 2020-03-30T13:14:41
Yesterday we had the joy of using the Internet to celebrate the relationship of two people whose wedding was cancelled due to the pandemic. In this episode I talk about how wonderful that celebrati...
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TDYR 387 - The Thrill of Watching Super Tuesday Primary Results from 2020-03-05T22:07:30
This past Tuesday was “Super Tuesday” where my wife and I had a date night with CNN, settling in for a long night of watching primary election results... why do I find this so fascinating? In this ...
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TDYR 386 - Celebrating 10 Years of the iPad - what do I think about it? from 2020-01-29T03:13:46
It was 10 years ago, on January 27, 2010, that Steve Jobs stood on stage and announced the iPad. In this episode I reflect on all the ways that I personally have found the iPad to be useful (includ...
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TDYR 385 - My 4 Words for 2020 from 2020-01-01T22:02:27
Since 2010, I've started the new year with a blog post about my 3 or 4 themes or aspirations for the new year. This year I've published that at https://www.danyork.com/2020/01/my-4-words-for-2020.h...
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TDYR 384 Failing at NaPodPoMo A Second Time from 2020-01-01T21:33:55
Recorded back on December 1, 2019, this episode recaps how and why I failed at "National Podcast Post Month" (NaPodPoMo) a second time. I was SO prepared... I had outlines... I had a whole month of...
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TDYR 383 - Abandoning Slides and Presenting Using MindNode in Focus Mode from 2019-11-21T01:39:35
Why not try something different than just presenting with slides? In this episode I talk about how I recently used MindNode to present a talk using its "Focus" mode and some trackpad zooming to giv...
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TDYR 382 - Remote Working, Part 3: What are some LESSONS LEARNED about working remotely? from 2019-11-19T23:09:54
What are some LESSONS LEARNED since I first started working in a home office 20 years ago? In this final Part 3, I talk about the lessons I have learned that have helped me thrive working remotely ...
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TDYR 381 - Remote Working, Part 2: What are the DISADVANTAGES of working from home? from 2019-11-18T22:06:07
What are the DISADVANTAGES of working remotely from a home office? I started working in a home office 20 years ago back in 1999 - what have I seen as the benefits? the challenges? what lessons have...
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TDYR 380 - Remote Working, Part 1: What are the BENEFITS of working from home? from 2019-11-18T02:12:42
What are the BENEFITS of working remotely from a home office? I started working in a home office 20 years ago back in 1999 - what have I seen as the benefits? the challenges? what lessons have I le...
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TDYR 379 - IETF 106 Begins In Singapore - 1,000 Engineers Gathered To Make The Internet Work Better from 2019-11-16T02:45:19
The 106th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) begins this weekend (16 Nov 2019) in Singapore. In this episode, I talk about what will be happening there and how you can participat...
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TDYR 378 - Driving without an actual key from 2019-11-15T02:28:06
Are we (of a certain age) the last generation to remember sticking actual physical keys into cars? In this episode, I just talk about how actual keys have faded away in favor of "key fobs"... and h...
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TDYR 377 - Initial Thoughts on WordPress 5.3 from 2019-11-14T03:03:07
WordPress 5.3 was released yesterday, November 12, 2019, an in this episode I talk about my initial thoughts on the release and what I'm excited to use on my sites. If you are curious about what i...
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TDYR 376 - Is It The End of The EditFlow Plugin for WordPress? from 2019-11-13T01:43:04
Is it the end of the EditFlow plugin for WordPress? Or is there still life in the plugin? In this episode I talk about the value I found in EditFlow over the years, as well as recent news that work...
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TDYR 375 - What is dialing, Daddy? from 2019-11-12T02:03:02
"What is 'dialing', Daddy?", my youngest daughter asked one day when I talked about "dialing" a number on the phone. In this episode I reminisce about the age of rotary dial phones... including tha...
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TDYR 374 - Choices, Consequences, Responsibility, and why I like Babylon 5 so much from 2019-11-11T03:17:52
In a recent interview about his new book, J. Michael Straczynski, said he pitched the network on his Babylon 5 show by saying that it was all about "choices, consequences, and responsibility." In t...
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TDYR 373 - Celebrating 30 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall from 2019-11-10T04:00:49
"Die Mauer! Die Mauer ist weg!" ("The wall! The wall is gone!") It was 30 years ago tonight when I got the phone call from a friend of mine that the wall was gone. I turned on our TV and was astoun...
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TDYR 372 - Are there good alternatives to Meetup.com? from 2019-11-08T22:27:48
Are there good alternatives to Meetup.com for organizing groups and events? Many people started asking that question a few weeks ago when it appeared Meetup.com was drastically changing its pricing...
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TDYR 371 - Celebrating 50 Years of UNIX from 2019-11-08T02:00:17
It was 50 years ago in the summer of 1969 that the Unix operating system was created at Bell Labs by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and their colleagues. In this episode I talk about the large effect...
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TDYR 370 - CDNs, Anycast, Containers, and the Disaggregation of Networking Models from 2019-11-07T04:22:02
Once upon a time, our mental model of how networking worked was rather simple. You had a device connected to a network (a "client") and a server to which that device was connecting. Each had a host...
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TDYR 369 - What I Like and Dislike in IOS 13 from 2019-11-06T04:31:44
What do you like in IOS 13? After using it for a number of weeks now, I reflect on what I like and dislike...
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TDYR 368 - Will Quantum Cryptography Affect the DNS and DNSSEC? from 2019-11-05T03:04:24
Will quantum cryptography affect the DNS and DNSSEC? If so, how? and when? Today at the "Tech Day" part of the ICANN 66 meeting in Montreal, John Levine spoke about what impact quantum crypto might...
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TDYR 367 - Spending this week at ICANN66 in Montreal from 2019-11-03T21:28:12
This week I'm at the ICANN 66 meeting in Montreal participating in sessions about DNS security, privacy, routing security and more... in this episode I talk a bit about the history of the Internet ...
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TDYR 366 - Google and PRX Launch Podcasting 101 Videos and Resources from 2019-11-03T01:44:03
Have you ever wanted to start podcasting but didn't know how to begin? Google Podcast and PRX just launched a "Podcasting 101" 10-part video series that explains many aspects of getting started wit...
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TDYR 365 - Embracing NaPodPoMo a second time - 30 podcasts in 30 days from 2019-11-01T20:24:58
Having failed to complete National Podcast Post Month (NaPodPoMo) back in 2017, why do I think it will be different this time? In this episode I talk about that... and invite listeners to join me f...
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TDYR 364 - Seasons, Series, and other Innovations in Podcasting from 2019-10-08T11:54:54
In the beginning, a podcast was a never-ending set of episodes, week after week after week... (or daily or monthly). It was exhausting and many shows "podfaded". But in recent years now formats suc...
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TDYR 363 - Professionalism and Podcasting Performance Anxiety from 2019-10-07T11:51:33
It's been 4 months since I last recorded one of my podcast episode, and while it may be tempting to blame it on work responsibilities and limited personal time, I think it's really something more.....
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TDYR 362 - Thoughts on WordPress 5.2 from 2019-06-17T11:53:27
WordPress 5.2 came out back on May 7, 2019, and if you haven't upgraded, or just upgraded but didn't really pay attention to what was included, I talk in this episode about what is in WP 5.2 and wh...
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TDYR 361 - Reflections on IETF 104 in Prague from 2019-03-30T04:37:20
I was in Prague for the 104th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and in this episode I talk about some of what went on there...
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TDYR 360 - What was the Internet like before the Web? Celebrating 30 years of the Web - #Web30 from 2019-03-18T12:36:43
What was the Internet like before the Web? How did the Web change our online communication so dramatically? Last week (March 12) was the 30th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee starting the World Wide...
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TDYR 359 - My 3 Words for 2019 from 2019-01-01T20:15:40
As I have for the past 10 years, I started off the year talking about my "3 words" for 2019 - the areas in which I intend to focus. You can read more here: https://www.danyork.com/2019/01/my-3-word...
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TDYR 358 - Heading to Bangkok for IETF 103 from 2018-11-02T19:21:50
I am on my way to Bangkok, Thailand, for the 103rd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). In this episode I explain why I am going...
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TDYR 357 - The DNSSEC KSK Rollover on October 11 was blissfully boring from 2018-10-16T11:52:53
October 11, 2018, was a blissfully boring day on the Internet - and that was a beautiful thing! The long-planned DNSSEC Root KSK Rollover (described in TDYR 356 - https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdy...
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TDYR 356 - Are you prepared for the DNSSEC Root Key Rollover on October 11, 2018? from 2018-10-10T22:01:23
Are you prepared for the change of the security key at the center of the Domain Name System (DNS)? In this episode I talk about DNS, DNSSEC, and the “root key rollover” that is happening on October...
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TDYR 355 - A personal update about my post-cancer recovery from 2018-09-19T01:40:39
As a follow-up to episode 354, I provide an update about my recovery from surgery and colon cancer....
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TDYR 354 - Colon Cancer, Colonoscopies, Vermont, and Recovering from Surgery from 2018-09-04T11:51:02
TDYR 354 - Colon Cancer, Colonoscopies, Vermont, and Recovering from Surgery by Dan York
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TDYR 353 - Podcasting as a Team-building Exercise? from 2018-07-18T10:48:22
How can you use podcasting or live online radio as a team-building exercise? What happens when you take 16 people, 10 of whom have never done anything with audio, and tell them that in 4 hours they...
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TDYR 352 - Excited for the start of IETF 102 in Montreal from 2018-07-16T11:57:32
The 102nd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) starts today in Montreal with over 1,000 engineers coming together from around the world to make the Internet work better. It’s an am...
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TDYR 351 - Thoughts About WordCamp Europe 2018 from 2018-06-17T07:47:41
I attended my first WordCamp Europe (WCEU) this week in Belgrade, Serbia, and it was an outstanding event. In this episode I talk about some of what I learned.
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TDYR 350 - After Downloading All My Facebook Data, Here is What I Found... from 2018-04-13T01:28:38
I downloaded all my Facebook data today.... and it was an interesting trip through 11 years of memories - and other data... in this episode I talk about some of what I found, and also note how you ...
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TDYR 349 - Returning From a Hiatus from 2018-04-05T02:18:26
Tap... tap.. tap... is this thing on? Unbelievably, it has been four months since I last published an episode of The Dan York Report. I am ready to get back behind the microphone and crank out some...
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TDYR 348 - “Acoustic Speakers” and Smartphones from 2017-12-05T12:57:33
Did you know you probably have many “acoustic speakers” in your home? I was amused this weekend to see devices marketed as an “acoustic speaker” this weekend....
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TDYR 347 - Failing at NaPodPoMo 2017... but learning good lessons from 2017-12-04T13:49:40
I failed at NaPodPoMo 2017 - 30 podcasts in 30 days - but took away some important lessons about how to do it better next time...
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TDYR 346 - How I Record This Podcast using Hindenburg Field Recorder from 2017-11-12T02:51:07
How do I record on my iPhone? What is my workflow? I was asked that question and thought I would answer through an episode. The main app I use is the Hindenburg Field Recorder...
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TDYR 345 - Twitter’s 280 Characters - initial thoughts from 2017-11-11T04:01:25
Twitter just moved from 140 to 280 characters. In this episode I relay some of my thoughts about this change. What do YOU think about it?
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TDYR 344 - Logitech’s Bricking of Harmony Link Devices - and “ownership” in the world of the IoT from 2017-11-10T02:23:49
Logitech announced to owners of Harmony Link devices that those devices will stop working in March 2018. They will be “bricked”. While Logitech responded to the furor by eventually doing the right ...
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TDYR 343 - The Indigenous Connectivity Summit - Internet access through community networks from 2017-11-09T04:00:23
How do indigenous communities across North America connect to the Internet? What are the benefits and opportunities? How do they make it happen? These are questions being discussed at the Indigenou...
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TDYR 342 - Silencing Notifications and Embracing Boredom from 2017-11-08T04:06:52
We live in a world where we never need to be bored. Distraction is just a smartphone away. But is that the right way to be? Are WE in control of our attention? Or do we let others control our atten...
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TDYR 341 - #SnapchatDown - Lost Streaks, Severe Angst, Jitters and more... from 2017-11-07T02:52:11
Snapchat went down today and millions of teens and other young people suddenly found themselves without their primary means of communication...
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TDYR 340 - What would you like me to talk about? from 2017-11-06T04:37:45
As I mapped out my plans for 30 podcasts in 30 days, I realized I had not asked YOU, the listeners, what you would like to hear. What is of interest? Thoughts on new technologies? Explanations of p...
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TDYR 339 - Why is curling a great sport for youth? from 2017-11-05T02:34:32
Why do I think curling is a great sport for youth? I talk about the many great aspects of youth curling: skills, strength, stamina, strategy, communication, confidence and more...
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TDYR 338 - Heading to DC for a weekend of curling from 2017-11-03T12:56:50
We’re heading to the Washington, DC, area today for my 15yo daughter to play in a curling bonspiel. In this episode I talk about what we are doing and why we are going. (Listen to show #337 for mo...
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TDYR 337 - Explaining Curling Bonspiels from 2017-11-02T13:13:05
What is a “bonspiel”? What does it have to do with curling? How is it structured? How does it work? In this episode I talk about what bonspiels are, how they typically work, what people do at them...
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TDYR 336 - Beginning NaPodPoMo 2017 - 30 podcasts in 30 days from 2017-11-01T16:01:17
Today (Nov 1) marks the start of National Podcast Post Month (NaPodPoMo) where participants commit to publishing 30 podcast episodes in 30 days. I'm going to give it a try this year... let's see ho...
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TDYR 335 - Loving Me Some MindNode from 2017-10-25T11:54:56
I’ve been a longtime user of “mind mapping” software to capture thoughts, brainstorm, take notes, organize plans and more. Lately I have found myself really enjoying using MindNode on my Macs and i...
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TDYR 334 - Chat Fiction, Chat Stories: Love it? Read it? Don’t know about it? from 2017-10-24T12:05:40
This morning my mind was a bit blown learning about the whole world of “chat fiction” or “chat stories” - stories told in the form of chat message exchanges. If you are not under 25, you probably d...
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TDYR 333 - Returning Into The Light from 2017-09-23T10:09:33
It's done. It shipped. The new https://www.internetsociety.org/ website shipped! And with that, I can finally return to the writing, recording and other content creation I so love to do...
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TDYR 332 - Facebook Will Start Using Page Load Speed In Newsfeed Ranking from 2017-08-12T15:22:58
Make your web page load fast... or Facebook will lower the visibility of links to your page in the NewsFeed! On August 2nd, Facebook announced that web page load time will be a ranking factor in pl...
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TDYR 331 - SoundCloud Lives To Fight Another Day from 2017-08-12T02:11:01
The big news today was that SoundCloud closed a $170 million round of funding to continue its operations. I talk about that, and my own views on SoundCloud's evolution. Many articles about this at...
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TDYR 330 - State of IPv6 Deployment 2017 from 2017-06-07T01:33:27
What is the state of IPv6 deployment? Today on the 5th "Launchiversary" of World IPv6 Launch, the Internet Society published a new report, the "State of IPv6 Deployment 2017". I talk about the repo...
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TDYR 329 - Crazy Roads in Nairobi - a brief update from Kenya from 2017-06-04T15:48
Just a brief update as I prepare to leave Kenya..
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TDYR 328 - Snapchat'a new Custom Stories offer geo-fencing from 2017-05-24T12:17
Snapchat just rolled out "Custom Stories" that let you create a thread of photos and videos that your friends can contribute to and also view. You can include a group of friends - or use geofencing...
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TDYR 327 - A Personal Update About Why I Have Been Less Visible from 2017-05-06T15:53:56
I haven't published a TDYR episode in almost a month, haven't published many blog posts since March, and haven't been very active on social media... here is a bit about why...
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TDYR 326 - Initial Thoughts On Mastodon from 2017-04-07T12:41:29
The Mastodon social network is getting a great bit of buzz. In this episode I provide some initial thoughts on what is going on. You can find me at
https: // mastodon.social / @danyork (Tha...
TDYR 325 - Why Every Business Needs Encryption from 2017-04-07T11:59:50
"Why should I care about encryption? How does it affect my business?" In this episode I give a simple example of why encryption is important for every business, government or organization. Read mor...
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TDYR 324 - The Sad, Fragmented World of Messaging Systems from 2017-03-25T02:07:25
Our messaging systems are a mess - how do you know how to reach someone? They are spread across so many different messaging / chat systems. I wrote about this today on my Disruptive Telephony blog ...
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TDYR 323 - My First Lyft Ride Was Awesome from 2017-03-02T21:52:41
I just used Lyft for the first time (an Uber competitor) and recorded my thoughts...
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TDYR 322 - How to create a Snapcode for any website from 2017-02-06T11:54:05
This past week brought the ability to create a "snapcode" for any website. This makes it easy for Snapchat users to very easily get to your sites. In this episode I talk about how to do that and wh...
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TDYR 321 - You can now embed 360 photos in any WordPress site from 2017-01-23T22:21:07
You can now embed 360 photos and videos in any WordPress site using the Jetpack plugin version 4.5 released last week. I talk about why I think this is so important and what it offers. More info ca...
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TDYR 320 - The State of DNSSEC Deployment 2016 from 2017-01-09T21:20:46
What is the state of deployment of DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC)? What is DNSSEC all about, anyway? Why should you care about it? What does it do? In this episode I dive into what DNSSEC does an...
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TDYR 319 - Watching 100 Girls Throw Rocks At Houses from 2017-01-01T01:07:36
What is it like to watch 100 girls throw rocks at houses? In this episode I talk about our recent trip to Toronto where I got to do exactly that...
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TDYR 318 - Watching People Wave Back (Standing On The Side of the Road) from 2016-12-11T20:39:06
I was fascinated by reactions by people to my waving at them from the side of the road today...
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TDYR 317 - Excited About Netflix Downloads! from 2016-12-02T13:39:14
Netflix this week added the ability to download shows and movies and watch them offline. In this episode I talk about why I think this is so exciting...
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TDYR 316 - Cyber Monday sale at O'Reilly offers 50% off all ebooks, including 2 of mine from 2016-11-28T15:34:17
Today is a great day to buy ebooks and videos at 50% from O'Reilly and associated publishers - http://oreil.ly/CyberMonday16 . Two of my books are included in the sale: http://migratingappstoipv6....
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TDYR 315 - In Tokyo on my way home from IETF97 from 2016-11-19T07:04:09
Some brief thoughts on the way home from Seoul, South Korea, where I was for IETF 97. This was recorded in Narita airport in Tokyo.
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TDYR 314 - On The Way To Romania for ION Bucharest from 2016-10-10T23:57:51
I am heading to Bucharest, Romania, to be part of the Internet Society's "ION Bucharest" conference on Wednesday, Oct 13. More info can be found at https://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/ion/
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TDYR 313 - Join InterCommunity 2016 TODAY to discuss Internet trust, governance and access #iComm16 from 2016-09-21T12:15:12
Want to join a global conversation about how we connect the unconnected, increase the level of trust in the Internet and advance appropriate Internet governance policies? That conversation is happe...
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TDYR 312 - Heading to ISC2 Security Congress to talk MANRS and DNSSEC / DANE from 2016-09-12T17:08:57
I'm en route to Orlando, Florida, to speak at the ISC2 Security Congress over the next few days. In this episode I talk about my sessions, explain some of what the MANRS initiative is about, and ta...
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TDYR 311 - Facebook Says Get Mobile-Friendly Or Your Ads Will Suffer from 2016-09-02T12:13:28
This week Facebook provided yet another reason to make sure your website is "mobile-friendly" - ads for sites that are NOT will be penalized in Facebook's advertising network. In this episode I tal...
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TDYR 310 - Initial Thoughts on Facebook Messenger "Instant Video" from 2016-09-02T00:44:56
Facebook Messenger today launched "Instant Video", allowing you to add video to a text chat. In this episode I offer some initial thoughts about why this is interesting...
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TDYR 308 - An Interview with Greg Ferro of Packet Pushers Podcast from 2016-07-25T13:27:38
What is the future of networking? And what did Greg Ferro think of the IETF 96 meeting in Berlin? In this episode I sat down with Greg Ferro of the Packet Pushers Podcast to get his views on the s...
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TDYR 309 - Trying A New Rule - No Social Media Usage Until I Have Created Something Online from 2016-07-25T13:12:49
TDYR 309 - Trying A New Rule - No Social Media Usage Until I Have Created Something Online by Dan York
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TDYR 307 - Reflections on Judging the IETF96 Hackathon from 2016-07-22T21:08:44
Some thoughts on the experience of judging the Hackathon at IETF 96 in Berlin.
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TDYR 306 - A Great Day of Hacking At The IETF96 Hackathon from 2016-07-16T22:09:48
Today was a great day of coding here in Berlin, Germany, at the IETF 96 Hackathon. In this episode I talk about why that was so great...
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TDYR 305 - Celebrating the 4th World IPv6 Launchiversary from 2016-06-07T02:15:52
Today is the 4th anniversary of World IPv6 Launch and I talked in this episode about why that matters and what people should do. More info in this CircleID post:
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TDYR 304 - 41 Days of Duolingo and Why I like the app for learning languages from 2016-05-31T12:08:01
Today was the 41st consecutive day I have been learning Spanish using the DuoLingo app. In this episode I talk about why I find the app so powerful for learning languages and relay my experience us...
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TDYR 303 - May 18 Is Deadline to Nominate People For Jon Postel Service Award from 2016-05-13T21:38:50
Do you know someone who has made the Internet better? If so, consider nominating them for the Jonathan B Postel Service Award. The deadline is Wednesday, May 18. More info can be found at: https:...
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TDYR 302 - Tune in to an Internet Fragmentation discussion TODAY at 3:30pm EDT from 2016-05-10T11:57:43
Is the Internet fragmenting? Is the "universal" Internet fragmenting into separate networks along technical, economic or policy lines? Join a panel discussion TODAY at 3:30pm US EDT with represen...
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TDYR 301 - About Apple's June 1 Requirement for IPv6 for iOS Apps from 2016-05-06T19:07:12
This week Apple declared that as of June 1 all apps submitted to the AppStore must be able to work in an IPv6-ONLY network. In this episode I talk about what that means...
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TDYR 300 - The Thrill of Receiving a Print Copy of BusinessWeek from 2016-05-05T12:48:35
Yesterday I was thrilled to receive a print copy of Bloomberg BusinessWeek - in this episode I talk about why...
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TDYR 299 - Do You "Pay Yourself First" In Creating Content for Blogs or Podcasts? from 2016-05-04T12:23:12
How do you create your own personal content (articles, blog posts, podcasts, etc) in the midst of all the other demands of life? Do you "pay yourself first" as Jeremiah Owyang once recommended? Wha...
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TDYR 298 - Heading To Buenos Aires for #IETF95 and more... from 2016-03-31T01:37:10
I am heading to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the 95th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and several other meetings. In this episode I talk about what I will be doing there.
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TDYR 297 - Brussels: There Are No Words from 2016-03-25T02:13:55
TDYR 297 - Brussels: There Are No Words by Dan York
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TDYR 296 - Can You #ShineTheLight On Great Women Using The Internet? #IWD2016 from 2016-03-08T22:59:41
On International Women's Day, can you shine the light on great examples of women using the Internet and technology to change lives? Can we provide great examples to inspire the next generation of ...
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TDYR 295 - On The Road To Marrakech from 2016-03-04T12:25:03
I'm on the road to Marrakech, Morocco, where I will be in the ICANN 55 and Africa DNS Forum meetings over the next week. In this episode I talk about what is going on...
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TDYR 294 - Cybersecurity session at EuroDIG 2015 from 2016-03-01T22:05:14
Back on June 5, 2015, I participated in a session about cybersecurity at the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. I recently found the recording and decided ...
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TDYR 293 - Will Facebook Instant Articles Help The Open Web... or Facebook's Walled Garden? from 2016-02-29T16:12:28
Will Facebook's impending opening up of its "Instant Articles" on April 12 to ALL publishers of content help the "open web"? Or will it just keep more people inside of Facebook's shiny walled garde...
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TDYR 292 - Questions About Facebook Reactions from 2016-02-26T20:24:44
After using Facebook Reactions for the past two days, I got think about some questions...
Read more: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2016/02/questions-i-have-about-facebook-reactions.html
TDYR 291 - Mobile World Congress (MWC), Facebook Keynote and more from 2016-02-23T03:21:45
Today was the start of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, and in this episode I talk about MWC and in particular Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's keynote ...
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TDYR 290 - Being Present and Embracing The Longest Walk To School from 2016-02-17T13:06:37
Today I had a choice of being caught up in my mental to-do list... or of being present in a moment in time...
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TDYR 289 - The First Step To Successful Writing / Blogging Is ... from 2016-02-16T13:32:53
The first step to successful writing / blogging is...
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TDYR 288 - Sports.... And The Expectation That Live Streams Will Be Available from 2016-02-16T03:46:20
"Hey, Dad, can you help me find the live stream for the curling event?" ... In this episode I talk about the expectations we now have that live video streams WILL be available... and how amazing th...
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TDYR 287 - The Day After The NH Primary from 2016-02-12T03:00:31
The 2016 New Hampshire Presidential Primary is now over and I recorded some thoughts on the day after it was all over. It's an amazing time to live in NH... and I spoke about the pros and cons of t...
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TDYR 286 - Running OUTSIDE On Feb 1 In Keene, NH from 2016-02-12T02:47:34
On February 1 the weather in Keene, NH, was amazingly warm and so I went for a run... and recorded a podcast episode while running....
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TDYR 285 - SIPNOC 2014 - Is It Time For TLS For SIP? (VoIP) from 2016-01-30T19:52:04
Way back in June 2014 I spoke at the SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC) on the topic of "Is It Time For TLS for SIP?" I lost track of the audio recording but recently found it and thought I...
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TDYR 284 - Remembering Challenger... 30 Years Later from 2016-01-29T04:36:50
Today is one of the days where I can always remember where I was at one point in time... on the day of the Challenger explosion... In this episode I reflect back on that fateful day...
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TDYR 283 - Matrix.org and Matthew Hodgson from 2016-01-26T21:47:33
At AstriCon on October 15, 2015, I spoke with Matthew Hodgson of Matrix.org about what they are trying to do to address the issue of walled gardens of messaging...
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TDYR 282 - Reflections on the 2016 USA Curling Junior National Championships from 2016-01-24T16:51:56
TDYR 282 - Reflections on the 2016 USA Curling Junior National Championships by Dan York
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TDYR 281 - Greetings from frigid Minnesota! from 2016-01-17T05:05:30
TDYR 281 - Greetings from frigid Minnesota! by Dan York
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TDYR 280 - Heading To 2016 USA Curling Junior National Championships from 2016-01-04T14:51:03
Our daughter's curling team is heading to the Junior National Championships and in this episode I talk about all the excitement of heading to Minnesota in 11 days! You can follow along on Facebook...
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TDYR 279 - My Three Words for 2016 from 2016-01-02T04:57:49
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-20...
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TDYR 278 - An Example Of My Weekly FIR Podcast Reports from 2015-12-27T02:47:45
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 c...
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TDYR 277 - The Power of the New WordPress Admin Interface and Mac App from 2015-11-30T14:00:19
There's a brand new WordPress administrative interface and a separate app for the Mac that provide a powerful new way to edit and manage content across many different WordPress sites. I talk about...
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TDYR 276 - Happy US Thanksgiving from 2015-11-27T03:11:27
TDYR 276 - Happy US Thanksgiving by Dan York
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TDYR 275 - Finally Giving Up On The iPad 2 from 2015-11-24T13:13:07
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: ...
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TDYR 274 - Beginning a Weekend of Curling at a Broomstones Bonspiel from 2015-11-21T12:21:40
TDYR 274 - Beginning a Weekend of Curling at a Broomstones Bonspiel by Dan York
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TDYR 272 - Fix an iPhone 5s? Or Upgrade to 6s? from 2015-11-16T12:57:49
Were you an iPhone 5s user who upgraded to an iPhone 6s? What do you think? Are you happier with the 6s? Or do you wish you stayed with the 5s? This week I'm dealing with this question of what is ...
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TDYR 272 - The Awesome Autumn Audio of Walking Through Leaves from 2015-11-03T13:29:06
While we are familiar with the gorgeous colors of Autumn in New England and similar places, there is also an awesome aural side to autumn... in this episode I capture some of that sound of walking ...
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TDYR 271 - The Longest Day Of The Year (In The USA) from 2015-11-02T01:46:43
Today was the longest day of the year in the USA...
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TDYR 270 - 2015 Freedom on the Net Report from 2015-10-29T11:58:56
Freedom House released their 2015 Freedom on the Net report yesterday and it paints a disturbing picture of a continued decline in freedom of expression / speech online. Read more at http://freedom...
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TDYR 269 - It Is Hard To Podcast When Sick from 2015-10-26T01:36:33
TDYR 269 - It Is Hard To Podcast When Sick by Dan York
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TDYR 268 - After My AstriCon2015 Keynote, I Can Breathe Again from 2015-10-15T20:29:20
TDYR 268 - After My AstriCon2015 Keynote, I Can Breathe Again by Dan York
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TDYR 267 - Two Yorks Meet In NH: An Interview with Kyle York from 2015-10-01T22:12:41
After a few years of tweeting back and forth, Kyle York and I finally got a chance to meet! Two Yorks in NH... both involved with DNS and with marketing / communications. I spoke on a panel at Dyn'...
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TDYR 266 - GIP "Digital Watch" platform provides excellent Internet Governance info from 2015-09-29T02:26:19
Today was the launch of the "GIP Digital Watch" a new website to provide basic info to help people learn about the critical Internet policy issues we all face today. You can visit the site and lea...
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TDYR 265 - Four Years At The Internet Society from 2015-09-19T13:04:10
Four years ago I joined the staff of the Internet Society and in this episode I offer some thoughts on why I'm so passionate about the work I do and what's changed over the last year... see a writt...
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TDYR 264 - Reflections on a week in Geneva/Nyon from 2015-09-18T06:01:18
TDYR 264 - Reflections on a week in Geneva/Nyon by Dan York
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TDYR 263 - The Frustration of WiFi Captive Portals - And The Need To Fix Them from 2015-09-16T06:48:52
Getting on WiFi at a hotel or cafe can be extremely frustrating. In this episode I talk about some of my current frustration and talk about work within the IETF to make the user experience better.<...
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TDYR 262 - Returning To Regular Rhythms and Routines from 2015-08-31T01:37:04
Summer is over in the Northern Hemisphere and now we return to the regular rhythms and routines...
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TDYR 261 - Working In Toronto For A Week from 2015-08-17T23:08:36
I'm working in the Toronto, Ontario, area this week... and in this episode I explain a bit about WHY...
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TDYR 260 - Leaving Prague After A Great IETF 93 from 2015-07-25T03:30:30
Thoughts on leaving Prague after a great IETF 93 meeting...
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TDYR 259 - Join InterCommunity2015 (#iComm15) July 7/8 to talk Internet access, governance, security from 2015-07-06T15:01:24
How do we as a society best address the critical issues of Internet access, governance and security? Join us at InterCommunity 2015 on July 7 and 8 to talk about these issues and take action: http...
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TDYR 258 - Heading To Ottawa For InterCommunity2015 from 2015-07-04T16:51:38
I will be heading to Ottawa on Monday, July 6, 2015, to take part in InterCommunity 2015, a global meeting of Internet Society members that will be happening ON the Internet and FOR the Internet. ...
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TDYR 257 - Happy Canada Day! And Looping Audio On the iPhone... from 2015-07-02T03:07:23
Happy Canada Day! Today, July 1, is the celebration of the creation of Canada on July 1, 1867.
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TDYR 256 - Watching The IPv4 River Run Dry... (Time To Move To IPv6!) from 2015-07-01T02:19:29
Goodbye IPv4 addresses in North America! I've been watching the countdown as the final days of IPv4 happen in North America... in this episode I talk about IPv4 as a river and how there will stil...
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TDYR 255 - Thoughts On Leaving ICANN53 from 2015-06-26T11:19:07
TDYR 255 - Thoughts On Leaving ICANN53 by Dan York
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TDYR 254 - Heading to ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires from 2015-06-21T01:13:14
TDYR 254 - Heading to ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires by Dan York
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TDYR 253 - The Directory Dilemma: Will Facebook, Google And Skype Win The Mobile App War? from 2015-06-19T12:43:46
Who will control the "directory" of users in the mobile app space? Or will we always live in a world of multiple directories? Will Facebook, Google and Skype win over all the challengers? Is there ...
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TDYR 252 - Ello Launches iOS App And More... from 2015-06-19T02:47:33
Ello released an iOS app today that makes it easy to interact with the social network. I wrote more here: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2015/06/ello-releases-ios-app-and-drops-invitation...
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TDYR 251 - Paralyzed By Podcasting Performance Pressure from 2015-06-19T02:38:02
I haven't recorded for almost two weeks... in this episode I talk about the paralysis induced by self-inflicted performance pressure...
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TDYR 250: Reflections on EuroDIG 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria from 2015-06-05T23:10:26
I attended my first European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) in Sofia, Bulgaria, this week. In this episode, I talk all about what went on there... more info can be found at:
https...
TDYR 249 - 3 Critical Steps To Help Your Blog Posts or Articles Be Noticed from 2015-05-28T20:52:42
What do you need to do to get your blog post noticed? When we are drowning in a sea of content, how can you make your post stand out? How can you maximize the chances that people will actually find...
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TDYR 248 - Mary Meeker's 2015 Internet Trends Report Is Out Today from 2015-05-28T02:30:18
Every year KPCB's Mary Meeker releases an "Internet Trends" report chock full of statistics, charts and graphs about trends in Internet usage, apps, demographics and so, so much more... you can s...
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TDYR 247 - The Scourge Of Cancer Strikes More People I Know from 2015-05-21T12:23:26
I've written about my family's own struggle with cancer at http://danyork.com/cancer/
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TDYR 246 - Interview with Bryan Person About Lithium, Austin, Social Media and more from 2015-05-16T14:15:41
TDYR 246 - Interview with Bryan Person About Lithium, Austin, Social Media and more by Dan York
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TDYR 245 - Live-tweeting a Conference... From 200 Miles Away! from 2015-05-15T01:58:33
TDYR 245 - Live-tweeting a Conference... From 200 Miles Away! by Dan York
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TDYR 244 - Please Help ReConnect Nepal from 2015-05-06T13:17
After the devastating earthquake on April 25, there are many excellent efforts underway to help the people in Nepal. As the initial surge of help continues, the Internet Society's (ISOC) Nepal Chap...
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TDYR 243 - The Power of SoundCloud As A Podcast Publishing Platform from 2015-05-03T13:31:03
Why do I like SoundCloud as a platform for podcast publishing? What are some of the reasons podcasters should consider it? I dive into detail in this episode...
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TDYR 242 - Wire.com Launches WebRTC-based Web App from 2015-04-30T17:40:23
Yesterday Wire.com launched "Wire for Web" letting anyone with a web browser use chat and voice to communicate with other users of the Wire apps for iOS, Android and Mac OS/X. See http://www.disr...
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TDYR 241 - It Would Have Been Easy To NOT Run Today from 2015-04-29T13:16:59
TDYR 241 - It Would Have Been Easy To NOT Run Today by Dan York
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TDYR 240 - Perhaps The Greatest Challenge of the Internet Age: Being Present Where We Are from 2015-04-24T02:19:28
TDYR 240 - Perhaps The Greatest Challenge of the Internet Age: Being Present Where We Are by Dan York
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TDYR 239 - Creating Other People's Content... At The Expense Of Your Own from 2015-04-17T02:22:35
TDYR 239 - Creating Other People's Content... At The Expense Of Your Own by Dan York
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TDYR 238 - Mind Blown By Looping Of Cello And Double-Necked Guitar from 2015-04-11T02:07:51
TDYR 238 - Mind Blown By Looping Of Cello And Double-Necked Guitar by Dan York
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TDYR 237 - Getting Reacquainted With Microsoft Windows from 2015-04-08T02:40:39
After many years away in Mac OS X, I recently got reacquainted with Microsoft Windows 7 ... in this episode I talk about what I thought... and how it made me appreciate "less is more" even more!
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TDYR 236 - Winning A Curling Championship from 2015-03-31T02:44:46
TDYR 236 - Winning A Curling Championship by Dan York
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TDYR 235 - Sundays, Churches and the Impact of Youth Sports from 2015-03-30T01:38:56
TDYR 235 - Sundays, Churches and the Impact of Youth Sports by Dan York
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TDYR 233 - Working Toward the Consistent Creation Of Quality Content from 2015-03-26T21:57:26
A key to writing online is to consistently create quality content... in this episode I talk about that...
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TDYR 234 - Living The IETF Blur This Week from 2015-03-26T12:02:27
This week I'm living the "IETF blur" as the 92nd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) takes place in Dallas, Texas, all week. I'm participating remotely... but it's still a crazy ...
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TDYR 232 -Farewell FriendFeed! from 2015-03-13T21:41:21
TDYR 232 -Farewell FriendFeed! by Dan York
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TDYR 231 - Get Mobile-Friendly By April 21 Or Drop In Google Search Results from 2015-03-12T13:54:40
Is your web site "mobile-friendly"? If not, you have until April 21, 2015, to do so or suffer a drop in Google search results. I wrote about this more at: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2...
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TDYR 230 - Goodbye, GigaOm... So Long And Thanks For All The News! from 2015-03-12T02:01:27
GigaOm shut down this week... http://www.gigaom.com/ ... in this episode I talk about why this failure hurts more than most...
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TDYR 229 - Analysis of the HBO NOW DNSSEC Error That Caused Problems With Comcast And Google from 2015-03-11T02:41:36
TDYR 229 - Analysis of the HBO NOW DNSSEC Error That Caused Problems With Comcast And Google by Dan York
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TDYR 228 - Thoughts on Leaving NTEN 15NTC In Austin from 2015-03-06T16:26:54
The 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference (15NTC) is done today and I recorded some thoughts about leaving the conference... as well as my own saga getting out with canceled flights...
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TDYR 227 - Some Thoughts About #NTEN #15NTC - Sessions And Overview from 2015-03-05T22:47:59
I'm in Austin, TX, at the NTEN 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference this week - http://myntc.nten.org/home - and in this episode I talk about some of the sessions I've been in, including the sessio...
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TDYR 226 - Changing My Role At The Internet Society from 2015-02-28T02:27:33
My role is changing at the Internet Society... more info here: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2015/02/changing-my-role-at-the-internet-society-content-strategy-across-all-areas.html
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TDYR 225 - How To Disable Sounds In The Facebook iOS App from 2015-02-16T00:00
Do you want to turn off the sounds that Facebook recently added into their iPhone/iPad/iOS app? Here's how you do it... as well as some commentary about how the user experience is changing as we i...
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TDYR 224 - Leaving Singapore and ICANN 52 from 2015-02-11T22:41:50
TDYR 224 - Leaving Singapore and ICANN 52 by Dan York
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TDYR 223 - How Maps Frame Our Expectations For Travel from 2015-02-08T16:49:22
How do the maps we have around us frame our expectations for how we might travel from Point A to Point B? I talk about this in the context of my flights from New Hampshire to Singapore, which I na...
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TDYR 222 - Traveling to Singapore for ICANN 52 from 2015-02-06T19:10:10
I'm on the way to Singapore for the ICANN 52 meeting. More info here:
http://singapore52.icann.org/en/
http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2015/02/many-dnssec-and-dane-...
TDYR 221 - Explaining Markdown in FIR On Technology Episode 3 from 2015-02-03T02:35:41
In my recent "FIR On Technology" episode #3 I explained the Markdown language. This TDYR was a preview. The full episode is at:
http://forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/fir_on...
TDYR 220 - Father / Daughter Curling Time Tonight! from 2015-01-29T21:07:25
TDYR 220 - Father / Daughter Curling Time Tonight! by Dan York
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TDYR 219 - The Aftermath of the Not-So-Big Blizzard from 2015-01-28T02:04:33
TDYR 219 - The Aftermath of the Not-So-Big Blizzard by Dan York
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TDYR 218 - Preparing For The Big Blizzard of 2015 from 2015-01-27T03:44:19
TDYR 218 - Preparing For The Big Blizzard of 2015 by Dan York
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TDYR 217 - The Beauty of Ice Skating on Winter Ponds from 2015-01-26T03:30:08
TDYR 217 - The Beauty of Ice Skating on Winter Ponds by Dan York
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TDYR 216 - The Frustration of Canceling A Curling Bonspiel, And Weather Forecasts from 2015-01-24T03:28:29
TDYR 216 - The Frustration of Canceling A Curling Bonspiel, And Weather Forecasts by Dan York
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TDYR 215 - Reflections on Sri Lanka and the Road To Kandy from 2015-01-20T12:08:09
TDYR 215 - Reflections on Sri Lanka and the Road To Kandy by Dan York
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TDYR 214 - Freitag in Frankfurt from 2015-01-16T13:02:46
TDYR 214 - Freitag in Frankfurt by Dan York
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TDYR 213 - Heading to Sri Lanka to Talk about IPv6, DNSSEC, IETF and more... from 2015-01-13T03:10
TDYR 213 - Heading to Sri Lanka to Talk about IPv6, DNSSEC, IETF and more... by Dan York
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TDYR 212 - A Long Day Of Livestreaming Curling from 2015-01-11T02:21:05
TDYR 212 - A Long Day Of Livestreaming Curling by Dan York
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TDYR 211 - My Four Words For 2015 from 2015-01-02T03:09:52
TDYR 211 - My Four Words For 2015 by Dan York
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TDYR 210 - Revisiting My Four Words For 2014 - How Did I Do? from 2015-01-01T03:27:40
In this final episode of 2014, I reflected back on my "four words" for 2014. More info here:
http://www.danyork.com/2014/12/revisiting-my-four-word-for-2014-how-did-i-do.html
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TDYR 209 - Teaching Our Kids To Build Things Not just Buy Things from 2014-12-31T03:57:17
TDYR 209 - Teaching Our Kids To Build Things Not just Buy Things by Dan York
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TDYR 208 - The Single Greatest Feature I Use On My iPhone Is... from 2014-12-30T03:03:03
TDYR 208 - The Single Greatest Feature I Use On My iPhone Is... by Dan York
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TDYR 207 - An Amazing Day of the Mobile Internet and Live Video Streams from 2014-12-29T04:51:55
TDYR 207 - An Amazing Day of the Mobile Internet and Live Video Streams by Dan York
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TDYR 206 - I Threw Over 100 Rocks At Houses Today from 2014-12-28T02:41:49
TDYR 206 - I Threw Over 100 Rocks At Houses Today by Dan York
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TDYR 205 - Curling Juniors Playdowns This Weekend from 2014-12-27T02:31:01
TDYR 205 - Curling Juniors Playdowns This Weekend by Dan York
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TDYR 204 - The Uninvited Guest from 2014-12-26T03:16:18
TDYR 204 - The Uninvited Guest by Dan York
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TDYR 203 - Ceremonies of Light and Dark from 2014-12-25T04:14:14
TDYR 203 - Ceremonies of Light and Dark by Dan York
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TDYR 202 - Have A Rainy, Dreary Christmas... from 2014-12-24T03:51:10
While we'll be enjoying the celebration of Christmas and having a great time in the company of our families and friends, the weather here in southern New Hampshire will be VERY different than it us...
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TDYR 201 - Winter Solstice and the Coming of Light from 2014-12-22T03:47:29
TDYR 201 - Winter Solstice and the Coming of Light by Dan York
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TDYR 200 - WordPress 4.1 Brings Improved Distraction-Free Writing from 2014-12-18T22:30:18
WordPress 4.1 is out today and brings a MUCH improved "distraction-free writing" experience...
More info: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2014/12/new-wordpress-41-provides-much-impr...
TDYR 199 - WordPress Content Creation Statistics - The Plugin I Want from 2014-12-18T03:21:55
I'm looking for a WordPress plugin that can easily give me statistics around *content creation*... the number of posts, pages and other content created over a period of time. All the plugins I've ...
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TDYR 198 - Living In The IPv6 Bubble from 2014-12-17T03:00:24
TDYR 198 - Living In The IPv6 Bubble by Dan York
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TDYR 197 - Halfway Through December, How Is #Finish2014Strong Doing? from 2014-12-15T15:12:50
Back on December 1 in episode 187 I said my goal was to write at least one blog post a day for every day in December 2014. Two weeks in... how am I doing?
My list of posts in December so ...
TDYR 196 - "Surprise Me, Santa", A Fascinating Side Effect Of Raising A Child Without Commercial TV from 2014-12-15T02:58:05
At a "Breakfast with Santa" yesterday, Santa asked our 5-year-old daughter about what she wanted for Christmas...
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TDYR 195 - Verizon's 'Secure' Voice Cypher App... With A Government Backdoor from 2014-12-14T02:02:28
Verizon came out with a new "Voice Cypher" OTT app for iOS, Android and Blackberry which sounds like a very cool way to have secure voice communication across mobile networks... until you realize t...
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TDYR 194 - Trying Out Opinion, A New Podcasting App For IPhone from 2014-12-11T16:12:10
In this episode I tried out the new "Opinion" app for the iPhone that aims to make podcasting easier:
http://www.opinionpodcasting.com/
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TDYR 193 - The Directory Problem: The Challenge for Wire, Talko and All Other Skype-Killers from 2014-12-10T03:55:01
To me the "directory problem" is the greatest challenge facing new communications apps such as Wire, Talko and many more.... how do you build up the directory of users so that the app is useful to ...
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TDYR 192 - Where Are The Positive TV Shows Like The West Wing? from 2014-12-09T02:15:42
Where are the TV shows that are ultimately positive and hopeful like The West Wing? I'm looking for series like that, but all the recent drama series seems to be dark and gritty...
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TDYR 191 - No Adults! An Awesome Aspect of Youth Curling Games from 2014-12-07T01:56:07
An aspect of youth curling bonspiels (tournaments) is that...
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TDYR 190 - The Community Breakfasts For The Homeless Begin In Keen from 2014-12-05T02:57:48
This week was the start of breakfasts for the homeless that will be offered at a church in Keene, NH, each week day... I talk about that in this episode...
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TDYR 189 - Initial Thoughts On Wire, The New Communications App from 2014-12-04T04:42:44
A new communications app launched today called "Wire". In this episode I talk about my initial thoughts...
Also, see: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2014/12/initial-thoughts-on-wire-th...
TDYR 188 - Testing Out Mozilla's New Firefox Hello WebRTC App from 2014-12-03T03:40:05
Today I tested "Firefox Hello", Mozilla's new WebRTC app that is included in Firefox 34. To read more about it, please visit:
http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2014/12/how-to-test-firefox...
TDYR 187 - 1 Blog Post A Day In December - #Finish2014Strong from 2014-12-01T16:59:55
I've set myself a personal challenge to "finish strong" in 2014 and write at least one blog post each day of December. More info at:
http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2014/12/a-blog-post...
TDYR 186 - Japanese Dining Customs and other Reflections On My Short Visit from 2014-11-21T03:10:34
Some thoughts on dining customs in Japan and other cultural differences...
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TDYR 185 - Lessons Learned About Public Speaking With Japanese Translation from 2014-11-19T15:23:48
At our ION Tokyo event this week, I learned a good bit from talking with Japanese translators who then translated my talk...
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TDYR 184 - Initial Thoughts On Landing in Tokyo (And Fun With Dinner Menus) from 2014-11-16T22:12:21
I landed in Tokyo, Japan, last night and just reflect here on my first impressions on my first visit to Japan...
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TDYR 183 - Reflections on IETF91, Hawaii and Travel from 2014-11-15T21:37:42
Thoughts from Honolulu where I was for IETF 91.
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TDYR 182 - Initial Thoughts About IETF 91 in Honolulu from 2014-11-11T00:42:30
TDYR 182 - Initial Thoughts About IETF 91 in Honolulu by Dan York
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TDYR 181 - Die Mauer Ist Weg! 25 Years After The Fall Of The Berlin Wall from 2014-11-09T03:29:30
I can remember with vivid clarity where I was on that day 25 years ago when the Berlin Wall fell... this is that story...
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TDYR 180 - Minding Your Network Routing MANRS from 2014-11-06T22:02:14
How can we work together to improve the security and resilience of the global routing system? A new "MANRS" initiative was launched today to answer that question! See http://www.manrs.org/ to read ...
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TDYR - 179 - Leaf Bags And Our Disposable Society from 2014-10-31T19:48:45
A chance meeting while dumping leaves made me suddenly realize it had never remotely occurred to me to re-use leaf bags... what does that say about my thinking in our disposable society?
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TDYR 178 - The Challenge Of Accepting Compliments from 2014-10-30T12:46:38
Do you struggle with accepting compliments? I find it hard and tend to dismiss or diminish what it is I am being praised for... but in so doing I have come to realize I am also dismissing and dimi...
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TDYR #177 - Watching Spacecraft Dock - The Amazing Power of The Internet from 2014-10-29T15:45:07
This morning I was reminded of the awesome power of the Internet to enable us to see and experience events from far away. For a few moments I watched the Russian Progress 57 spacecraft dock with t...
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TDYR 176 - The Aftermath Of The Keene Riots (At The Time of the Pumpkin Festival) from 2014-10-20T12:18:22
We had an awesome day at the Keene Pumpkin Festival this past Saturday, October 18, 2014. It was an amazing, wonderful event... but you wouldn't know that from the media coverage that focused on t...
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TDYR #175 - R.I.P, Orkut from 2014-09-30T20:34:05
As many of us play with Ello, the newest social network to attract attention, I take a moment to remember Orkut, the first "social network" many of us used way back in 2004... and that was shut dow...
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TDYR #174 - How Do We Define 'SIP' For Telecom In 2014 from 2014-09-10T13:49:15
How do we define what it is to be "SIP-compliant" in 2014? Can we even do so? How can we make it easier for companies and vendors to make their systems work with SIP?
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TDYR #173 - Apple's iPhone6 and AppleWatch: Some Initial Thoughts from 2014-09-10T13:32:31
Some initial thoughts on today's Apple event where the iPhone 6 and AppleWatch were announced...
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TDYR #172 - Testing Skype's New Audio Conferencing On The iPhone from 2014-09-04T21:20:48
Skype released a new version 5.4 for the iPhone today that allows you to initiate group audio calls from the iPhone. In this episode I walk through what I've found in a quick test of the new featu...
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TDYR #171 - The Dark Side Of Being A Prolific Writer from 2014-09-04T01:09:14
There is a dark side to being a prolific writer or prolific "content creator"... and that is that if you do NOT create content, you start to get a bit twitchy... in this episode I talk about that f...
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TDYR #170 - SoundCloud Launches Ads With "On SoundCloud" Partner Platform from 2014-08-25T21:39:32
TDYR #170 - SoundCloud Launches Ads With "On SoundCloud" Partner Platform by Dan York
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TDYR #169 - The Challenge Of Making Time To Create Content from 2014-08-08T12:17:46
How do you make the time to create online content? Whether it is audio podcasts like this one, or blog posts... what has been your strategy to make the time to create content?
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TDYR #168 - Facebook Messenger and the Mobile Messaging War from 2014-07-29T18:41:20
Today Facebook notified its users that all iOS and Android mobile users will soon have to install Facebook's separate Messenger app to be able to send messages to other Facebook users. In this epis...
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TDYR #167 - The Livestreaming Nightmare - What Do You Do When The Service Goes Down? from 2014-07-27T12:01:40
At IETF 90 last week in Toronto we had a live streaming nightmare - just as we were about to go live, Google's YouTube Live went "under maintenance" and wouldn't let us start a stream! Thankfully w...
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TDYR #166 - Recording on a Noisy Turboprop Plane from 2014-07-26T03:44:42
A recording on board an Air Canada twin-turboprop Beechcraft 1900-D. It came out okay and I am quite impressed with the Hindenburg Field Recorder app for iOS.
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TDYR #165 - Curling In July, And The Fun And Challenges of Arena Ice from 2014-07-15T13:56:20
Curling in July? I had that opportunity at the Union Ice Arena in Woodstock, VT, this past Sunday and in this episode I talk about that experience and discuss the challenges of curling on "arena ic...
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TDYR #164 - Name Problems - And The Challenges Of Designing Web Forms For Global Names from 2014-07-11T12:58:33
How do you best design web forms for the many different kinds of "personal names" that are used all over the world? In this episode I talk about a personal example of mine and also about this page...
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TDYR #163 - SoundCloud Removes Record Capability From Its Mobile Apps from 2014-07-07T20:50:27
SoundCloud removed the ability to record tracks from its iPhone and Android apps with its new 3.0 release, instead pointing audio creators to third party apps instead. In this episode I discuss my ...
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TDYR #162 - On Living In A Place Where Fireworks Are Legal from 2014-07-06T10:23:37
TDYR #162 - On Living In A Place Where Fireworks Are Legal by Dan York
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TDYR #161 - I Love A Big Thunderstorm! from 2014-07-04T01:27:59
TDYR #161 - I Love A Big Thunderstorm! by Dan York
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TDYR #160 - Congrats To Team USA On A Great World Cup from 2014-07-02T02:26:01
TDYR #160 - Congrats To Team USA On A Great World Cup by Dan York
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TDYR #159 - Can You Come Up With A Better Topic Name Than Anti-Spoofing? from 2014-06-17T22:23:41
TDYR #159 - Can You Come Up With A Better Topic Name Than Anti-Spoofing? by Dan York
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TDYR #158 - It Is So Easy NOT To Run from 2014-06-13T10:14:47
It is so easy to choose NOT to run or do any other kind of exercise. This morning I didn't want to go for a run... but that is a trap that is so easy to fall into. In this episode I talk about th...
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TDYR #157 - Talking TLS For VoIP At SIPNOC 2014 from 2014-06-11T15:04:13
How can we use TLS to make SIP-based voice-over-IP more secure? I was at the SIPNOC 2014 conference in Virginia talking on that specific topic. You can find more info at:
http://www.inte...
TDYR #156 - Leaving Djibouti - More Thoughts On The Visit Here from 2014-06-04T15:20:49
TDYR #156 - Leaving Djibouti - More Thoughts On The Visit Here by Dan York
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TDYR #155 - Djibouti - First Impressions And Thoughts from 2014-05-31T17:01:56
What is it like in Djibouti? WHERE is Djibouti? What am I doing here? In this episode I answer all those questions and talk about what I've learned about Djibouti and my first impressions of the d...
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TDYR #154 - On The Way To Djibouti By Tiny Planes And Huge Planes from 2014-05-29T14:35:40
TDYR #154 - On The Way To Djibouti By Tiny Planes And Huge Planes by Dan York
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TDYR #153 - I Never Thought I Would Be A Chicken Farmer from 2014-05-26T02:01:11
TDYR #153 - I Never Thought I Would Be A Chicken Farmer by Dan York
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TDYR #152 - The Big Downside Of Depending On Facebook For Contacting People from 2014-05-12T23:06:38
TDYR #152 - The Big Downside Of Depending On Facebook For Contacting People by Dan York
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TDYR #151 - I Could Never Hit That Branch If I Tried... Yet I Do from 2014-05-08T18:15:43
TDYR #151 - I Could Never Hit That Branch If I Tried... Yet I Do by Dan York
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TDYR #150 - For A Brief Moment, I Was Excited About Twitter Again from 2014-05-08T01:54:31
TDYR #150 - For A Brief Moment, I Was Excited About Twitter Again by Dan York
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TDYR #149 - Getting Vaccinations For Upcoming Tavel To Djibouti from 2014-05-01T01:22:48
TDYR #149 - Getting Vaccinations For Upcoming Tavel To Djibouti by Dan York
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TDYR #0148 - What Do You Do On Your First Work Day After Vacation? from 2014-04-29T00:28:17
TDYR #0148 - What Do You Do On Your First Work Day After Vacation? by Dan York
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TDYR #147 - It Is Hard To Podcast When You Cannot Speak from 2014-04-25T01:23:21
TDYR #147 - It Is Hard To Podcast When You Cannot Speak by Dan York
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TDYR #146 - Running In The Snow And Sleet Of Colorado from 2014-04-04T05:22:22
TDYR #146 - Running In The Snow And Sleet Of Colorado by Dan York
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TDYR #145 - How Can We Strengthen The Internet Against Attacks Such As What We See In Turkey from 2014-04-02T05:11:45
TDYR #145 - How Can We Strengthen The Internet Against Attacks Such As What We See In Turkey by Dan York
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TDYR #144 - A Great (Final) Night Of Curling - And Winning The League Championship from 2014-04-01T04:31:51
TDYR #144 - A Great (Final) Night Of Curling - And Winning The League Championship by Dan York
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TDYR #143 - Of Flooding And Basement Drainage Systems from 2014-03-31T04:01:06
TDYR #143 - Of Flooding And Basement Drainage Systems by Dan York
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TDYR #142 - Slow Down, You Move Too Fast from 2014-03-29T19:13
TDYR #142 - Slow Down, You Move Too Fast by Dan York
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TDYR #141 - Impressed So Far With Duolingo For Learning French from 2014-03-29T01:19:14
TDYR #141 - Impressed So Far With Duolingo For Learning French by Dan York
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TDYR #140 - Travelogue: The Long Journey Home From Singapore from 2014-03-28T03:02:03
TDYR #140 - Travelogue: The Long Journey Home From Singapore by Dan York
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TDYR #139 - Final Day In Singapore: Running, DNSSEC And Meeting Great People from 2014-03-26T17:12:47
TDYR #139 - Final Day In Singapore: Running, DNSSEC And Meeting Great People by Dan York
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TDYR #138 - Day 2 Of ICANN 49 from 2014-03-25T17:46:10
TDYR #138 - Day 2 Of ICANN 49 by Dan York
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TDYR #137 - Travelogue: The Flight To Singapore, Initial Impressions And The First Day At ICANN 49 - from 2014-03-24T15:52:06
TDYR #137 - Travelogue: The Flight To Singapore, Initial Impressions And The First Day At ICANN 49 - by Dan York
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TDYR #136 - My 3-hour Sunday In London's Airport from 2014-03-23T11:59:28
TDYR #136 - My 3-hour Sunday In London's Airport by Dan York
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TDYR #135 - Why Curling Is So Awesome For Kids from 2014-03-22T11:14:24
TDYR #135 - Why Curling Is So Awesome For Kids by Dan York
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TDYR #134 - Heading To Singapore For ICANN 49 To Talk DNSSEC from 2014-03-21T21:22:19
I'm heading to Singapore for the ICANN 49 meeting happening there. My focus is on the technical side related to making the Internet more secure via DNSSEC ... but a great focus of the meeting will...
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TDYR #133 - Flying A Circle Around The World To/From Singapore from 2014-03-20T12:09:34
This morning I realized that with my upcoming travel to Singapore I'm going to be traveling completely around the world with my particular flights. Being a lover of maps, globes and geography, I j...
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TDYR #132 - And On The 77th Day, The Streak Endeth ... from 2014-03-19T11:54:42
TDYR #132 - And On The 77th Day, The Streak Endeth ... by Dan York
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TDYR #131 - The Big Fail In Getty Images' "Free" Embedding from 2014-03-17T20:37:59
Getty Images recently announced that 35 million of their highly acclaimed images would be available for "free" embedding... the only problem is that the actual implementation doesn't allow social s...
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TDYR #130 - On The Beauty Of Musicians' Impromptu Jam Sessions from 2014-03-17T02:31:03
TDYR #130 - On The Beauty Of Musicians' Impromptu Jam Sessions by Dan York
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TDYR #129 - In Praise Of Public Libraries, And Doing Reports The Old-fashioned Way from 2014-03-16T01:02
TDYR #129 - In Praise Of Public Libraries, And Doing Reports The Old-fashioned Way by Dan York
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TDYR #128 - The Internet Needs Defending NOW from 2014-03-15T01:40:06
TDYR #128 - The Internet Needs Defending NOW by Dan York
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TDYR #127 - Is There A Wordpress Plugin To Convert Email To A Post Or Page? from 2014-03-14T01:13:02
TDYR #127 - Is There A Wordpress Plugin To Convert Email To A Post Or Page? by Dan York
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TDYR #126 - I Remember Info.cern.ch - Celebrating 25 Years Of The World Wide Web from 2014-03-12T12:47:16
Back in 1991 or so, I was running an IT training team and developed a class on "Navigating The Internet", which, at the very end, had one page mentioning that there was this thing called the "World...
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TDYR #125 -Voting In NH Today, And The Frustration Of Not Knowing What Is On The Ballot from 2014-03-11T12:06:25
Today is "Town Meeting Day" in New Hampshire when people across the state vote on local issues, municipal/school budgets and other major spending issues. The frustrating part is that at least for ...
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TDYR #124 - Anyone Used The New Getty Images Embedding Yet? from 2014-03-11T04:07:47
TDYR #124 - Anyone Used The New Getty Images Embedding Yet? by Dan York
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TDYR #123 - "123" Occurrences, Jet Lag, Time Zones And An Interview About The Evolution Of The Internet from 2014-03-10T00:47:12
TDYR #123 - "123" Occurrences, Jet Lag, Time Zones And An Interview About The Evolution Of The Internet by Dan York
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TDYR #122 - You Almost Never See People Smile In Airports from 2014-03-08T20:55:12
TDYR #122 - You Almost Never See People Smile In Airports by Dan York
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TDYR #121 - Of "Lifts", Meeting Neville Hobson And Teleprompter iPad Apps from 2014-03-08T00:03:19
Final thoughts from London: meeting Neville Hobson, great activity at IETF ... and stumbling upon a *great* teleprompter app for an iPad...
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TDYR #120 - Making An Unusual Choice For My Health... from 2014-03-06T22:45:32
Today I made a choice that was extremely unusual for me that reflects my newer attitude toward my health...
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TDYR #119 - There Are Always People Smarter Than You! The Beauty Of An IETF Meeting from 2014-03-05T23:05:17
There are always people smarter than you... and being around those people can be a great experience in which you learn much. In this episode I talk about how the Internet Engineering Task Force (I...
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TDYR #118 - The Chaos, And Fun, Of Live Streaming An Event from 2014-03-05T00:01:56
TDYR #118 - The Chaos, And Fun, Of Live Streaming An Event by Dan York
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TDYR #117 - The First Full Day Of IETF 89 from 2014-03-03T23:31:23
TDYR #117 - The First Full Day Of IETF 89 by Dan York
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TDYR #116 - Getting Wirecast Set Up For Livestreaming ISOC@IETF89 Panel On Tuesday from 2014-03-03T00:02:07
Tonight was spent getting "Wirecast for YouTube" set up for the livestreaming of what should be an interesting "Internet Society @ IETF89" Briefing Panel on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. More info at:
TDYR #115 - Funky Flight Delays And The First Day In London from 2014-03-01T23:15:05
TDYR #115 - Funky Flight Delays And The First Day In London by Dan York
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TDYR #114 - In Praise Of Propeller-driven Commuter Flights from 2014-02-28T23:11:01
TDYR #114 - In Praise Of Propeller-driven Commuter Flights by Dan York
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TDYR #113 - The Challenge Of Packing All The Gear For Audio And Video Content Creation from 2014-02-28T03:47:41
TDYR #113 - The Challenge Of Packing All The Gear For Audio And Video Content Creation by Dan York
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TDYR #112 - Getting Ready For IETF 89 Next Week In London from 2014-02-27T04:11:20
Next week is IETF 89 in London and in this episode I talk about the craziness of getting everything ready for the trip where I leave on Friday morning...
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TDYR #111 - New Report Out About Protecting Against DDoS Attacks On DNS from 2014-02-26T03:17:02
How can we best protect the Domain Name System (DNS) against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks? There's a new report from ICANN's SSAC on this issue:
http://www.internetsociety.org/...
TDYR #110 - The Power Of Hacker News And Reddit To Drive Attention To Your Content from 2014-02-24T21:22:31
Today I reflect on the power of sites like Hacker News and Reddit to drive a large amount of attention to an article or other piece of content. I discovered today that a post I wrote last week:
TDYR #109 - Wishing The Best For All In Ukraine Right Now from 2014-02-24T02:06:46
Tonight my thoughts are with all the folks in Kiev and throughout the Ukraine as they make their way through some very turbulent times...
(More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaid...
TDYR #108 - The Amazing Power Of The Olympics To Get People Excited About Curling! from 2014-02-23T00:49:48
TDYR #108 - The Amazing Power Of The Olympics To Get People Excited About Curling! by Dan York
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TDYR #107 - The Joy Of Local Theatre Productions from 2014-02-22T03:48:09
TDYR #107 - The Joy Of Local Theatre Productions by Dan York
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TDYR #106 - Reflecting On The Facebook Acquisition Of WhatsApp from 2014-02-21T03:07:53
TDYR #106 - Reflecting On The Facebook Acquisition Of WhatsApp by Dan York
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TDYR #105 - The Good News That IPv6 Deployment *IS* Happening Around The World from 2014-02-20T03:00:16
If you are in IT and have been avoiding learning about IPv6 because you think it will never happen, new measurements show that it IS being deployed around the world! More info and stats here: http...
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TDYR #104 - That Moment You Realize You Don't Have To Watch The Olympic Livestreams... Live! from 2014-02-19T02:42:19
Today I had one of those moments when you realize how much the Internet has changed everything...
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TDYR #103 - Missing The Great Canadian Screw from 2014-02-18T03:20:17
Canadians have a great screw: the Robertson or "square drive" head. When living in Canada we discovered how superior the Robertson screw is from the Phillips screw we use in the USA - and I've sin...
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TDYR #102 - Amused To Be On The Front Page Of The Sports Section Of Our Local Paper from 2014-02-17T02:59:03
I was greatly amused to find myself on the front page of the Sports section of our local paper, the Keene Sentinel, with a great article about our efforts to bring the sport of curling to Keene and...
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TDYR #101 - The Beauty Of Having Someone You Taught Teach Someone Else from 2014-02-16T03:11:24
Reflecting on watching someone you taught teach someone else... :-)
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TDYR #100 - Reflecting On 100 Episodes Of The Dan York Report from 2014-02-15T03:20:06
In this episode I reflect back on the first 100 episodes of The Dan York Report ...
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TDYR #099 - Want To Try Out Curling? Find A Local Curling Club! from 2014-02-14T03:28:39
Want to try out curling? Find a local curling club! In the US, you can visit:
http://www.curlingrocks.net/USA-Curling/Clubs/Find-a-Club
In Canada, you can visit:
http://www.curli...
TDYR #098 - To Get Your Content Noticed, Titles And First Sentences Are Insanely Important from 2014-02-13T03:46:38
In this era of social media, you have a moment to catch someone's attention and get them to click through and read your content. The title and first sentence of your article are *critical*!
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TDYR #097 - After Playing In A Great Curling Game, And Also Watching Olympic Curling from 2014-02-12T04:07:24
After playing a great game of curling down in Petersham, MA, I talked about that game and also about how great it is to watch Olympic curling!
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TDYR #096 - Google Passes Another IPv6 Milestone from 2014-02-11T02:21:53
Today the Internet passed another milestone in the deployment of IPv6 when Google reported seeing over 3% IPv6 traffic only less than 5 months from seeing 2% IPv6 traffic. While the numbers are sti...
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TDYR #095 - Are You Making It Easy For The Media To Tell Your Story? from 2014-02-10T03:36:27
TDYR #095 - Are You Making It Easy For The Media To Tell Your Story? by Dan York
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TDYR #094 - The Extremely Cool Thing About Youth Curling Bonspiels Is ... from 2014-02-09T01:42:22
TDYR #094 - The Extremely Cool Thing About Youth Curling Bonspiels Is ... by Dan York
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TDYR #093 - A Great Afternoon Of Skiing, And The Sounds Of Skiing from 2014-02-08T02:09:52
A quick episode recorded on a ski lift and also while skiing (if you hang on to the end after I "ended" the episode).
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TDYR #092 - With Sochi Olympics, NBC Once Again Fails Americans Who Cut The Cable TV Cord from 2014-02-07T02:52:20
Sadly, NBC has once again failed Americans who are "cord-cutters" by restricting the live coverage of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics to only people with cable/satellite TV subscriptions. Although ...
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TDYR #091 - Oh, How The English Language Evolves - 3 Words That Amused Me Today from 2014-02-06T02:30:32
Oh, how the English language evolves... as a writer and lover of language I am always fascinated by how we change our language. Tonight I talk about three words that amused me today: operationalize...
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TDYR #090 - The Calm Before The (Winter) Storm from 2014-02-04T21:48:19
TDYR #090 - The Calm Before The (Winter) Storm by Dan York
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TDYR #089 - The Venomous Reactions To Coke's SuperBowl Ad Show We Still Have Much Work To Do from 2014-02-04T02:25:10
TDYR #089 - The Venomous Reactions To Coke's SuperBowl Ad Show We Still Have Much Work To Do by Dan York
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TDYR #088 - Kudos To The NFL And Fox Sports For Streaming The Super Bowl Live To Cord-cutters from 2014-02-03T03:11:50
TDYR #088 - Kudos To The NFL And Fox Sports For Streaming The Super Bowl Live To Cord-cutters by Dan York
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TDYR #087 - How Far Are We Willing To Go To Help Those In Need? from 2014-02-02T02:48:11
TDYR #087 - How Far Are We Willing To Go To Help Those In Need? by Dan York
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TDYR #086 - A Special Thank You To Lynn St. Amour from 2014-02-01T01:58:55
This episode is just a special thank you to Lynn St. Amour, outgoing CEO of the Internet Society, thanking her for all the amazing work she's done in her 15 years at the Internet Society. More inf...
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TDYR #085 - What Keeps Network Operators Away From The Internet Standards Process? from 2014-01-31T00:59:58
What are the barriers preventing more network operators from being engaged in the open Internet standards process of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)? In this episode I raise that questio...
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TDYR #084 - On The Launch Of "Securing BGP" On The Deploy360 Site from 2014-01-30T04:49:59
Today in my work at the Internet Society we launched a new topic area around "Securing BGP". In this episode I talk about what that is all about and why it matters to the health of the Internet... ...
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TDYR #083 - How To Keep Track Of All The New gTLDs Appearing Weekly from 2014-01-29T03:41:45
Want to register a domain in .PLUMBING? .SEXY? .CLUB? .PHOTO? .PINK? With more new generic top-level domains (newgTLDs) appearing each week, how do you keep track of what is going to be out in DNS...
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TDYR #082 - A Monday Morning Reality Check On What Are Really "Problems" from 2014-01-28T03:12:59
I started my Monday morning in a way that made me realize that any "problems" I may have right now really pale in comparison to what others are facing out there... (and yes, I said it was TDYR #8...
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TDYR #081 - Skating On A Pond On A Sunny Sunday Afternoon from 2014-01-27T03:10:31
TDYR #081 - Skating On A Pond On A Sunny Sunday Afternoon by Dan York
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TDYR #080 - Survived Organizing My First Curling Bonspiel from 2014-01-26T02:26:02
TDYR #080 - Survived Organizing My First Curling Bonspiel by Dan York
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TDYR #079 - Excited About A Little Rocks Curling Bonspiel Tomorrow from 2014-01-25T04:15:28
Tomorrow my 11-yr-old daughter will be playing in a "Little Rocks Bonspiel" at the Petersham Curling Club - http://www.petershamcurling.org/ - competing against teams from Cape Cod, Nashua (NH), Br...
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TDYR #078 - How I Record These Podcast Episodes Using SoundCloud from 2014-01-24T03:29:45
NOTE: This episode is now WRONG because SoundCloud has removed the ability to record audio from within the SoundCloud mobile app. Please listen to TDYR #163 for more info: https://soundcloud.com/d...
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TDYR #077 - Where Have All The Previous And Next Links Gone On Blog Sites? from 2014-01-23T03:34:36
TDYR #077 - Where Have All The Previous And Next Links Gone On Blog Sites? by Dan York
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TDYR #076 - Why I Don't Like The New Integration Between Google+ And YouTube Comments from 2014-01-22T04:11:44
On why I'm NOT thrilled about how posting a YouTube link on Google+ winds up creating a comment on YouTube. More info at:
http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2014/01/my-unexpected-comment-on...
TDYR #075 - Reflections On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day from 2014-01-21T04:04:14
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day here in the USA and in this episode I reflect on the day and the teachings of Dr. King, Jr. - and both how far we've come and how far we still have to go.
TDYR #074 - NFL Playoffs: Fox Sports FAILed The Internet While CBS Sports Rocked! from 2014-01-20T02:35:26
Trying to watch the NFL Playoffs tonight over the Internet, one network (CBS Sports) rocked and let "cord-cutters" watch the game (with advertising) while the other network (Fox Sports) was still s...
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TDYR #073 - The Curious Intersection Of Our Time In Ottawa And Tonight's Continental Cup Of Curling from 2014-01-19T01:55:26
While watching the live stream of the Continental Cup of Curling tonight, I was pleasantly surprised to learn of a connection between the women's team we were watching and the city of Ottawa and th...
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TDYR #072 - Phenomenal Curling Streaming Live From Las Vegas This Weekend from 2014-01-18T02:29:31
We have a chance to watch some *amazing* curling this weekend streaming live across the Internet as some of the best teams in the world compete in the "Continental Cup 2014" in Las Vegas. The live...
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TDYR #071 - A Very Cool Trick To Type Special Characters On A Mac Keyboard from 2014-01-17T02:44:22
I learned a very cool trick to type special characters while on a Mac... where before to type a "ü" I would press "Alt+u" to get an umlaut and then the "u" key, now I just use what I describe in th...
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TDYR #070 - Have You Planned Your Own Funeral Yet? from 2014-01-16T04:51:33
Have you planned your own funeral/memorial service yet? Does anyone know how you would like your death handled? Do you want to be buried? cremated? In this episode I reflect on how a recent exper...
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TDYR #069 - On The Awesomeness Of Jetpack's Connection Into Google+ from 2014-01-14T12:55:44
The Jetpack plugin for WordPress now lets you publicize posts to your blog out to Google+ in addition to Twitter, Facebook and other services. In this episode I talk about the power of that and al...
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TDYR #068 - Are You Enabling "Rapid Content Creation" Within Your Organization? from 2014-01-14T04:14:19
Are you thinking of your organization as a "media company"? Are you fully embracing the opportunity the Internet provides to tell your own story in your own words? Are you enabling people within yo...
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TDYR #067 - Death, And Where Stories Fail from 2014-01-13T01:24:07
We are creatures of story. We use stories to help us explain the inexplicable, to make sense of the senseless, and to find meaning and explain the world around us. Yet sometimes, those stories fail...
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TDYR #066 - Cherish The Ones You Love from 2014-01-12T00:34:10
A couple of recent events have reminded me how incredibly important it is to cherish the ones you love...
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TDYR #065 - On Getting An Abusive Fraud Phone Call, And Needing Secure Caller ID from 2014-01-10T16:52:17
I received an abusive fraudulent phone call today from someone from the "Windows security service" who no doubt wanted to get me to install malware on my computer. The call made once again think of...
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TDYR #064 - Why I Do What I Do from 2014-01-09T13:05:01
"Why do you do it?" someone recently asked me after learning I'd flown around 96,000 miles last year year to somewhat ironically talk to people about making the Internet work better. In this episo...
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TDYR #063 - On Helping Those Stuck Out On The Cold Winter Streets from 2014-01-09T01:02:27
Some evening thoughts while walking the cold streets of Keene, NH, on our need to help those who have no choice but to be out on the streets...
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TDYR #062 - Launching A New Podcast: "FIR On Technology with Dan York" from 2014-01-07T20:53:53
I'm pleased to announce the launch of a new podcast, "FIR On Technology with Dan York" where I'll be doing deeper dives into the tools and technology that people involved with communications / PR /...
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TDYR #061 - Beginning 2014 With A New Internet Society CEO from 2014-01-06T13:48:49
It's my first work day in 2014 and in this episode I talk about 3 reasons why today is significant, one of which is that the organization for which I work, the Internet Society, has a new CEO. More...
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TDYR #060 - Facebook, Twitter And Google+ Are NOT The Open Internet! from 2014-01-06T03:00:36
Recently Mitch Joel at TwistImage talked about why the content created by many companies is not being seen on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks:
http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archive...
TDYR #059 - Serendipity, Discovery And The Role Of Big-Box Book Stores from 2014-01-05T02:42:19
A trip today to a "big box" bookstore reminded me of the power of bookstores to help us discover authors and books... and overwhelmed me a bit in the process...
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TDYR #058 - How Do iPhone GPS Running Apps Work On A Treadmill? from 2014-01-03T18:59:05
TDYR #058 - How Do iPhone GPS Running Apps Work On A Treadmill? by Dan York
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TDYR #057 - Cancer, The Scourge That Keeps On Taking from 2014-01-02T17:43:52
Today was a hard day as a family member began her course of chemotherapy... in this episode I mostly voice my frustration with this beast that has affected so many lives.
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TDYR #056 - My Four Words For 2014 from 2014-01-01T21:35:14
As has been my practice since 2010, my first blog post of the year was about certain words that I intend to be areas of focus in my personal life... the full post can be found here:
http...
TDYR #055 - On Remembering Those Who Are Struggling At This Time Of Year from 2013-12-26T15:04:10
TDYR #055 - On Remembering Those Who Are Struggling At This Time Of Year by Dan York
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TDYR #054 - On The Passing Of Nelson Mandela from 2013-12-09T13:06:18
Some thoughts on the passing of Nelson Mandela and reflections on both my youth growing up in the 70s and 80s with apartheid a global issue and also my trip this past summer to South Africa for the...
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TDYR #053 - Of Hard Drives, Space Gremlin And Native IPv6 from 2013-12-04T13:36
Yesterday was an "IT day" where I had to take care of home office IT issues. Along the way I learned of a VERY cool tool for analyzing disk space usage on Mac OS X - and also got native IPv6 connec...
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TDYR #052 - Cyber Monday: A Great Day To Buy DRM-free Ebooks At 50% Off At O'Reilly from 2013-12-02T14:05:33
Today is a great day to buy DRM-free ebooks on O'Reilly's website from a great range of publishers (not just O'Reilly) at 50% off or more. This includes two of my books: "Migrating Applications to...
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TDYR #051 - Happy (U.S.) Thanksgiving - My Favorite Holiday from 2013-11-28T13:40:22
TDYR #051 - Happy (U.S.) Thanksgiving - My Favorite Holiday by Dan York
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TDYR #050 - Experiencing Podcasting Performance Anxiety from 2013-11-27T12:51:38
TDYR #050 - Experiencing Podcasting Performance Anxiety by Dan York
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TDYR #049 - In Houston, En Route Back To Boston from 2013-11-21T12:47:22
TDYR #049 - In Houston, En Route Back To Boston by Dan York
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TDYR #048 - Heading To Buenos Aires To Talk DNSSEC At ICANN 48 from 2013-11-18T17:15:38
TDYR #048 - Heading To Buenos Aires To Talk DNSSEC At ICANN 48 by Dan York
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TDYR #047 - Remembrance Day And The Ubiquitous Canadian Poppy from 2013-11-12T04:57:27
Today, November 11, is "Remembrance Day" in Canada and I reflect on how moving I find the ubiquitous poppy symbol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_poppy
https://en.wikiped...
TDYR #046 - A Great Week In Vancouver - Now On To Toronto from 2013-11-09T15:21:16
TDYR #046 - A Great Week In Vancouver - Now On To Toronto by Dan York
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TDYR #045 - Hardening The Internet Against Surveillance - IETF 88 Technical Plenary Next Week from 2013-10-31T20:18:14
What can be done to harden the Internet against large-scale surveillance and pervasive monitoring? That will be the topic of the Technical Plenary next Wednesday, Nov 6, at the IETF 88 meeting in ...
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TDYR #044 - A Crazy Busy Week Preparing For IETF 88 In Vancouver (Next Week) from 2013-10-28T13:33:10
This week will be a crazy one for me getting ready for the IETF 88 meeting happening next week in Vancouver. Some of the links I mention are:
Intro to the IETF video: https://www.youtube....
TDYR #043 - IPv6: The Coolest Part Of My Switch To An iPhone On Verizon Wireless from 2013-10-25T12:19:29
I recently made the switch from AT&T to Verizon Wireless and in doing so the very first website I visited over Verizon's LTE network was... http://www.test-ipv6.com :-)
I was thrilled wit...
TDYR #042 - On The Eve Of The Keene Pumpkin Festival 2013 from 2013-10-18T21:47:53
TDYR #042 - On The Eve Of The Keene Pumpkin Festival 2013 by Dan York
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TDYR #041 - Waking Up At 4am To A GaggleAMP From FIR from 2013-10-17T18:58:24
I awoke this morning to a bunch of Tweetdeck notification sounds telling me someone was mentioning @danyork on Twitter. Was this a bad thing? No, it turned out to be the latest "GaggleAMP" messag...
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TDYR #040 - The First Night Of Curling This Year from 2013-10-11T03:53:38
TDYR #040 - The First Night Of Curling This Year by Dan York
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TDYR #039 - Birthdays In The Age Of Social Media from 2013-10-07T00:39:05
TDYR #039 - Birthdays In The Age Of Social Media by Dan York
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TDYR #038 - Heading To Poland And Ukraine For ION Krakow And ENOG 6 from 2013-09-26T20:18:42
TDYR #038 - Heading To Poland And Ukraine For ION Krakow And ENOG 6 by Dan York
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TDYR #037 - Two Years At The Internet Society from 2013-09-20T02:32:11
Two years ago today I started work at the Internet Society (ISOC). In this episode I briefly look back at the two years and what it has all meant to me. More info in this post: http://www.disrup...
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TDYR #036 - Consistency Is The Key To Online Content Creation / Blogging / Podcasting from 2013-09-19T12:46:48
Starting to create content online is EASY... keeping it *going* is the challenge. In this episode I talk about how *consistency* is the key to success in online communication and online content cr...
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TDYR #035 - WiFi Cafés And Shaking Up The (Home) Office Routine from 2013-09-12T16:15
Do you sometimes need to change your location to break up your work routine? Maybe work from a different place? Or a different part of your office? In this episode I talk about this a bit from m...
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TDYR #034 - Initial Thoughts On Apple's iPhone 5c, 5s Announcement from 2013-09-10T21:32:08
With Apple's announcement of the iPhone 5c and 5s today, I spoke about my initial thoughts on the news... and desire to play with the fingerprint sensor on the 5s. What do you think about the news...
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TDYR #033 - Microsoft Buys Nokia: Is Anyone Really Surprised? from 2013-09-03T19:42:17
See: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/09/microsoft-buys-nokia-was-there-really-another-choice.html
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TDYR #032 - Kevin Spacey's Powerful Speech On The Future Of TV, Film And Video from 2013-08-30T21:21:52
What is the future of TV? Of film? Of online video? Kevin Spacey recently gave a powerful speech on the future of TV, video and film at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. In this e...
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TDYR #031 - At 10 Years Old, Skype Has Disrupted Telecom, But Can It Stay Relevant? from 2013-08-29T19:27:52
Skype turns 10 today and while Skype has massively disrupted telecom, can it remain relevant? Will it be disrupted as well? Read the accompanying article at: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/20...
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TDYR #030 - On The 50th Anniversary Of MLK's "I Have A Dream" Speech from 2013-08-28T21:38:34
On this 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech (August 28, 2013), I spoke about how the power of that speech still gives me chills... and encouraged listeners to go ta...
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TDYR #029 - Leaving The Internet To Speak French For A Week from 2013-08-19T14:25:11
TDYR #029 - Leaving The Internet To Speak French For A Week by Dan York
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TDYR #028 - TextIt, A New SMS App Service From Rwanda, Africa from 2013-08-16T21:03:55
I was fascinated by TextIt, a new SMS application service, not so much by their service, which is cool, but by the fact that they come out of Kigali, Rwanda, in Africa. Read the Hacker News thread...
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TDYR #027 - 10 Years Ago Today, The Massive Power Blackout In US And Canada from 2013-08-14T19:49:16
10 years ago today, on August 14, 2003, there was a massive power outage that affected Ontario, Canada, and much of the northeastern United States. In this episode I reflect on where I was that da...
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TDYR #026 - Grüße Aus Berlin! at InterContinental Berlin from 2013-08-03T04:15:40
TDYR #026 - Grüße Aus Berlin! at InterContinental Berlin by Dan York
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TDYR #025 - Why The Opus Codec Matters from 2013-07-26T19:56:22
Why does the Opus codec matter for apps and services communicating on the Internet? What *is* the Opus codec? Why should you care? In this episode I speak about what Opus is all about and how it ...
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TDYR #024 - SoundCloud's Crashing iOS App Is A Reminder To Have Multiple Tools from 2013-07-24T16:49:03
Today was frustrating in that the SoundCloud app on iOS kept crashing when I tried to upload a recording. It turns out that this is a known issue and a fix has been submitted to the app store:
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TDYR #023 - The Energy Of Africa from 2013-07-18T08:19:22
As I prepare to leave South Africa, I recorded some final thoughts on the energy and enthusiasm I have found here...
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TDYR #022 - "Africa Straight Up" - Breaking Down Stereotypes from 2013-07-17T15:25:08
Many of us outside of Africa tend to think of everything happening in Africa in terms of one monolithic entity... that it is all "Africa"... yet that is so incredibly wrong when you understand the ...
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TDYR #021 - In South Africa This Week For ICANN 47 And The Africa DNS Forum from 2013-07-16T09:59:34
In this episode I talk about why I am in Durban, South Africa, this week (ICANN 47 and Africa DNS Forum) and some initial thoughts about Durban. More thoughts on Africa to come in future episodes...
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TDYR #020 - Are You Planning For The Longevity Of Your URLs? from 2013-07-08T14:00:16
When you use a URL in a marketing campaign or for an event or other short-time occurrence, are you planning for the longevity of those URLs? Are you planning to keep it around after the event or c...
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TDYR #019 - On The Need For Time Offline - And Time For Reflection from 2013-07-02T13:26:09
In the fast-paced, always-on world of today, how do we carve out time when we disconnect and reflect on how pieces fit together? Do we need to go completely offline, as Baratunde Thurston recently...
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TDYR #018 - Happy Canada Day! from 2013-07-01T13:07:58
Today, July 1, is Canada Day, a national day of celebration in that country. In this brief episode I record a few brief thoughts about the five years we spent in Canada and the effect it has had o...
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TDYR #017 - Experimenting With Facebook Hashtags from 2013-06-18T14:53:41
Today I logged into Facebook and found that I had the hashtag support that was announced last week. In this episode I talk about that support and what I find interesting and useful in the new support.
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TDYR #016 - The Washington Post Changes Its NSA PRISM Story - How Should They Let Us Know? from 2013-06-12T12:50:01
When a media site substantially changes a story published on their web site, what is their responsibility to let the readers know? And do we as readers view stories on media sites as "done" or as ...
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TDYR #015 - Apple WWDC Keynote - The Day The Tech Community's Productivity Goes Toward Zero from 2013-06-10T12:45:58
Today the tech community's productivity will take a dive as eyes focus on what happens at the Keynote of Apple's WorldWide Developer Conference (WWDC) happening at 10am US Pacific / 1pm US Eastern....
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TDYR #014 - Duh! Of Course The NSA Is Spying On The Internet - We Told Them To! from 2013-06-07T15:46:01
Today there is an enormous amount of outrage and anger out on the Internet about revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) apparently has connections into 9 major Internet companies ...
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TDYR #013 - The 1-Year Anniversary Of World IPv6 Launch - And Why IPv6 Is So Important from 2013-06-06T12:30:55
Today is the 1-year anniversary of World IPv6 Launch - what has changed in the year since with IPv6 growth? And why should you care, anyway? Today I discussed all that...
http://www.worl...
TDYR #012 - On The Challenge Of NOT Being Sucked Into Social Networks from 2013-06-04T13:15:06
An ever-present challenge in our world of social networks is how to NOT get sucked into those networks when it is so incredibly easy to do so. How do we maintain the discipline to embrace those ne...
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TDYR #011 - How Can We Move Beyond Phone Numbers As Identifiers? from 2013-05-29T16:43:44
Do we really need to be assigning telephone numbers to smart meters, cars and e-readers? Could we instead use some other application-layer identifier? If so, what? And how? In this episode I tal...
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TDYR #010 - Further Thoughts On Google Voice And Google+ Hangouts from 2013-05-24T13:01:52
After my recent post about the integration of Google Voice and Google+ Hangouts, I received a good bit of feedback. In this episode I talk about some of that feedback and further thoughts about thi...
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TDYR #009 - Google Aims To Disrupt Telecom By Unifying Google Voice And Google+ Hangouts from 2013-05-23T12:07:55
This past week Google made several changes that are part of their ongoing disruption of telecommunication. First, they announced at Google I/O that they were unifying their various real-time commu...
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TDYR #008 - The Moore Tornado And The Internet As A Powerful Tool For Organizing In Times Of Crisis from 2013-05-21T21:19
The horrific tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, yesterday was another example of where the Internet can play a powerful role in helping organize efforts in the face of a crisis. Here are some of the link...
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TDYR #007 - Reflections On Galway And Travel In Ireland from 2013-05-20T07:57:26
Some reflections and thoughts about travel in Ireland and in particular the Galway region. I was in Ireland in May 2013 to attend a conference in Dublin and then spent 4 more days exploring the co...
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TDYR #006 - At RIPE66 In Dublin Talking IPv6 And DNS/DNSSEC from 2013-05-15T13:05:12
This week I have been in Dublin, Ireland, at the DNS-OARC and RIPE66 meetings meeting people and talking all about IPv6 and DNS / DNSSEC. It has been a great week and this is a quick report from th...
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TDYR #005 - SoundCloud Unveils Auto-Sharing To Google+ from 2013-05-14T08:06:02
SoundCloud has rolled out a new release of their iOS app that will, in theory, auto-publish a link to your sound to Google+ after you configure it. This is interesting because Google has so far on...
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TDYR #004 - 1 Year After Going DRM-free, Tor Books Sees No Increase In Piracy from 2013-05-09T12:34:35
One year after going DRM-free for their ebooks, Tor Books reports that they have "seen no discernible increase in piracy". In this episode I talk about why that is important, how DRM is anti-consu...
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TDYR #003 - Syria Disappears From The Internet (And Then Returns) - What Can We Learn From This? from 2013-05-08T19:26:23
The entire country of Syria went offline on May 7-8, 2013, for about 19-20 hours. What can we learn from this event?
http://www.renesys.com/blog/2013/05/syrian-internet-fragility.shtml
TDYR #002 - On The Incredible Importance Of Owning Your Online Platform from 2013-05-06T13:06:02
TDYR #002 - On The Incredible Importance Of Owning Your Online Platform by Dan York
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The Dan York Report Episode #1: Intro To The Show, And - Could You Go Off The Internet For A Year? from 2013-05-05T17:29:35
The Dan York Report Episode #1: Intro To The Show, And - Could You Go Off The Internet For A Year? by Dan York
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Of iPhones, WiFI Networks... And Forgotten Hotels from 2013-04-22T08:43:08
Of iPhones, WiFI Networks... And Forgotten Hotels by Dan York
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On Running In Beijing - And Other Initial Thoughts from 2013-04-09T10:28:03
On Running In Beijing - And Other Initial Thoughts by Dan York
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On Reclaiming The Original Positive Meaning Of "Hacker" from 2013-04-06T10:47:21
On Reclaiming The Original Positive Meaning Of "Hacker" by Dan York
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Heading To Beijing For ICANN 46 from 2013-04-05T20:56:26
Heading To Beijing For ICANN 46 by Dan York
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Jumper Cables And The Absolutely Awesome Kindness Of Total Strangers from 2013-03-29T23:35:50
Jumper Cables And The Absolutely Awesome Kindness Of Total Strangers by Dan York
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Reflections About Singapore Before Leaving from 2013-03-28T16:15:52
Some thoughts on Singapore as I wrap up my 48 hours in the country and get ready to fly back to the USA. I talk about my trip and the activities.
Separately, I recorded some thoughts abou...
What Is Singapore Like When You Arrive After Midnight? Some Initial Observations from 2013-03-26T19:27:10
What Is Singapore Like When You Arrive After Midnight? Some Initial Observations by Dan York
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Skip Tuesday and Go Directly To Wednesday from 2013-03-26T07:58:19
Skip Tuesday and Go Directly To Wednesday by Dan York
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On Forgetting My Phone And Being Completely Disconnected... from 2013-03-21T18:57:52
On Forgetting My Phone And Being Completely Disconnected... by Dan York
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Any Tips On How To Recover Data From An External Disk on Mac OS X? from 2013-03-20T21:18:40
Any Tips On How To Recover Data From An External Disk on Mac OS X? by Dan York
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The Long Days of IETF86 - And Why I Love It! from 2013-03-12T22:19:30
The Long Days of IETF86 - And Why I Love It! by Dan York
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Going on VUC Podcast Today - And A Few More Name Ideas from 2013-03-01T13:34:04
Going on VUC Podcast Today - And A Few More Name Ideas by Dan York
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So What Shall I Call This "Podcast"? from 2013-02-25T20:09:45
What do I call this series of short audio commentaries I've been recording at SoundCloud? The good news is that I've been accepted into SoundCloud's beta program to try out their podcasting feature...
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Telemark skiing - and Remembering What It Is Like To Be A Beginner Again from 2013-02-18T16:26:05
Telemark skiing - and Remembering What It Is Like To Be A Beginner Again by Dan York
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