The Dan York Report

TDYR #046 - A Great Week In Vancouver - Now On To Toronto by Dan York

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 Vancouver. In this episode I talk about the upcoming event and why this is so important. Some relevant links: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20131031_bruce_schneier_to_speak_about_internet_surveillance_at_...

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.com/watch?v=Fpuzl9lvOSM IETF 88 page: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/88/index.html IETF on Google+: https://plus.google.com/115114278816279309050/posts IETF on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ietf.org

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 with the results and very happy to have a smartphone that works natively over IPv6. (For more on why this is important, see http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/ipv6/ )

TDYR #042 - On The Eve Of The Keene Pumpkin Festival 2013 by Dan York

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" messages related to the For Immediate Release (FIR) podcast - in this case promoting my report in the latest episode. Here's the link to the FIR interview I mention in this episode about the GaggleAMP service: h...

TDYR #040 - The First Night Of Curling This Year by Dan York

TDYR #039 - Birthdays In The Age Of Social Media by Dan York

TDYR #038 - Heading To Poland And Ukraine For ION Krakow And ENOG 6 by Dan York

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.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/09/two-years-at-the-internet-society.html My work at the Internet Society can be found at http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/

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 creation, whether that is blogging, podcasting, video, audio, social media such as Twitter or Facebook... or just posting content to your website

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 my perspective of working out of a home office...

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? Interesting? Just "meh"? Will you upgrade? More info: http://thenextweb.com/apple/2013/09/10/heres-a-complete-roundup-of-everything-apple-announced-today/ http://gigaom.com/2013/09/10/apple-shows-the-lt...

See: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/09/microsoft-buys-nokia-was-there-really-another-choice.html

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 episode I speak about my thoughts on his commentary. You can view both the full 45-minute presentation as well as a 5-minute edited set of highlights at: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2013/08/its-al...

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/2013/08/10-years-of-skype-massive-disruption-but-will-skype-remain-relevant.html

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 take a listen: Speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs Text: http://www.archives.gov/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf

TDYR #029 - Leaving The Internet To Speak French For A Week by Dan York

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 to understand the technical aspects behind what they are doing - it's very cool and a sign of the incredible energy and innovation coming out of Africa! http://textit.in/ https://news.ycombinator.com/ite...

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 day and some of my thoughts around that event, as well as what it means for complex systems. More information about the event can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003

TDYR #026 - Grüße Aus Berlin! at InterContinental Berlin by Dan York

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 has the potential to enable better user experiences on the Internet and help us communicate better. More info can be found in a companion article at: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/07/why-the-opus...

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: http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/1228230-i-m-having-problems-with-my-iphone-ipad-app But this occurrence reminded me that if you want to be creating content you can't rely on only one tool...

As I prepare to leave South Africa, I recorded some final thoughts on the energy and enthusiasm I have found here...

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 amazing diversity and differences within the people and countries of Africa. A 29-minute video called "Africa Straight Up" aims to break down those stereotypes and help introduce people to the true natur...