Booking airline tickets for my first business trip since December 2019, I get down to the part where United notes your status level and it says…
“General”
No “Premier” status of any level.
Which makes total sense given:
2020 – 0 flights
2021 – 0 flights
2022 – 0 flights
2023 – 2 flights (so far)
🤣
I totally understand why I am now just a “general” traveler. 😀
I’ve been speaking to reporters and being quoted in articles for over 30 years, but it only occurred to me in early 2023 that I should be tracking these mentions somewhere. This page is therefore a work-in-progress going back to try to locate articles to list here.
| Source | Title and link | Date | Internet Archive |
| heise online | Missing Link: Space-Race – die Vorherrschaft beim Satelliteninternet (in German. My section at the end.) | 16 Apr 2023 | archive link (also third page) |
| EdTech | Satellite Broadband Brings Internet Connectivity to Remote Locations | 11 Apr 2023 | archive link |
| The Next Web | Low-Earth orbit: A launchpad for Europe’s spacetech startups | 22 Feb 2023 | archive link |
| Source | Title and link | Date | Internet Archive |
| Broadband Breakfast | LEO Technology Could Connect the Unconnected, Although Capacity Questions Remain | 2 Dec 2022 | archive link |
| Source | Title and link | Date | Internet Archive |
| NPR Morning Edition | Small Cities Are A Big Draw For Remote Workers During The Pandemic | 16 Nov 2020 | archive link |
| CSO | DNSSEC explained: Why you might want to implement it on your domain | 30 Jul 2020 | archive link |
As a frequent Wikipedia editor, I have access to a library of databases that contain historical information. Using that, I’ve been able to find some articles from the distant past. However, these articles are no longer available online, and were before the Internet Archive was actively capturing websites.
| Source | Title and author | Date |
| Nashua Telegraph (NH) | Politics column: Senate candidates exchange words over funding for education | 2 Nov 1994 |
| Nashua Telegraph (NH) | Setting up laws and patterns on the wild (electronic) frontier, by David Brooks | 30 Jan 1994 |
Today is a special anniversary for me. It was 10 years ago, on May 30, 2010, that I made a decision to get serious about my health. I was about 60+ pounds over what a target weight should be for someone my age. I got winded just walking a few blocks. I needed to change! My wife and I both decided we were going to start getting in shape by just going walking. It was SO helpful to have her as a partner in doing this. We started walking in a beautiful, large cemetery in Keene, New Hampshire.
Over the weeks and months that followed, we started to add short bits of jogging to the walking. Then a little more. And a little more. And more. We had objectives – first we would run from the entrance down to the flagpole. Then we would extend it up to the Chapel. Then back to the flag pole… and so on.
Eventually over many months we were actively running through the cemetery paths!
And through it all I started to record my weight and other stats every Monday morning. I've continued doing that all these years later, leading to the nice chart at the top of this post. It's nice to have a decade of data.
There was a wonderful period of time in there from maybe 2011-2014 when I was actively running in 5K races. I even ran three half-marathons (the same race, three different years). And somewhere in there I would routinely run a loop through the whole cemetery after running an entire 5K!
Beyond adding in exercise, I was also looking at eating healthier, too. In large part cutting back on seconds, eating fewer sweets.
But then things happened. I kept finding excuses for not exercising. I didn't make the best food choices. And as the graph in this post shows, my weight kept climbing and climbing.
Then last fall I decided to get serious again. I tried increasing my exercise while also lowering my consumption of carbs and sugar. It was all working well as the red box on the right points out.
But then… COVID-19. And in the midst of all the chaos and uncertainty, I've chosen comfort foods and sweets, and have slacked off some on the exercise.
But… my goal is now to change that… and bring back more of the exercise, and make better food choices! Hopefully if I am still writing these posts 10 years from now, the story may be a bit different!
Time will tell… but tonight I'm just going to celebrate this anniversary of starting the journey toward being healthier – and all that that journey has brought to me!
The best way to reach me is usually one of these:
Email: dyork@Lodestar2.com
Telephone: +1-802-735-1624
Skype: danyork
I can be found on most social networks – the ones I usually use publicly include:
I am also active on Facebook but keep that to close friends and family.
If for some reason you need to contact me via snail-mail, my address is:
34 Richmond Drive
Shelburne, VT 05482
For conference sites, brochures, etc., I prefer to use one of these photos. Click on each photo to see it alone in a window.
As I am frequently asked for a “bio” for speaking at conferences, I have included several variations here. Please contact me if you need another variation (for instance, edited for word count).
Dan York, CISSP, is a passionate advocate for the open Internet focused on helping people understand the changes going on all around us within communication technology and practices. Dan currently serves the Internet Society as the Senior Content Strategist focused on the Deploy360 Programme – creating, curating and promoting online content that helps service providers, companies and individuals more quickly deploy Internet technologies such as IPv6 and DNSSEC. Separately, Dan is also the Chairman of the global Voice Over IP Security Alliance (VOIPSA). Dan is also active within the real-time communications area of the IETF.
Since the mid-1980’s Dan has been working with online communication technologies and helping businesses and organizations understand how to use and participate in those new media. An author of multiple books on networking, security, IPv6 and Linux, Dan is a dynamic and engaging speaker who frequently presents at industry conferences and events and has been blogging and writing online for over 12 years. His most recent books are “Migrating Applications to IPv6” and “The Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks”. Previously Dan worked for Voxeo Corporation heading up the company’s communication through both traditional and new/social media. Prior to that, Dan served in the Office of the CTO for both Voxeo and before that Mitel focused on analyzing/evaluating emerging technology, participating in industry standards bodies and addressing VoIP security issues.
A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Dan speaks English and German and when not in front of the keyboard can usually be found engaging in outdoor activities or participating in the sport of curling, an addiction he picked up during 5 years of living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. More information about Dan can be found at danyork.com.
(version used at CircleID)
Dan York focuses on explaining the changes going on all around us within communication technology and practices. An author of multiple books on networking, security, IPv6 and Linux, Dan frequently frequently presents at industry conferences and events and has blogging and writing online for over 11 years. Today Dan serves the Internet Society as the Senior Content Strategist focused on the Deploy360 Programme, seeking to help service provides, companies and individuals more quickly deploy Internet technologies such as IPv6 and DNSSEC. Separately, Dan is also the Chairman of the global Voice Over IP Security Alliance (VOIPSA).
Previously Dan worked for Voxeo Corporation heading up the company’s communication through both traditional and new/social media. Prior to that, Dan served in the Office of the CTO for both Voxeo and before that Mitel focused on analyzing/evaluating emerging technology, participating in industry standards bodies and addressing VoIP security issues. Since the mid-1980’s Dan has been working with online communication technologies and helping businesses and organizations understand how to use and participate in those new media. . His most recent books are Migrating Applications to IPv6 and The Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks. His most relevant writing to CircleID readers can be found at DisruptiveTelephony.com More information about Dan can be found at danyork.com and danyork.me
(security-focused version)
Dan York, CISSP, is the Senior Content Strategist at the Internet Society focused on the Deploy360 Programme – creating, curating and promoting online content that helps service providers, companies and individuals more quickly deploy Internet technologies such as IPv6 and DNSSEC. Beyond his role with the Internet Society, Dan is today the Chair of the VOIP Security Alliance (VOIPSA) and the author of the book “Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks”. From 2005 to 2008 he was also the producer of the weekly “Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast”. Previously Dan worked for Voxeo Corporation heading up the company’s communication through both traditional and new/social media. Prior to that, Dan served in the Office of the CTO for both Voxeo and before that Mitel focused on analyzing/evaluating emerging technology, participating in industry standards bodies and addressing VoIP security issues. Since the mid-1980’s Dan has been working with online communication technologies and helping businesses and organizations understand how to use and participate in those new media. Dan frequently presents at conferences, has authored multiple books and writes extensively online at sites such as www.voipsa.org/blog and Voxeo’s weblogs at blogs.voxeo.com
(security-focused version – VOIPSA first – with links)
Dan York, CISSP, is the Chair of the VOIP Security Alliance (VOIPSA), the author of the book “Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks” and was previously the producer and co-host of the weekly “Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast“. Dan is employed as the Senior Content Strategist for the Internet Society Deploy360 Programme, creating, curating and promoting online content that helps service providers, companies and individuals more quickly deploy Internet technologies such as IPv6 and DNSSEC. Since the mid-1980’s Dan has been working with online communication technologies and helping businesses and organizations understand how to use and participate in those new media. Dan frequently presents at conferences, has authored multiple books and writes extensively online at sites such as www.voipsa.org/blog, Disruptive Telephony and Disruptive Conversations.
Over the many years I’ve been creating content online, one of the common themes in my writing and podcasting has been about the need for an “open internet” that allows for “distributed and decentralized” services. In recent years, I’ve been concerned by a return to “walled gardens” like Facebook and Twitter where the service is in the control of a single entity, usually a company. On this page I’ve gathered some of my best writing on the topic across my various blogs:
Many posts on this topic can also be found in the “Walled Gardens” category of my Disruptive Conversations blog.
I will add more posts here over time – and if you read any of my blogs, follow me on Twitter, subscribe to my email newsletter or see any of my presentations, you will undoubtedly hear this theme coming through. I’m just a wee bit passionate about it 😉
I have always enjoyed taking photographs and “back in the day” shot literally thousands of slides when traveling. These days I’ve joined the DSLR world with a Nikon D90 and post many of my photos to my Flickr account at:
When appropriate, I’ve grouped photos into sets:
My DSLR travels with me to most events and so you will see sets coming out related to those conferences. Sometimes I wind up posting those conference sets and other photos over to the Flickr site of my employer, the Internet Society:
And some of my sets of photos were posted to the Flickr site of my former employer, Voxeo:
Very occasionally I also write about photography at:
Today almost all the images I post are from my Nikon D90, although occasionally I’ll post photos taken with my iPhone. Photos prior to December 2009 were mostly taken with either my Canon SD1000 or my iPhone.
Interested in staying up on what’s on the bleeding edge of communications? Both the technologies and the way in which we use them? Want my take on the latest in social media, web design, SEO, new web technologies… along with some typography, unified communications and telecom thrown in now and then?
If so, I invite you to join my email newsletter called “A View From The Crow’s Nest“. The title came from my oft-used metaphor of my study of emerging technology being like the guy up in the crow’s nest of an old ship… looking out at the horizon for icebergs and mountaintops… and then shouting down suggestions to the folks on deck.
I’ve now been sending it out periodically with thoughts about whatever I’m finding interesting that particular week or month. Sometimes it might be new services, toys or tools… other times it is projects I’m involved with or find interesting… sometimes it is all of that.
You are welcome to join in the journey… just fill out the form below and you’ll get my next newsletter. I promise I won’t spam you or provide your info to others… and I definitely won’t flood your inbox. We’ll just have a conversation about the tools and technologies that are changing the ways in which we communicate… via that retro medium of email. 🙂
I currently contribute to:
Each month I contribute a 4-8 minute segment to “For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report” a weekly podcast from Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson about the intersection of public relations/communications / marketing and online technologies. My reports typically focus on the underlying technology and provide information about why communicators should care. I started listening to “FIR” in February 2005, about a month after Shel and Neville launched the show. In September 2005, starting with FIR #66, I became a regular weekly “correspondent” for FIR and have been contributing a report each episode ever since. (As of 2019, the podcast moved from weekly to monthly.)
Seeking to do more with audio and to experiment with SoundCloud, I launched “The Dan York Report” in 2013 where I regularly provide commentary on the technical, cultural and social changes happening all around us, particularly related to the Internet. I cover emerging technology, social media, security and other random topics. I also provide occasional personal updates, travel/trip reports and commentary on larger social, political or even religious issues that I find interesting. It’s a complex mixture of topics… with a heavy focus on technology. You’re welcome to join the ride!
With the creation of the “FIR Podcast Network” in 2013, I decided to expand upon my regular weekly reports into the main FIR podcast and offer longer episodes where I do deeper dives into the tools and technologies that communicators need to care about, as explained in this post on the FIR site. Thus was born “FIR On Technology with Dan York” with the first episode going live in December 2013. The episodes will appear periodically with no particular set schedule. Suggestions for topics are welcome.
I previously produced other podcasts:
From October 2005 through October 2008 I produced and co-hosted “Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast” with Jonathan Zar, a colleague from the Voice over IP Security Alliance. We recorded over 100 shows and interviews, had on average over 1500 people downloading the show each week, and built a strong community around the show. Job and life changes caused us to put the show on a hiatus from which it never returned. The past shows and detailed show notes are all still available at: http://www.blueboxpodcast.com/
From November 2008 through June 2011 I produced and hosted a video podcast, “Emerging Tech Talk“, for Voxeo, my employer at the time. In the 64 episodes of the show, I talked about and demonstrated new and emerging technologies, with an emphasis on communication apps, services and standards, but with the occasional iPhone app, gadget or other random topic thrown in. While the corresponding blog posts and show notes that were at http://blogs.voxeo.com/ett/ seem to have disappeared after Voxeo was acquired in 2013 by Aspect, the video episodes can still be found on YouTube.