VIDEO : Cybersecurity Panel in Washington DC
VIDEO: Alexa Raad and PIR hosting a cyber security panel in Washington DC "A rare opportunity to spend time with Rod Beckstrom, CEO and President of ICANN, as he shares his views on the future of ICANN. Following Mr. Beckstrom’s speech, for the next 1.5 hours, a...
Gearing up for Nairobi ICANN meeting in March 2010
ICANN No. 37, will be in Nairobi, Kenya from March 7-12., 2010. Topics discussed will be new TLDs, the Expressions of Interest, the Draft Applicant Guidebook, Vertical Integration of registry/registrar, and the Affirmation of Commitment. More information here: Main...
Comments on Expressions of Interest in New TLDs
Thanks to those who took time to comment on the Expressions of Interest process with ICANN….
Heading to Seoul for ICANN Meetings
I am heading to Seoul, Korea shortly to attend and participate in the ICANN meetings, where new TLDs are the talk of the town. ICANN has made some major strides in the past year and I am certain that we will be seeing many good things in the coming year. A few...
Minds + Machines
I started a new company with Antony Van Couvering called Minds + Machines, and we'll be posting over there at that blog about professional domain matters and new TLDs. http://www.mindsandmachines.com/blog  -J
Congratulations to Michele Neylon
Congratulations to Michele Neylon, who has won two categories this evening at the IIA Net Visionary Awards Irish Internet Association's 2008 Net Visionary Awards. Michele won for both Best Business Blogger, and Online Marketing categories. CONGRATULATIONS,...
ICANN Posts Draft Guidelines for NewTLD Applications
This just in, the new TLD process guidelines are posted, as promised by ICANN a few weeks in advance of the Cairo Public meeting. http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-draft-rfp-24oct08-en.pdf
My father, the artist…
I am often referred to as a domain name industry sherpa. I am blessed in that my father is a very talented and spirtiual person who is very creative. He is the sherpa to a sherpa, so to speak. A local feature was done on him recently....
Assimilating New TLDs into the marketplace
I had the privilege to speak at the CENTR General Assembly in Pisa, to discuss the marketplace and how new TLDs can be assimilated into the marketplace via the registrar channel. https://www.centr.org/main/lib/g1/4622-CTR.html It may prove to be like taking a small...
DotME Launched and well done…
DotME, the collaboration between Afilias, GoDaddy, and DoMen seems to have launched with some success, and I am the proud registrant of jothan.me. Congratulations to all those that registered and participated.