by jothan | May 29, 2007 | Jothan
For the past 10 years I have been contributing quietly to the DNS and TLD infrastucture in both private and public companies, in a variety of technical roles. Over the course of that time, I have gotten the opportunity to work with some fantastic and brilliant people.
And there were some that have not been as kind or bright (or at least not as bright).
Being passive aggressive in nature, I took it upon myself to come up with a method of determining who was copying my source code without crediting me for it (or at very least, asking), by putting a nice little Easter Egg into one of my forms.
It started initially as a joke, but quickly proliferated.
examples:
[link] [link 2]
by jothan | May 28, 2007 | Etc
I got sent the following image chef sticker because of all the work I do with ccTLDs, and I got a big laugh out of it. Seems like you can plug in whatever you want and it will render the graphic for you.
This was the funniest thing eh-ver, and it seems like the possibilities are endless on this system.
by jothan | May 25, 2007 | Jothan
Props to my brother… Page just finished up another movie, the upcoming “Enchanted” starring McDreamy.
He’s been doing computer animation for Tippett Studios since 1997.
Yeah, his name is Page Frakes, as opposed to the new web 2.0 company Page Flakes.
By the way I digg web 2.0, because the term jot keeps popping up.
eyejot, gojot, and jotspot (now Google)
by jothan | May 25, 2007 | Domain Shows, ICANN, Meetings, NewTLDs
The next ICANN meeting is coming up, June 25 to 29. Here are some reasons why I would encourage attendance and participation, and what to watch for there.
- PUERTO RICO
Dude, it’s in Puerto Rico, “La Isla Bonita” . . . What more reason do you need? Although it sounds super glamorous, there’s a lot of us that work hard and don’t leave the venue but for sparse moments.
- WHOIS
Conversations about WHOIS format, access, and accuracy are going to be a large focus at this meeting. There are so many sides to this, all with very reasonable needs and requirements that we’re entering into year 8 of the work to make improvements, rules, and expectations.
- NEW GTLDs
New Generic Top Level Domains are going to be a huge topic of discussion, as the process has been largely established and the application window rapidly approaches. It remains to be seen how many applications will come, but I am predicting that there will be at least 150-200 new applications.The driving forces will surround minimum requirements of the applicants, what the application fee is to submit a new string, and how much collision there is (aka duplicate entries) on TLD string submissions. (Hint: .web may have more than one applicant, try something different than that string)The many people who’ve put tireless effort into this process have thought of almost everything, and have brought experience from the past two rounds for this process.
by jothan | May 23, 2007 | Domain Shows, Feature, Speaking, 日本語
I have been asked to speak at the INTEROP in Chiba (Tokyo) Japan on the 14th, and accepted.
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by jothan | May 23, 2007 | ICANN, NewTLDs
There is more and more conversation surrounding introduction of a TLD called .bank for financial institutions to use for their websites.
f-Secure has two articles, one called “Masters of Their Domain” and “And you can take that to the .bank”
Eric Kitchens’ Blog has an article called “yourdomain.useless“.
Not bad ideas, lets watch the new TLD application process later this year and into 2008 to see what happens surrounding this.
by jothan | May 23, 2007 | Domain Shows, NewTLDs, Speaking
I’ll be part of a panel at HostingCon in July to talk about domain monetization and internet advertising. The hosting industry is somewhat aware of this, but I think that there are some shifts coming in how they can turn customer loss or abandonment into opportunity, especially in a climate of fierce price competition in the marketplace.
