Dan York @danyork@mastodon.social

Hi... it's been a while! I got a bit distracted by bird-site... and just finding myself with less time for social media in general.

How are you all doing out here in the great decentralized fediverse?

New audio: TDYR 409 - Twitter Spaces now open to most iOS & Android users - I discuss what's new in Spaces, and their whole pipeline of new features coming soon - https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-409-twitter-spaces-now-open-to-most-users-on-iosandroid-and-a-pipeline-of-new-features
#socialaudio #audio #twitterSpaces

New audio: TDYR 408 - What are #Wikipedia "Talk pages"? How do they work? Why do people use them? What do they write there? Why would you ever click on that "Talk" tab in the upper left corner of an article? I talk about all this and more: https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-408-what-are-wikipedia-talk-pages

New audio: TDYR 407 - More Social Audio from Discord, Spotify, Telegram, and… LinkedIn? - in this episode I dive into some of the newer entrants into the #SocialAudio space - https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-407-more-social-audio-from-discord-spotify-telegram-and-linkedin

Do you know of an exceptional individual who has played a role in the conceptualization, building, and development of the Internet globally?

👨‍🔧👩‍🔧 Perhaps a pioneer who expanded the Internet.

🌐 A trailblazer who made a major technical innovation to make the Internet faster or better.

🎙️ Or a passionate advocate who made the Internet more inclusive and accessible.

If you answered yes, nominate them to the Internet Hall of Fame! Nominations close on April 23! https://www.internethalloffame.org/nominations #IHOF2021

If you are interested in #InternetAccess / connectivity, including satellite systems and submarine cables - and are also a Reddit user - there's a r/InternetAccess subreddit that you are welcome to join (and welcome to post links to): https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetAccess/

New audio: What are #TwitterSpaces all about? How do they work? How do they compare to #Clubhouse? And what is going on with "social audio"? I dropped into a couple of TwitterSpace today on my iPhone - and recorded an episode with my initial thoughts:
https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-406-my-initial-thoughts-on-twitterspaces

New audio: One of the things I have seen in editing #Wikipedia that frustrates newcomers is “conflict of interest” and the fact that you can’t simply go in and edit a page about your company, organization, or even yourself .. so I recorded an episode about it - TDYR 405 - A Frustrating Aspect of Wikipedia: "Your" Page Is NOT Yours To Edit - Explaining COI - https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/Mu4EybnPbd2G2Awr6

Noticing that today's date is all 0s, 1s, and 2s, not matter how you write it numerically:

- 2021-02-10
- 10-02-2021
- 02-10-2021

Of course, that is ALSO true of tomorrow (2021-02-11) and Friday (2021-02-12).

New audio: Back on January 15, 2021, #Wikipedia celebrated its 20th anniversary and also its 1 billionth edit. In this episode I talk about the amazing Wikipedia community, and some of my own experience in that space -
https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-404-wikipedia-celebrates-its-20th-birthday-jan-15
#wikipedia20

Very interesting "ecosystem review" of #Decentralization and social networks/messaging, including #Matrix, #Mastodon, #ActivityPub, #XMPP, #SSB, and more. Well worth a read!

https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/download/twitter.modular.im/981b258141aa0b197804127cd2f7d298757bad20

Huge opportunity for funding #InternetAccess projects in the southeastern USA - if you live in the southeast US, or know people who do, please share this info about a new grant program to help create better #broadband access through projects such as #communitynetworks and more.

More info:

- https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2021/01/closing-in-on-equity-truist-epic-grant-seeks-to-expand-potential-in-communities-through-broadband-access/

- https://www.internetsociety.org/grants/epic/

"Asset CleanUp" looks like a very useful #WordPress plugin for speeding up sites: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-asset-clean-up/

La semaine des nouvelles sur Internet : Retour de bâton suite à la décision de WhatsApp de partager les données - https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/blog/2021/01/la-semaine-des-nouvelles-sur-internet-retour-de-baton-suite-a-la-decision-de-whatsapp-de-partager-les-donnees/

Alphabet is shutting down #Loon, its internet balloon company -
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/21/22243484/alphabet-google-shutting-down-loon-internet-balloon-company-x

#InternetAccess

From my Internet Society colleagues:

The government of Uganda 🇺🇬has shut down access to the Internet in advance of today's elections (see: https://insights.internetsociety.org/shutdowns/4992 ).

#InternetShutdowns cause serious harm to Ugandans and the global Internet - https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2019/internet-society-position-on-internet-shutdowns/

We ask the government to #KeepItOn !

#UgandaDecides2021

We're hiring! Seeking a "Digital Marketing Manager" at the Internet Society to manage and execute marketing campaigns across multiple channels (including social) in support of our vision of an Internet for everyone. Learn more and apply: https://internetsociety.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=137

Open-source developer and manager David Recordon named White House Director of Technology in the upcoming Biden administration -

https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-developer-and-manager-david-recordon-named-white-house-director-of-technology/

I continue to be impressed by the growth of #WordPress as an #opensource "publishing layer". It now powers 39.5% of top 10 million websites and, perhaps more interestingly, is now used by more sites than those that do NOT use a content management system (CMS).

I wrote about this status at:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20210104-wordpress-now-powers-39-point-5-percent-of-the-web/