Snapchat just rolled out "Custom Stories" that let you create a thread of photos and videos that your friends can contribute to and also view. You can include a group of friends - or use geofencing to tie the story to a location. I am curious - what do you all think about this this feature?

I haven't published a TDYR episode in almost a month, haven't published many blog posts since March, and haven't been very active on social media... here is a bit about why...

The Mastodon social network is getting a great bit of buzz. In this episode I provide some initial thoughts on what is going on. You can find me at

https: // mastodon.social / @danyork (That link isn't working well. Try this: http://bit.ly/2oi4wxJ )

"Why should I care about encryption? How does it affect my business?" In this episode I give a simple example of why encryption is important for every business, government or organization. Read more at: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/tech-matters/2017/04/encryption-critical-business-communication

Our messaging systems are a mess - how do you know how to reach someone? They are spread across so many different messaging / chat systems. I wrote about this today on my Disruptive Telephony blog - and recorded this audio commentary. Here's the blog post: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2017/03/xkcd-comic-perfectly-captures-sad-fragmented-state-of-messaging-chat-systems.html

I just used Lyft for the first time (an Uber competitor) and recorded my thoughts...

This past week brought the ability to create a "snapcode" for any website. This makes it easy for Snapchat users to very easily get to your sites. In this episode I talk about how to do that and why I think this could be very useful...

You can now embed 360 photos and videos in any WordPress site using the Jetpack plugin version 4.5 released last week. I talk about why I think this is so important and what it offers. More info can be found in this article: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2017/01/big-news-360-photos-now-available-for-any-wordpress-site-via-jetpack-plugin.html

What is the state of deployment of DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC)? What is DNSSEC all about, anyway? Why should you care about it? What does it do? In this episode I dive into what DNSSEC does and the recent report we released about the "State of DNSSEC Deployment 2016" - Please see the full report at:

https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/state-dnssec-deployment-2016

What is it like to watch 100 girls throw rocks at houses? In this episode I talk about our recent trip to Toronto where I got to do exactly that...