Our daughter's curling team is heading to the Junior National Championships and in this episode I talk about all the excitement of heading to Minnesota in 11 days! You can follow along on Facebook at:

https://www.facebook.com/TeamRodgersCurling

I also mention the GoFundMe page we set up to help fund the journey:

https://www.gofundme.com/teamrodgerscurling

It's an amazing opportunity and we're SO excited!

As I have for the past few years, I've recorded a New Year's Day episode about my "Three Words" representing my aspirations for 2016. Read more at: http://www.danyork.com/2016/01/my-3-words-for-2016.html

For the past 10 years I have contributed a weekly report into the "For Immediate Release" podcast (a.k.a. "FIR") focusing on technology and PR / social media. In this TDYR episode, I provide some context and then include the 6-minute report I contributed to FIR episode #14 - http://firpodcastnetwork.com/fir-14-where-does-employee-news-belong/

If you are interested in listening to more of the great series of FIR podcasts, visit http://firpodcastnetwork.com/

There's a brand new WordPress administrative interface and a separate app for the Mac that provide a powerful new way to edit and manage content across many different WordPress sites. I talk about it here - and reference these articles:

https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/the-new-wordpress-dot-com/

https://developer.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/the-story-behind-the-new-wordpress-com/

http://om.co/2015/11/23/some-thoughts-on-the-new-wordpress-com-and-mac-app/

http://ma.tt/2015/11/dance-to-calypso/

TDYR 276 - Happy US Thanksgiving by Dan York

I finally gave up on the iPad 2. After trying to keep it usable after making the mistake of upgrading to iOS 8 and then iOS 9, I finally gave in and bought a newer iPad ... more on the story here: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2015/11/giving-up-on-the-ipad2.html

TDYR 274 - Beginning a Weekend of Curling at a Broomstones Bonspiel by Dan York

Were you an iPhone 5s user who upgraded to an iPhone 6s? What do you think? Are you happier with the 6s? Or do you wish you stayed with the 5s? This week I'm dealing with this question of what is admittedly a "first-world problem" of which way should I go... (and as I said in the episode "Get an Android!" is NOT the answer right now... :-) )

While we are familiar with the gorgeous colors of Autumn in New England and similar places, there is also an awesome aural side to autumn... in this episode I capture some of that sound of walking through leaves...

Today was the longest day of the year in the USA...