As has been my practice since 2010, my first blog post of the year was about certain words that I intend to be areas of focus in my personal life... the full post can be found here:

http://danyork.com/2014/01/my-four-words-for-2014.html

TDYR #055 - On Remembering Those Who Are Struggling At This Time Of Year by Dan York

Some thoughts on the passing of Nelson Mandela and reflections on both my youth growing up in the 70s and 80s with apartheid a global issue and also my trip this past summer to South Africa for the first time. Links referenced in the episode include:

https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-023-the-energy-of-africa

https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-022-africa-straight-up

http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/on-nelson-mandela

Yesterday was an "IT day" where I had to take care of home office IT issues. Along the way I learned of a VERY cool tool for analyzing disk space usage on Mac OS X - and also got native IPv6 connectivity for my home network. Some links:

http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2013/12/going-native-ipv6-in-my-home-office/

http://www.spacegremlinapp.com/

Today is a great day to buy DRM-free ebooks on O'Reilly's website from a great range of publishers (not just O'Reilly) at 50% off or more. This includes two of my books: "Migrating Applications to IPv6" and "Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks". More info at:

http://migratingappstoipv6.com/2013/12/cyber-monday-50-or-more-off-migrating-apps-to-ipv6/

http://www.7ducattacks.com/2013/12/cyber-monday-deal-50-off-ebook-of-seven-deadliest-uc-attacks.html

TDYR #051 - Happy (U.S.) Thanksgiving - My Favorite Holiday by Dan York

TDYR #050 - Experiencing Podcasting Performance Anxiety by Dan York

TDYR #049 - In Houston, En Route Back To Boston by Dan York

TDYR #049 - In Houston, En Route Back To Boston by Dan York

TDYR #048 - Heading To Buenos Aires To Talk DNSSEC At ICANN 48 by Dan York