We’re heading to the Washington, DC, area today for my 15yo daughter to play in a curling bonspiel. In this episode I talk about what we are doing and why we are going. (Listen to show #337 for more info about bonspiels.)

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What is a “bonspiel”? What does it have to do with curling? How is it structured? How does it work? In this episode I talk about what bonspiels are, how they typically work, what people do at them and much more...

Today (Nov 1) marks the start of National Podcast Post Month (NaPodPoMo) where participants commit to publishing 30 podcast episodes in 30 days. I'm going to give it a try this year... let's see how I do! More info is at http://napodpomo.org/

I’ve been a longtime user of “mind mapping” software to capture thoughts, brainstorm, take notes, organize plans and more. Lately I have found myself really enjoying using MindNode on my Macs and iOS devices. In this episode I talk about why I like using MindNode so much...

This morning my mind was a bit blown learning about the whole world of “chat fiction” or “chat stories” - stories told in the form of chat message exchanges. If you are not under 25, you probably don’t know about them... but they are there! In this episode I talk about chat fiction and ask a number of questions about the tools, statistics and more. I would love to hear from any listeners who have done anything with chat fiction....

It's done. It shipped. The new https://www.internetsociety.org/ website shipped! And with that, I can finally return to the writing, recording and other content creation I so love to do...

Make your web page load fast... or Facebook will lower the visibility of links to your page in the NewsFeed! On August 2nd, Facebook announced that web page load time will be a ranking factor in placement in NewsFeed. Links that load faster will show up higher in people's NewsFeeds - and links that load slowly will be lower. If you want to ensure people see your links, make your pages load fast! More info at these links:

https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/08/news-feed-fyi-showing-you-stories-that-link-to-faster-loading-webpages/

https://media.fb.com/2017/08/02/best-practices-to-improve-mobile-site-performance/

The big news today was that SoundCloud closed a $170 million round of funding to continue its operations. I talk about that, and my own views on SoundCloud's evolution. Many articles about this at: https://www.techmeme.com/170811/p5#a170811p5

What is the state of IPv6 deployment? Today on the 5th "Launchiversary" of World IPv6 Launch, the Internet Society published a new report, the "State of IPv6 Deployment 2017". I talk about the report and some of the information you can find inside - and encourage listeners to read the report - and deploy IPv6!

More info: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/tech-matters/2017/06/landmark-ipv6-report-published-state-deployment-2017-5

The report: https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/state-ipv6-deployment-2017

Just a brief update as I prepare to leave Kenya..