Month: May 2016

Göran Marby Takes The Reins At ICANN

Göran Marby

Earlier today ICANN’s new CEO officially took the helm. Göran Marby is now officially ICANN CEO, taking over from interim CEO Akram Attalah. Marby also gets control of the ICANN CEO’s Twitter account @icann_president and he (or more likely one of his team) has already started using it. Marby is currently attending the RIPE meeting… Continue reading Göran Marby Takes The Reins At ICANN

Cruz Sees Himself As Protector Of Internet Freedom

It looks like Senator Cruz’ letter writing campaign isn’t going to end any time soon. While previously the Senator and former US presidential hopeful was happy exchanging salvoes with ICANN he’s now switched gears and is instead focussing on NTIA and the US Department of Commerce. The latest letter is focussed on a very strange… Continue reading Cruz Sees Himself As Protector Of Internet Freedom

WordPress’ Automattic To Launch Dot Blog

When you try to explain new TLDs to non-domain people it’s often best to choose a clear example of a domain extension that illustrates the concept of the domain extension itself holding meaning. One of the examples that I and others have used more than once is .blog and the reaction has nearly always been… Continue reading WordPress’ Automattic To Launch Dot Blog

EURid Web Award Nominations Open

EURid’s annual “web awards” are now open for nominations. The 2016 event will be the 3rd year that EURid runs the awards which are aimed at helping to raise the profile of European businesses and organisations that are actively using a .eu web address. The categories this year are: The Leaders: The website represents an established… Continue reading EURid Web Award Nominations Open

LACTLD vs ICANN: Letter Dispatched To ICANN Board

A few days ago LACTLD issued a statement about ICANN moving meetings out of their region. Today they’ve escalated matters and have written directly to the ICANN Board. Don’t worry, they’re still being very polite, but it’s very clear from their latest missive that they are not very happy with ICANN. The letter, which is… Continue reading LACTLD vs ICANN: Letter Dispatched To ICANN Board

WordPress Foundation Wins More Domain Disputes

WordPress powers a very large proportion of the web these days, so in terms of “brand” it’s very strong. So it’s not that surprising that the WordPress Foundation has formulated a strong, yet clear, trademark policy. Short version – you can’t use the term “wordpress”, but you can use things like “wp”: Under no circumstances… Continue reading WordPress Foundation Wins More Domain Disputes

LACTLD Politely Smacks ICANN Over Meeting Location Moves

Earlier this week LACTLD put out a statement about ICANN meetings. The statement, which is available in both Spanish and English, while very polite and diplomatic, expresses the organisation’s concerns with ICANN moving meetings out of Latin America due to health concerns. So far this year the meeting scheduled for Panama (ICANN 56) has been… Continue reading LACTLD Politely Smacks ICANN Over Meeting Location Moves

ICANN Releases Geektastic Data On Marrakech Meeting

I’ve always been fascinated by the logistics that go into organising events. It’s interesting to see what is involved in putting together the meeting space, what kind of equipment is used (and how much) as well as what gets used during an event. Some organisations, such as RIPE, have included some of that data in… Continue reading ICANN Releases Geektastic Data On Marrakech Meeting

Christine Jones Announces Congress Bid

Former GoDaddy General Counsel Christine Jones announced that she was running for Congress earlier today. Jones sent out an email to her supporters earlier today making the announcement as well as publishing her first campaign video: Jones will be seeking the Republican nomination for Arizona’s Fifth Congressional District. Here’s the email that she sent out… Continue reading Christine Jones Announces Congress Bid

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