Category: ICANN

January 26, 2007

ICANN/Internet

Tell me what you think I should do at ICANN

I am planning to take an open and consultative approach to my new job as general manager of public participation of ICANN, so I figured I might as well start now by asking people what...

January 25, 2007

ICANN/IGF/Internet/Journalism/Technology/WSIS

So, I took this job at ICANN…

Starting 5 February, I will be the “general manager, public participation” for ICANN – an organisation I have closely followed and frequently criticised almost since its inception in 1999. I’m excited about it, and the...

January 20, 2007

ICANN/Internet/Journalism

ICANN starts opening up

I wish I could say it was something to do with my very recent appointment as General Manager of Public Participation, but a few announcements yesterday have shown that ICANN is finally opening up a...

January 13, 2007

ICANN/Internet/Journalism

New ITU head extends olive branch to ICANN

The new head of the ITU, Malian citizen Hamadoun Toure, gave his first press conference on Friday to the press corps in Geneva and it would appear he used the opportunity to try to settle...

January 7, 2007

ICANN/Internet/Journalism/Technology

.xxx top-level domain back on the agenda

Well, Stuart Lawley won’t take no for any answer and .xxx has popped up on the ICANN agenda again, this time with such extraordinary controls and safeguards that it makes you wonder whether the business...

January 5, 2007

ICANN/IGF/Internet/Journalism/Podcast/Technology

Vista and Net governance discussion on the BBC

I took place in a discussion with various notables just before Xmas for an edition of the BBC’s Digital Planet radio programme and just remembered it has now come out and you can download and...

December 13, 2006

ICANN/Internet/Journalism

New poll: what 2007 will bring

I have stuck up a new poll today, pondering what will be the biggest Internet issue of 2007, and archiving the previous poll about ICANN’s planned report into domain names. I asked ICANN’s chairman and...

December 11, 2006

ICANN/Internet/Journalism/Podcast/Technology

ICANN Board discussion of biz/org/info contracts

On Friday, the ICANN Board approved some controversial renewal contracts for the .biz, .info and .org top-level Internet domains. In a press conference a few hours later, chairman Vint Cerf urged the reporters to read...

December 7, 2006

Funny/ICANN/Internet

Patti La Belle sings to ICANNers

I’m just watching the webcast of the ICANN open forum due to start in a second at Sao Paulo and the techies are playing Patti La Belle. It’s no mistake, and Patti has a few...

ICANN/IGF/Internet/Journalism/Technology/WSIS

Online participation: the possibilities and the realities

I’ve spent quite a bit of time recently building and running online participation websites – or, in English, trying to get people on the Internet learning about and interacting with physical meetings. Both have been...