About

Dan York, CISSP, LPIC, MCSE, CTT+

DanYork2010-square-200-shadowI am a writer. A speaker. An author. A teacher. An explainer. A blogger. A podcaster. An analyst. A strategist. A futurist. An evangelist. A technologist. A community developer. A lover of language. A communicator.

A storyteller.

My goal with my  writing, speaking, podcasting, etc is to tell the story of all the changes that are going on all around us in both the way we communicate and also the tools we use to communicate. I weave the threads of that larger story through my various weblogs and podcasts:

  • Disruptive Conversations - how the "social media" of blogs, podcasts, wikis, virtual worlds, etc. are changing the way we communicate
  • Disruptive Telephony - how Voice-over-IP (VoIP) is fundamentally changing the technology we use to communicate
  • Code.DanYork.com - a place where I write about programming, open source and other techie topics
  • Voice of VOIPSA - a group weblog from the Voice Over IP Security Alliance on voip security issues
  • Twitter.com/danyork - my "microblog" where I write on various issues in 140 characters or less
  • For Immediate Release - a weekly podcast by Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson where I contribute weekly reports

How well I tell that story is something you will have to judge. My goal is to help Danyork-ecomm2007 explain and de-mystify the new and emerging technologies that are changing the way we communicate, both at a technical and personal level. I am constantly fascinated by the ways that, for instance, the "social media" of blogs, podcasts, etc. are fundamentally changing how communication occurs online and within the media. I am intrigued by how voice-over-IP is severing the relationship between voice communication and location - and by how the increasing penetration of broadband and higher-speed computers are letting us run more powerful applications.  I don't think we yet fully understand how this all will impact our society and lives, but through my writing and speaking I try to tell the story of the changes around us.

I've been using computers since the first Apple II in 1978 and since then have worked with a very wide range of computers, operating systems, programming languages and applications. I entered into the online world in the mid-1980s with BBSs, BITNET and early Internet and have been involved with building online communities and efforts ever since. I've been blogging since 2000 and podcasting since 2005.

I am also a father. A husband. A son. A brother. A lover of the outdoors. A curler. A hiker. A kayaker. A bicyclist. A skier. A snowshoer. A voracious reader. A German speaker. A wood turner. A lover of art and theatre and music. A poet. A follower of politics. A realistic idealist. A skeptical optimist.  All of these are part and parcel of who I am.

I am employed as a Senior Content Strategist for the Internet Society, serve on the board of the global Voice Over IP Security Alliance (VOIPSA) and am involved in a number of other activities that I mention from time to time in my writing.

You can also find me on LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+ and pretty much most other social networking site..

I am Dan York.  Welcome to one part of my story....

P.S. Photos of me courtesy of Duncan Davidson