Domains & DNS

ICANN's next meeting is being held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 25th to 30th March 2007. The main ICANN site has some details, but I expect there'll be more content and detail in the coming weeks. There is also a site run by the local host (with really annoying background music), which contains information on the venue etc., but does not have a schedule as yet. On a sidenote ICANN … [Read more...] about ICANN Lisbon

I arrived back in Dublin this morning at around 11am Irish time, which was 3am LA time. I'm not 100% sure if I'm jetlagged or simply tired.... In any case it was a fantastic trip!! I've uploaded the rest of the photos from my camera and have downloaded my mail (that took a lot longer). It was great to meet some of the people I'd been in touch with over the last couple of years … [Read more...] about DomainFest – Hangover?

A panel of experts drawn from several quarters led a very compact and intense panel session on IDN, ccTLDs and new TLDs. Most panel discussions I've attended have either run on too long or dragged a bit. In the case of yesterday's session the opposite was the truth. The panel was comprised of Tina Dam (ICANN), who gave a brief update on IDN. She was followed by Hiro Hotta … [Read more...] about Discussion of IDN, ccTLDs and new TLDs – DomainFest

Domain Fest kicked off yesterday afternoon with registration in the mezzanine of the Hollywood Renaissance. I now feel "branded", as I'm walking around the place with a big name tag hanging from a lanyard. All delegates got a nice little bag jammed with goodies - the dotMobi guys provided a branded luggage label, which I can definitely see coming in useful on my way back! After … [Read more...] about Domain Fest Kicks Off

DomainFest kicks off this afternoon with the registration, a talk of some kind and a party... It's hardly surprising that some of the delegates had arrived already and when you combine that with an ICANN regional meeting in Santa Monica.. Yes - you guessed it. Domain types everywhere. Yesterday evening I met up with Freddy from EuroDns and a couple of the others who were here … [Read more...] about Domainers in LA …