ICANN Posts Draft Guidelines for NewTLD Applications
This just in, the new TLD process guidelines are posted, as promised by ICANN a few weeks in advance of the Cairo Public meeting. http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-draft-rfp-24oct08-en.pdf
View ArticleMinds + Machines
I started a new company with Antony Van Couvering called Minds + Machines, and we’ll be posting over there at that blog about professional domain matters and new TLDs....
View ArticleRegistry Service Provider Speed Dating
Two years ago, in 2008, I put together a session at the Paris ICANN meeting where I gathered new TLD applicants and service providers together in a room to meet each other. Afterward, I put together a...
View Article“New” TLDs, 25 years ago…
Just uploaded a presentation on the shifting #1 ranking position of new TLDs over at Scrib’d called New TLDs 25 Years Ago. Source information from whois.io.
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.MLS – MLS Domains Association Membership Surge from ‘Founders Claim Period”
For a new TLD applicant who is creating a community application or standard application, obtaining the general support (or lack of objection resulting from consultation) from primary groups in the...
View Article.hitachi … Another smart brand announces new TLD
According to a press release at GMO Registry, they’ve signed a deal with Hitachi to operate the .hitachi Top Level Domain name in the upcoming application period with ICANN. “GMO Registry gTLD...
View ArticleNext up: Newdomains.org conference in Munich 9/26-27
More conferences! Â Following on the heels of a very successful F8 conference with Facebook, I am now on to Munich for the newtlds.org conference. New Top Level Domains are coming into focus and it is...
View ArticleVideo: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Internet...
I found a gem at The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation when I was searching for the composition of the participants. What I found on their website was this very powerful...
View ArticleNamesCon 2016 – Already past 350 attendees and climbing!
NamesCon 2016 is already at 350+ attendees, and Jodi Chamberlain, Richard Lau and I are already working on NamesCon’s third year schedule and events. The agenda is filling up, and we’re accepting...
View ArticleStart: Virtual Conferences, Volunteering and More
At long last, an update. I don’t update this blog very frequently, as I find myself quite busy with advisory and mentoring activities, but wanted to give a mega-update. With the world in the ‘new...
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