One Big Cheer for ICANN – But Still a Long Way from Our “Gooool”
As we approach the World Cup in South Africa this June it’s heartening to see the amount of attention being paid to the continent. As...
A Little Flexibility from ICANN and We Might Just Get IDNs… for Everyone
Nobody doubts that some time in the near future there will be Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) in Chinese, Russian or Arabic...
Queuing for IDN gTLDs in Seoul
Early last week, still jetlagged from the long flight in from the US, I had the chat with some of the Emerging Markets delegates to the...
Shouldn’t tea time for Kenya mean IDN TLDs?
Anyone who knows Kenya knows it is famous for tea. And while I can now get Kenyan tea online from US companies like Starbucks, Caribou...
ICANN’s Positive Affirmation: Good News for Africa and Emerging Markets
Sometimes you get what you are asking for. And this seems to be one of those occasions… and the US government can give itself a pat on...
As ICANN grows, time to focus on emerging markets
[NB, this article, co-written with my friend and colleague Vika Mpisane from South Africa, is currently awaiting publication in...
ICANN – Confidence Campaign or Just a Con Game for Emerging Markets?
I work in Washington, and a week and a half ago the ICANN Confidence Campaign came to town. As theater, it was a pretty impressive event....
Scrabulous, Scrabble, and economic development in South Asia
In February I made my first visit to the Subcontinent, in Delhi, for the regional meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names...
Rio, IGF, and getting IP right
About a year ago I attended the first Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting in Athens. It was a huge techie jamboree bringing together...
Making sense on the ‘net… after the dot
Sitting here in the dimly lit ballroom of the LA Airport Hilton, I am every day more impressed by the challenges faced by ICANN, the...
