No, unless my blog/site specifically targets networking people. It's our job as technical professionals to keep people that don't want/need to be technical professionals from caring about this sort of thing.
I volunteer to run a small private network (30-40 users max) for an educational institution, are there materials available that can help me understand what changes will be needed to my system so that the IPv6 transition runs smoothly?
We have links to IPv6 tutorials and case studies on our site at http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/ipv6/ but I don't know that we have something exactly like you are looking for. It definitely sounds like something we should add to the site, though.
Yes, you're right. A more correct headline would be "Can You Please Add A World IPv6 Launch Badge To Your Blog Or Website If It Is Appropriate For Your Audience And Content ?" but that would be a bit too long. We want to reach technical professionals like you on the sites and blogs that you and others read.
It's our job as technical professionals to keep people that don't want/need to be technical professionals from caring about this sort of thing.
No it's not. As users of the Internet, we all share responsibility for ensuring that it can grow. It's important to educate regular users as to why there are now two Internets, and how the first Internet (v4) is now deprecated.
They shouldn't be expected to take any actions to use the new Internet we're building for them, but they should know that it exists. It's like saying "I use Windows" even though the user did not actually write Windows. He still needs to know what OS he uses so he can understand compatibility issues. Similarly, he needs to know if he is reachable via IPv4 or IPv6, so that when something doesn't work, he has a mental frame of reference of what to check.
It's nice to embrace the magical idea of "everything will magically work with no training", but there's only one truly intuitive interface. Everything else is learned. Treating people like idiots only angers them.
They shouldn't be expected to take any actions to use the new Internet we're building for them, but they should know that it exists.
If they don't need to take any action regarding low-level networking infrastructure, why should they have to concern themselves with it?
Why can't engineers, writers, teachers, workers, bureaucrats, manual laborers, poets, bus drivers, carers for children, and on and on just use this utility? It's not treating them like idiots to not tell them exactly what sort of pipes their water goes through to get to them. These infrastructure concerns are just millions of details about their everyday existence that they don't need to know. What makes our particular utility special that they should have to be told about it?
They should be able to find out if they care or are just interested for curiosity's sake. But otherwise it's just bothersome clutter to them.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 27.5 ms ] threadNo it's not. As users of the Internet, we all share responsibility for ensuring that it can grow. It's important to educate regular users as to why there are now two Internets, and how the first Internet (v4) is now deprecated.
They shouldn't be expected to take any actions to use the new Internet we're building for them, but they should know that it exists. It's like saying "I use Windows" even though the user did not actually write Windows. He still needs to know what OS he uses so he can understand compatibility issues. Similarly, he needs to know if he is reachable via IPv4 or IPv6, so that when something doesn't work, he has a mental frame of reference of what to check.
It's nice to embrace the magical idea of "everything will magically work with no training", but there's only one truly intuitive interface. Everything else is learned. Treating people like idiots only angers them.
If they don't need to take any action regarding low-level networking infrastructure, why should they have to concern themselves with it?
Why can't engineers, writers, teachers, workers, bureaucrats, manual laborers, poets, bus drivers, carers for children, and on and on just use this utility? It's not treating them like idiots to not tell them exactly what sort of pipes their water goes through to get to them. These infrastructure concerns are just millions of details about their everyday existence that they don't need to know. What makes our particular utility special that they should have to be told about it?
They should be able to find out if they care or are just interested for curiosity's sake. But otherwise it's just bothersome clutter to them.