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Outline

• Im going to make two points
• Why .nyc?
• Confusion

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Outline

• Why .nyc?

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Why .nyc?

• Good Domain Names
• Short
• Descriptive
• Memorable

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Why .nyc?

• Names for
• Small Business
• Community and Civics
• Not for Profits
• Individuals
• Issues

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Why .nyc?

• Identity
• Made in New York
• From New York City

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Why .nyc?

• To the Internet, there is no New York City !

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Why .nyc?

• So things.
• you find
• can
• you find
• So things.

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New York City 1800
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New York City 1800

• Planning head, city leaders established a
  Commission to plan for the future.
• They created

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The Commissioners Plan of 1811
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The Commissioners Plan of 1811
Why can you see the sun?
Hint
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The Commissioners Plan of 1811
Created the Manhattan Street Grid
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The Commissioners Plan of 1811

• The grid organized
• and made accessible
• New York Citys
• real estate resources.

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Why .nyc?

• Organize
• and make accessible
• New York Citys
• digital resources.

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Why .nyc?

• So things.
• you find
• can
• you find
• So things.

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Why .nyc?

• So you can find things.
• The city has 402 hotels
• Google NYC hotels
• you get 50 - 90,000,000 hits

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Why .nyc?

• So you can find things.
• The city has 1,400 schools
• Google NYC schools
• you get 50 -174,000,000 hits

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Why .nyc?

• So you can find things.
• The city has 120 hospitals
• Google NYC hospitals
• you get 47 - 144,000,000 hits

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Why .nyc?

• So things.
• you find
• can
• you find
• So things.

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Why .nyc?

• Proximity

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Why .nyc?

• Networking

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Why .nyc?

• these are
• the historic role of the city

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Proximity Networking
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Proximity Networking

• heres my city networking map

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Proximity Networking
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Proximity Networking
people of all shades interacting in different
ways...
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Proximity Networking
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Proximity Networking

• then about 1995

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Proximity Networking

• we were globalized

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Proximity Networking
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Proximity Networking

• No more junk ebay.com
• His Holiness pope.va
• The .com TLD globalized NYCs communication.

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Proximity Networking

• the role of .nyc
• to reconnect the city

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Proximity Networking

• the role of .nyc
• to reestablish its historic role

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Proximity Networking
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Choice Confusion

• Part 2

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Choice Confusion

• todays workshop is entitled

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Choice Confusion

• New Geo-TLDs
• More Consumer Choice?
• More Consumer Confusion?

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Choice Confusion

• New Geo-TLDs
• More Consumer Choice?
• More Consumer Confusion?

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Choice Confusion

• New Geo-TLDs
• why not
• More Resident Choice?
• More Resident Confusion?

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Choice Confusion

• New Geo-TLDs
• why not
• More Voter Choice?
• More Voter Confusion?

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Choice Confusion

• New Geo-TLDs
• why not
• More Entrepreneur Choice?
• More Entrepreneur Confusion?

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Choice Confusion

• New Geo-TLDs
• why not
• More Resident Choice?
• More Resident Confusion?
• www.hotels.nyc
• www.schools.nyc
• www.hospitals.nyc

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Choice Confusion

• eliminating confusion
• NYC.GOV
• GOV.NYC

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Choice Confusion

• eliminating confusion
• NYC.GOV
• Current site for mayors office

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Choice Confusion

• eliminating confusion
• NYC.GOV
• Current site for mayors office
• City Council splits its efforts between .us and
  .info

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Choice Confusion

• eliminating confusion
• GOV.NYC
• redirect to
• NYC.GOV

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What We Need

• A place on the Internet
• for the citys residents
• and organizations to
• find one another.

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What We Need

• A place on the Internet where the world can find
  our resources.

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What We Need

• Opportunity
• Especially for our youth and large immigrant
  community.

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What We Need

• 2007 formed
• Connecting.nyc Inc.
• not-for-profit
• Acquire Develop the .nyc TLD

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We Need
Our Wiki Front Page www.connectingnyc.org