Explaining OpenDNS for television

On Tuesday afternoon, KPIX, the local San Francisco/Bay Area CBS affiliate ran a ConsumerWatch segment called “Faster Internet For Free?” They didn’t need the question mark, because this was about OpenDNS. (Yes, I’m biased.) It was a good description of DNS, which isn’t easy for a non-technical audience. Kudos to Allison for convincing the CBS folks that this topic can work on television.

Describing OpenDNS to CBS5's ConsumerWatch on February 20, 2007

As in October, with PhishTank, the segment was about two minutes long, and it was the teaser going into commerical about two-thirds of the way through the show. Here’s the OpenDNS blog post about the segment.

My sister thinks I’m getting better on camera now because of the iSighting we do to keep in touch. Charitable of her… but I enjoyed doing it. Here’s a direct link to the video.

Oh, and it’s better to wear blue or any stronger color if you’re going to be on camera… which I knew, but didn’t pursue. Now I see why it’s worth making an extra effort: too washed out.