From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Taglets are it! – They really could be!

January 14, 2009

You remember the old “Tag your are it! Now there’s a new potential game. A couple of weeks ago I learned what was keeping David and Mark busy. It’s called Taglets. What is it? Well we know what “tags” are. In fact tags are used a lot. They help us organize things, or remember where [...]

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A Little Venting about Comcast

January 14, 2009

I am just peeved with Comcast. It’s simple – I rely on my internet connection and when it doesn’t work it is crippling. So this will be a short and sweet summary. It is effectively my feedback. Comcast is like PG&E, AT&T etc. I expect these things to work without fail. I can accept when [...]

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links for 2009-01-14

January 14, 2009

Where is Enterprise Communications going? "User Experience for the Business User in 2009" Bruce MacVarish writes about the enterprise trends and impact on business communications. 3 to 6 are particularly interesting to me. One challenge will be how to be both more secure and more transparent at the same time. (tags: voip communications collaboration flow)

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links for 2009-01-13

January 13, 2009

A cautionary view of "When Touch Is Inappropriate" There's good points in here. While I believe there are new opportunities in touch Stacey is right in saying Agree large gestures don't make sense. The other objection re blogs spreadsheets etc is in my view the wrong perspective. I think it is what new things can [...]

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No Instant Gratification with TiVo’s Amazon Rental Service

January 12, 2009

Rent a movie has really rolled into our household. It’s less about hard times and more about convenience. The choice of going to Blockbuster and just choosing a movie and pressing a button is easy and obvious. This weekend I also found I had even more choices. So this is a quick comparison between TiVo [...]

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links for 2009-01-10

January 10, 2009

The “Skype is open” argument – not even wrong" continues with @mrblog. Skype is not open! Skype should just offer me a SIP account. I'd even pay for it. As David writes routing via the PSTN is not open. (tags: voip skype SIP PSTN) @om writes "With iPod Touch (& iPhone) Apple Will Rule the [...]

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Skype Will Never Beat Facebook

January 9, 2009

When a friend starts a post with a “you will think I’m nuts …” I know he’s a real buddy of mine. Luca asks today How Can Skype Become The Next Facebook? I’d have to say no way! My reasons are supported by some of the reasons he provides in his post and some of [...]

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My Twitter Updates for 2009-01-08

January 8, 2009

A skype mood “in the “old” days everybody used to have their social status here at Skype – now pls find me at LinkedIn, Facebook and Plaxo” # I’ve written something similar six times over. I think it gets better with each telling although I’d prefer to be learning by doing! #

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Social Signals to Change Communications?

January 8, 2009

Lee’s doing a great job on the interview front in preparation for eComm. This interview with Matt Ranney of Rebelvox had some points in it that I know I’ve been advocating and seem to be catching on. Signaling is the media! A call is dependent on the context and the content. That’s what we have [...]

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links for 2009-01-08

January 8, 2009

via @filos HelloTxtFeed – Feed your blog to HelloTxt Points out that this provides more flexibility than Twitterfeed enabling you to update multiple sites. For auto updates … eg blogs, links etc this could be useful. (tags: twitter rss hellotxt)

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My Twitter Updates for 2009-01-07

January 7, 2009

Link: Robert Po writes about 8 VoIP Trends to Watch in 2009 http://tinyurl.com/8zs9op # Link: Tim Liberech blogs on The Big (Uneasy) Idea(s) – really worth the read http://tinyurl.com/978yda # Link: @asaunders that’s a cool find! Balsamiq Mockups For Desktop http://tinyurl.com/52cuut # just had an insight! may just help things along. working on the next [...]

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My Twitter Updates for 2009-01-07

January 7, 2009

Link: Robert Po writes about 8 VoIP Trends to Watch in 2009 http://tinyurl.com/8zs9op # Link: Tim Liberech blogs on The Big (Uneasy) Idea(s) – really worth the read http://tinyurl.com/978yda # Link: @asaunders that’s a cool find! Balsamiq Mockups For Desktop http://tinyurl.com/52cuut # just had an insight! may just help things along. working on the next [...]

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links for 2009-01-07

January 7, 2009

George Habers new startup looks like one to watch at CES. It is more than adding TV to your laptop. CrestaTech will let laptops be universal TVs or radios » VentureBeat (tags: media TV crestatech crestaTV) @asaunders that's a cool find! Balsamiq Mockups For Desktop a simple quick way to work on mock-ups. Looks worth [...]

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My Twitter Updates for 2009-01-06

January 6, 2009

Delicious: Mobile Phones Kill More Than Brain Cells http://tinyurl.com/a5l6jj # Delicious: Telco 2.0 Draft List – Thanks to Rich Tehrani http://tinyurl.com/75y99h # Delicious: @aswath good post. “Know Thy VoIP before Taking Pulse” which takes the “signaling” importan.. http://tinyurl.com/74852m # Delicious: Five Things Twitter Should Do in ‘09 | Twitterrati http://tinyurl.com/8j7z9j # @biz I’d like to [...]

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My Twitter Updates for 2009-01-06

January 6, 2009

Delicious: Mobile Phones Kill More Than Brain Cells http://tinyurl.com/a5l6jj # Delicious: Telco 2.0 Draft List – Thanks to Rich Tehrani http://tinyurl.com/75y99h # Delicious: @aswath good post. “Know Thy VoIP before Taking Pulse” which takes the “signaling” importan.. http://tinyurl.com/74852m # Delicious: Five Things Twitter Should Do in ‘09 | Twitterrati http://tinyurl.com/8j7z9j # @biz I’d like to [...]

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