links for 2008-11-21

Tweet someone some money! I was very skeptical at first and still am. Executionally this is rather neat. Another example of the Twitter community developing a full set of trading tools.

Picked up via Andy Abramson this rant by Michael Graves on the state of soft phones. There's no progres or revolution afoot here. Where I'd look is where I've been playing. There's a whole host of Twitter Apps that don't yet talk but manage many conversations in different ways. I think we will want to have this level of customization to personal needs and productivity in the future. I can see many different apps evolving. Escalation to voice will be one of the capabilities that is plugged in. These app developers shouldn't have to worry about how to do voice merely have a set of commands. These new dashboards will be much more effective and flexible than the IM and softphone clients that came before.

Low rates are no longer enough to get me to change or adopt a new behavior. Rebtel's rates to India are certainly low although temporary for new users. Minute rates isn't the long term way forward

Long term results and summary of a three year MacArthur Foundation project.

Stowe, thanks for point me to this study! Very appropriate.

This is worth reading!