Saturday, September 17, 2005

More Phone Etiquette Blunders

by alec on September 17, 2005

I have a Google subscription set up to catch interesting stories about telephone etiquette, because one of the things that Iotum’s software is designed to do is to minimize inappropriate interruptions. 

This piece was written for the college crowd.  "Why keep your cell phone on vibrate when you’re in class?" it asks.  It also goes on to talk about various other places where it might be inappropriate to have a cell phone call, like this…

I was sitting behind a lady on light-rail. For the whole 20-minute ride, she was talking on her phone about how she caught her husband cheating on her. Please save the graphic conversations for someplace where you aren’t crammed in like sardines.

You can well imagine the looks on the other passengers faces.

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CE Pro Blog

by alec on September 17, 2005

CE Pro, the magazine for custom electronics professionals, has a blog.  My friend, editor-at-large Julie Jacobsen, just sent me a link.  If you’re interested in how the pro’s do things like RIP an entire collection of CDs to a media server, or install specific types of in-home electronics, this is the magazine and blog for you!

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Werblog on Skype/Ebay

September 17, 2005

Kevin Werbach has offered some additional thoughts on the Skype / EBay deal. He’s focused on the synergies between the companies, and the direction that this might go. He writes: Don’t get hung up on the fact that eBay is an "auction company" and Skype is a "VOIP company." Think about eBay as a radically efficient virtual [...]

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