September 2005

Oh SPIT!

September 26, 2005

It’s really remarkable the complete and utter tripe that some "news" organizations will publish.  The object of my disdain today is the Vancouver Sun.  Writer Gillian Shaw has published one of the silliest, and most hysterical pieces on phone spam that one could imagine.  Titled "Phone spam a security risk", it purports to be about [...]

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Project Gizmo

September 26, 2005

I had a great experience this evening, using Gizmo.  I hadn’t tried it before (who needs another softphone, sez me!), but Andy Abramson was giving it pretty high marks, so we had a call.  Then I called my business partner Howard on his cell phone with it.  This thing rocks!  It’s the softphone I would [...]

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Blogging Rita

September 26, 2005

Plaxo is a great little utility.  It generates all kinds of side effects.  For instance, I make it a habit of sending people those Plaxo e-cards on their birthday.  One of the toughest things to do in business is to simply stay in touch with your friends, and contacts.  Plaxo makes it a little easier. [...]

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Inveneo Photos

September 26, 2005

I’ve been swapping mail with Kristin Peterson about Inveneo.  I mentioned that it would be very cool to see some photos of people using their system, and she pointed me to the pages on their Uganda deployment.  Without further ado, click here to see the Inveneo system in action. 

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Berry411: Must-have Blackberry App

September 26, 2005

Berry411 is a great little utility for anyone who owns a RIM Blackberry.  Berry 411 gives you instant access to yellow pages, white pages, Google, movie times, weather, encyclopedia, and Froogle results. You can dial any phone number directly from the display or add it to your phone book. The results are formatted to fit [...]

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Carly Fiorina Keynote at ITExpo

September 26, 2005

Rich Tehrani has a great post over on his blog about his conversation with Carly Fiorina and her upcoming keynote at ITExpo.  Sounds like it’s going to be a great speech!  One of the items they discussed was the separation between carrier and enterprise, quoted below: In her words, telecom/datacom and service provider/enterprise are not separate realms. [...]

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Most Prolific Blogger at VON

September 26, 2005

According to Jeff Pulver, that’s me.  Jeff spent part of the weekend producing a great roundup of VON blogs.  Well worth reading through if you want to get a flavor of what happened at the show.

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BT Slashes Communicator Prices

September 26, 2005

The Times has reported that BT is slashing the cost of BT communicator calls.  The new pricing and marketing programs are very aggressive (1/2p per minute to up to 27 other countries), and demonstrate the seriousness with which the incumbents view Skype, and the margin that still remains in a PSTN long distance call.  There is [...]

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Inveneo

September 25, 2005

One of the neatest companies at VON was a tiny non-profit in the Asterisk booth called Inveneo. Inveneo is bringing modern communications technology to the third world.  For environments where electricity isn’t available, they’ve designed a low-powered computer system (10 watt, with a 10 watt display), powered from a battery source, which is in turn charged by either a [...]

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Tom Howe Has a Blog

September 25, 2005

I’ve been digging through the pile of cards I returned from VON with, and discovered, on Tom Howe’s card, this site: http://www.thomashowe.com. Another VoIP blogger!  Some of you may know Tom as the founder of Tangerine Inc.  Most recently, he’s been CTO of Versatel Networks.

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