Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Improvising a microphone stand

by alec on February 14, 2007

I had a great morning with the Doug Steve and Matt from the BlackberryCool team.  They came in to shoot some video, and do an interview.  Part way through, it became necessary to improvise a microphone stand.  Puffy heart pillows to the rescue!

Happy Valentines Day.

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iotum an interesting startup, says VoIP-News

by alec on February 14, 2007

There’s nothing better than seeing your company’s name in print.  VoIP-News released their list of the 25 “most interesting” VoIP startups, and iotum made the list.  Huzzah!  Here’s what they had to say:

Iotum

When the phone rings, who is it? Is the caller scheduled to be part of a teleconference? Has the person called three times this hour? Is the caller your boss, or someone else who ought to override your Do Not Disturb feature?

Iotum, a VoIP service on the Asterisk platform, tries to define the relevance of a VoIP call as it arrives at your desk.

Iotum is worth watching because the company has just released Talk-Now, a next-generation product for the Blackberry. IT’s potentially revolutionary because it lets users share their availability with some, but not all of their contacts, and eliminates phone tag by allowing users to know when the people they need to talk to are available to take their calls.

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T-Mobile bitten

February 14, 2007

In the world of PR, sound-bites are the sliver of seared foie-gras adorning your steak.  Having carefully constructed a story and a position, your hope is that a clever sound-bite will hook the reporter, and provide the flourish, the finish, that will really make the story fly.  In my days at Microsoft, we used to spend [...]

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Revver wins the battle of the video sharing sites

February 14, 2007

Preparing the Talk-Now demo video which I posted yesterday has been a fascinating odyssey.  Keeping in mind that I am an utter video neophyte, although I do have some skills as a still photographer, the result turned out pretty alright. This post, then, is for all the video-noobs out there like me.  It’ll save you [...]

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