One of my greatest frustrations with Mac has been the lack of a VoIP SoftPhone. To be completely clear, when I say VoIP SoftPhone I mean that the way you would mean “email client”. I’m not interested in a SoftPhone tied to a particular service provider or network. This search has been frustrating me for… Continue reading Mission accomplished – VoIP Softphone for Mac
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Video: Social Media in Corporations – and The Quesiton of Scale
David Alston of Radian6 stopped by yesterday and commented on this post. This video is a detailed explanation of my views on Social Media, Brand Monitoring, and operationalizing and scaling those things in companies. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2576062&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=8f3b55&fullscreen=1 Video Blog 12-19-2008 | The question of Scale & Social Media for Brand Managment from Brian Roy on Vimeo.
Video: VMware Fusion Developer Tips and Apple after Steve Jobs
Another day another video blog post. And I’ll say it again… however Vimeo selects the static frame… not working for me… what am I catching flies!!! UPDATE: Well great, my first complaint with Vimeo – they totally hosed this when they encoded it… video/sound way out of sync. Sorry about that folks – this is… Continue reading Video: VMware Fusion Developer Tips and Apple after Steve Jobs
Skype begins un-walling the Walled Garden
I’ve said it before – and I’ll say it again. Walled gardens are great for developing a market – but the outcome is inevitable (barring anti-competitive regulation). The walls fall. Skype announced yesterday that they are introducing a Skype interface (know as a channel driver) for Asterisk. This is great news – it enables Skype… Continue reading Skype begins un-walling the Walled Garden
Jingle Networks Launches Voice Ad Network
<sarcasm> Thank you for calling <insert big company name here>. Your call is important to us. While you are waiting we will now subject you to ads for products from <other big company name> for which you have no need, did not call to get information about and which you will find utterly annoying. You… Continue reading Jingle Networks Launches Voice Ad Network
The great IMAP migration…
Late last week GoDaddy finally pushed me over the edge… I just couldn’t take it anymore. I’m all for combatting spam… I really am, but when 60% plus of the emails sent to me bounce as spam/virus something has gone dreadfully awry. So, I had to search for a new email hosting provider – and… Continue reading The great IMAP migration…
Gartner Hype Cycle… if you buy into that kind of thing…
If there is one thing I learned at Fortune 500 – it is that Gartner is the ultimate CYA for CIOs. I’m not saying that Gartner doesn’t do quality analysis… it just seems to me they are always “fighting the last war” as it were… Gartner is the best way to ensure your choice is… Continue reading Gartner Hype Cycle… if you buy into that kind of thing…
TomTom Turn by Turn GPS Navigation for iPhone working?
News today via Wired and MSNBC that TomTom has made their navigation system run on the iPhone. We’ve heard many reports that various GPS manufacturers were working on an application for the iPhone, but I think this is the first time I’ve heard that they have it working. Of course the primary concern is that… Continue reading TomTom Turn by Turn GPS Navigation for iPhone working?
Facebook – issues with friend status updates…
It seems like Facebook is having issues with displaying friend status updates. Last night the iPhone app was unable to get status updates… today it is the new Facebook home page. Let me know in the comments if you are seeing any errors like this in your various Facebook applications/feeds/etc…
Apple Working on Software Fix For iPhone 3G Reception
Via Gizmodo today… The problem no one admits is a problem is being worked on… According to Businessweek, the solution to the iPhone 3G’s chipset issues could be easier than most of us probably expected. They believe Apple has found a way to correct the problem with a simple software upgrade instead of a costly… Continue reading Apple Working on Software Fix For iPhone 3G Reception