File this under “how to reduce complexity by increasing complexity”. I always wondered why people thought GrandCentral’s primary offering was so great… one (more) number for life… It seems that whole plan has come back to bite some GrandCentral users as they have now been informed that their existing one (more) number for life is… Continue reading I have too may phone numbers… so give me another one???
If you spend any time attempting to derive value from blog comments…
You’ll really enjoy this… WARNING: Some pretty vulgar language in this clip. http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1771556
Skype outage – debunking the peer to peer myth…
Skype has been down for close to 12 hours now… which – as a software architect by trade – got me to wondering how a nodal peer to peer system (theoretically with no centralized services/single points of failure) could suffer a complete outage… Listen to the embeded CallRecord for more… http://www.cosinity.com:9080/lps-3.3.3/my-apps/cosinity/miniplayer.lzx?lzt=swf&lzr=swf7&debug=false&ref=3c7781a36bcd6cf08c11a970fbe0e2a6
The MIA Blogger
So I’ve been MIA here for about two months… which is bad. What have I been up to you ask… I’m glad you asked. I’ve been working hard to launch cosinity – a new Social Telephony company… and I’m happy to announce that the beta version of our first offering – CallRecord – is now… Continue reading The MIA Blogger
How much do your customers hate your IVR?
So much that entire companies are being launched to aid customers in getting around it. BRINGO is a new service which enables customers to get to a human fast… BRINGO cuts through all of that so you don’t have to. That’s right, BRINGO has conquered phone trees. Here’s how it works: 1. Find the company… Continue reading How much do your customers hate your IVR?
Techdirt Insight Community – Disrupting Technology Analysis
Sorry Gartner… Techdirt is applying Web 2.0 thinking to the market for IT Analysis; and the concept is pretty impressive. Perhaps as interesting (to me anyway) is that this is the most impressive 2 minute elevator pitch I’ve seen in a long time. More after the jump… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1PXFJw58CM]
Did you learn more in school or out?
Jeff Pulver at the Jeff Pulver Blog asked a great question today: Which leads me to today’s question of the day: Looking at what you are involved with these days on a day-to-day basis, did you learn more of what you need to know to do this from something you learned in school, or from… Continue reading Did you learn more in school or out?
Free software is dead… really?
From the Bankok Post: “The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn’t exist in 2007. Even Linus has got a job today.” Controversial statements from the head of Microsoft’s Linux Labs, Bill Hilf. Full article here. Imagine my shock at Microsoft’s Bill Hilf coming out and saying that free software is dead. What is next…… Continue reading Free software is dead… really?
Congress (finally) decides to do something to aid innovation…
Congress finally decided that it was time to address the fact that the US is falling woefully behind the rest of the world – and Asia in particular – in educating engineers. Drawing wide support from Democrats and Republicans, the Senate approved legislation dramatically increasing federal funding for research. The bill also seeks to jump… Continue reading Congress (finally) decides to do something to aid innovation…
Wal-Mart VoIP – Yep, it is a commodity.
An MSNBC article yesterday details a new alliance between Wal-Mart and Skype. The dedicated Skype section will feature handsets, headsets and webcams designed to work with Skype, a provider of free and very cheap long-distance calls, including to phone numbers abroad. Wal-Mart will also sell the first prepaid cards for Skype calls to be sold… Continue reading Wal-Mart VoIP – Yep, it is a commodity.