Andy Abramson One has to admit to oneself from time to time when you’re a Type A, Cell A personality, who also understands that the agency world is a service industry, that we all need a break and need to balance the always on, always want to help and be helpful, with the “I want to be … Read more
Being on vacation means there’s a few things to catch up on. PhoneBoy tells us about a new Fring client for Series 60 handsets….. I received an email about a new version of Gizmo5 with video that’s supposed to be out (but not on the Mac yet despite what the email and web site said..) … Read more
One has to admit to oneself from time to time when you’re a Type A, Cell A personality, who also understands that the agency world is a service industry, that we all need a break and need to balance the always on, always want to help and be helpful, with the “I want to be … Read more
Esme Vos has a well timed post on the concept of Co-Working that got me thinking this morning here in Paris. In my agency from time to time we utilize co-working facilities made available from HQ. When I’m on the road and need an office, I find one in almost 1000 locations, plus airports. My … Read more
A few weeks back Ike Elliott wrote about the differences in growth and momentum between Comcast and Vonage. Here’s my take: 1) Vonage churn is one, if not the highest in the telco industry. A lot of involuntary churn isn’t even factored in. That’s the folks who don’t pay their bill and get cut off. … Read more
As a recovering sports junkie and sports marketing executive in my former life, one of the most exciting months of the year was always March. Not only was it make or break time in the NHL and NBA, but for many a real cage fan, the NCAA March Madness college hoops tournaments were the thing … Read more
Dean Bubley’s post on 3G and WiFi got me thinking about lock in deals that the mobile operators and even many of the VoIP providers stick many of us with. Buy your phone from AT&T or T-Mobile and your locked in to them, and that phone. Same with Verizon and Sprint. Just try changing your … Read more
Beer drinkers know the song that starts out 99 bottles of beer and as each verse goes by, the number drops. Well that’s about how I feel about the new pricing models from the USA based mobile operators on what’s going to happen. Om points out that the new pricing favors the heavy user more … Read more
Stacey Higginbotham, one of the newer bright lights at GigaOm has a short piece about the possible death watch about UMA. For me, UMA, FMC (fixed mobile convergence) and VCC (virtual call continuity) are all about proving what people want: 1. One number 2. Two services that appear as the same-mobile phone, WiFi phone 3. … Read more
I love Best Of and Top lists. They take the work out of stumbling through so many different applications that others wiser than I have gone through. Today I spied this VoIP News Top Five Skype Add Ins list. In many cases, it mirrors some of the comments I’ve read or heard from pals Jim … Read more
