Andy Abramson Blogger/PR Pal Jeremy Pepper posted a bunch of photos from my “official” wedding in San Francisco last night. Kudos to all who helped make it so special for Helene and I. Om Malik and Dr. Malabed who witnessed our legal marriage Marshall Gobuty and Rick Caras who witnessed and signed our Katubah before God Jim … Read more
For those of you who don’t know, long before I started blogging, I began broadcasting daily with Ken Rutkowski on KenRadio.com with a daily program called “The World Technology Roundup.” For almost nine years (and long before podcasting) Ken and I have brought the news to the world, sharing insight and opinion. Give us thirty … Read more
I’m sensing a renewed interest in the world of IT about Fixed Mobile Convergence based upon the growing interest in the concept of one phone that works both over Circuit Switched networks and IP ones. Today’s Australian IT has a nice interview with an Ericsson executive and the comments, along with some other reading I’ve … Read more
Blogging is suspended while I get married to Helene (officially)
While Jajah may fall into the category of what I have dubbed “Minute Stealers” they are certainly making an impact on the telephone world by migrating long distance calls from the old school way to VoIP. The story documents how they got to where they are, and why they are so successful.
August isn’t over yet, but the conference season is just around the corner. First up in San Francisco is the Office 2.0 Conference which is shaping up to be something very cool. Not a drop of 1.0 thinking is being used and the event organizers are promising all kinds of surprises.
The New York Times has a very interesting article about the social implications of what happens when people switch cell phone carriers. The idea of calling circles dates back to the MCI “Friends and Family” era of calling plans, but in the era of the mobile society friendships are made and maintained on the go … Read more
Recently I had to stay in San Jose and I chose to stay in the lovely Fairmont Hotel. I’ve stayed there before and always felt the experience was worth a return visit. The first room I was given was by the pool, but had a tobacco odor even though it was a non-smoking room. As … Read more
I just heard from the travelwatch maven Joe Brancatelli of joesentme.com and Conde naste’s Portfolio that computers won’t be the only thing that comes out of the bag when we go through airport security. It seems the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has changed its policy on electronics in carry-on bags BEGINNING TOMORROW, Saturday, August 4. … Read more
It looks like Mitel and Newbridge founder and telecom legend Terry Matthews has become Chairman of the Board of Counterpath, the soft client leader in VoIP. The change in leadership came about as part of CounterPath buying a WesleyClover company called NewHeights that cleared all hurdles this week.
