Cisco’s PR Nightmare

When a crisis hits large companies usually pull out the crisis manual. Many, written by PR pros with dozens of years of experience at spin control, vetted by attorneys and endorsed by very senior management approve of them, without realizing that the Internet has changed things. In Cisco’s case they did many things wrong. First, … Read more

EvDO on the Pacific Surfliner

Helene and I (for those of you who don’t know-my fiance who’s a doctor by day, girl geek by night, whom I met when I saw her using a Tablet PC in the lobby of the W in San Francisco late last year) took a quick weekend getaway to Santa Barbara to see our friend … Read more

Get Ready To Say Good Bye To Calling Cards

A few weeks back I talked about marketing wrong versus right. I keep an eye peeled for those that do something right and recognize that as much as doing things wrong. (Remember the One Minute Manager approach?) so looking at David’s post, I think that the days of calling cards for some could become a … Read more

Skype More Than A Voice Service To Some

Search Engine Journal has an interesting viewpoint on how Skype is becoming a replacement for e-mail to some. My problem with this TODAY is that I can’t receive Skype voicemail on the Blackberry or PocketPC/Windows Mobile devices. Somehow I see that more of a developer’s issue than anything else.

The Challenges Skype Faces

Lars brings up a great point in his TelcoTrash post about QoS and how it costs company’s money to support bad service. I’m amazed at how much bad is supported in business today, instead of just doing it right. Starbucks in my view is a perfect model of doing everything right. Sadly I don’t see … Read more

New VoIP Video Fones From Fujitsu! Get It

A little alliteration and journalistic license not withstanding in the headline, these two new VideoPhones that use VoIP appear very interesting! We are clearly seeing the convergence model being applied herewith both devices. With Skype making all kinds of noise that they will roll out video in a big way soon, and likely make an … Read more

Junction Networks Is So Easy

I think I’ve become more of a geek than I’d like to admit. I was able to figure out how to get my XTEN Eyebeam client to register on two networks, without the help of anyone from any network. That’s right. No system admin. No uber geek types to tell me how to do it. … Read more