Some say life on the road isn't glamorous. Well they're right it isn't always, but if you do things right, you can make it into more than it could be. I've been blessed to become a Royal Ambassador-Priority Club Platinum with the InterContinental Hotel Group and the perks, added by my friendship with the amazing … Read more
So I’ve been off hitting cafe’s this morning in Madrid, a city that understand coffee, maybe more than even Paris or Vienna. As I sit at Cafe Commercial, an establishment that dates back to the 1800s I can’t help but notice that I’m the only person with an iPad to read the morning news. Next … Read more
Voxeo Labs, the skunkworks dev team inside telecom empowering Voxeo, has rolled out Ameche, a platform as a service play (PaaS) that is promising apps inside the call. I have to say, I'm very impressed with both the concept and the approach. While others are muddling around in the space, seeking to be meta-mediaries, exchanges … Read more
Jim Courtney loves to use Windows PCs, something I've pretty much moved away from, as I'm at a point where simplicity and form win out over lower cost. I simply don't need the hassles of Micorosft Windows when Apple and Google exist and work better. But, the Windows market is massive, and Skype is taking … Read more
It's been a while folks, and my blogging has drizzled to a crawl. Not for lack of wanting to, or for lack of trying but more because I've been a bit busy with some insane travel–consider this. In the past two weeks I've been in Los Angeles, Seoul (ok, an airport stopover), Hong Kong for … Read more
The Coca-Cola Company have always been one of the best companies in the world when it comes to brand marketing. For years they have been far and away masters of being ahead of the game, constantly forcing the competition to play catch up and making them aggressively challenge them for their market leadership. And, in … Read more
Mashable has a very good slide show of what people don't like about mobile apps. The slides are worth seeing but if you're time famished, well, here's the short version: Too many emails Irrelevant push notifications When great apps are abandoned Frequent "rate this app" requests Connecting to Facebook unnecessarily Full-screen ads Video ads Non-wrapping … Read more
Mobile operators are going to be in for a heap of hurt, blues, pain and agony if a report released today by leading telecom research and analysis shop OVUM is on target regarding SMS revenues shifting to social messaging services. Ovum defines social messaging as messaging that occurs through platforms other than SMS, MMS, or … Read more
This morning I attempted to log in to my Skype account management page and went nowhere. That's funny because their HeartBeat page reports that the problem was fixed. Well, it's not. But it seems given the support for their web ops in based in the UK and in the Ukraine there's no body still working … Read more
Pal Martin Geddes, one of the sharpest minds in telecom just let me know that he has two open slots due to a cancellation at his workshop on HyperVoice..I am well aware of what Martin is up to so if you're in the Bay Area you may want to grab one of the two slots. … Read more
