I found Christine online when she was covering the eTel conference last month in San Francisco and I was in Fort Lauderdale. Impressed with her broadbased view on emerging technology and how it applies to society, I asked her to join the Spring VON Bloggers Panel, which I will again moderate. She agreed, and now … Read more

Rumor has it that Skype may employ the famous carolers to send some love on Valentine’s Day..at least that what my secret Valentine whispered into my ear yesterday when she called to share some tasty treats.

Chris Wood is one of the bright lights on the subject of VoIP has authored the Voice Long Tail, sort of a view back and a look ahead. I’ve known about this for some time as Chris has bounced ideas and thoughts off me like he has with Alec Saunders. Give it a read…

Thank God…..Paul Kapustka has quietly relaunched his blog. The former dean of Advanced IP Pipeline has started up a very concise blog…The telecom world will once again be a better place…

Jeff Pulver talks about VON Blur. Well I don’t think it compares to DEMO. VON is a walk in the park for demonstrators compared to DEMO. The avalanche of work and the deluge of inquiries one gets as a result of being a DEMO GOD winner is incredible. iotum is hot, make no bones about … Read more

Vonage got put under the Omscope and it’s not pretty…not at all. He’s being kinder than I would be. I don’t “buy” the numbers and have to figure out where the “intermediate” accounting work was done. Lucky for Vonage I never got past Accounting 101, choosing to shift gears and major in Journalism.

May I gloat? Well I shall. Client, friends and timely Web 2.0 platform iotum company captured a DemoGod award and I couldn’t be happier. This was a team effort that is a shining example of planning your work and working your plan. Demo Coach Shel Israel, Messaging Guru Bill Ryan, Account Associate Brooke Davidson and … Read more

According to a Dow Jones report, Vonage has filed their IPO and S-1. Here’s the filing via the SEC. This is for a lot less than the money people were originally expecting VONAGE to raise, and given their last two rounds, one has to wonder what the valuation is for the entire company. Also, Jeffery … Read more

EQO, based in Vancouver, BC has developed a way to take Skype with you on a cell phone. It’s sorta neat, but what it really does is manage Skype forward/skype in/skype out. The real play is how they can bring any online community to the handset, but on the Circuit Switched side, not the Data … Read more

An offshoot of Momentum Telecom. My People debuted something old at DEMO today. As excited as I’d like to be about their VoIP offering which brings together a lot of easy to use features, for me, I’ve been using the same type of features with Webley since 1998. For others this is something new, so … Read more