It’s great to see ex Qualcomm strategy and marketing whip Jeff Belk leaving the womb of CDMA and exploring the WiFi world. In his pursuit for a way to cut down on his global roaming costs he’s discovered client Truphone and how to turn his iPod Touch into an everyday global roaming mobile solution.
This time of year we seem to all be on the road, traveling to trade shows and events, conferences or just meeting up with colleagues and clients. I’m off to London tonight where I’ll be for almost a week (8-14 February) then heading to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress (14-19 February) before I take a … Read more
I’ve known Ken Camp since about the time I began blogging about VOIP and he’s been helpful to many. Now it’s time to help him. When he lost his job, a position I was called by the recruiter on to provide some insight about Ken, this was supposed to be a career move, not a … Read more
I have to say outright, I’m impressed. When I first tried the beta version of Skype 4.0 many months ago, my feedback to Skype was very pointed and direct. I gave them a good dose of “you need to do this” and “that.” And you know what. It seems they listened to me and all … Read more
Carol Bartz has shown she can run a company. That was Autodesk. But can the iron lady of Silicon Valley change a company like Yahoo’s culture? I think over time yes, but it will mean bringing in new blood. The team still left at Yahoo is pretty much a hodgepodge of political survivors, corporate gamesmanship … Read more
Canada’s largest and leading high tech association has selected Calliflower from Iotum. This is a big win for pals (and clients) Howard Thaw and Alec Saunders. For those of you who have used Calliflower, hands down the interface makes it the best Web 2.0 conferencing app around. If it only had HD like HighDefConferencing, or … Read more
InformationWeek is speculating that Apple will add more video to the iPhone that makes Video Conferencing likely. I see this as humorous, as the Nokia N and some E series have had cameras for a while, making things like QIK possible. But, with the number of iPhones out there, this could be the big break … Read more
It’s easy to say, “I’m not going to xyz conference” and come up with excuses like “no one is going to be there” or “none of the people I need to see or meet with will be there” but it’s another to cast aside the excuses and put your money where your mouth is and … Read more
I’ve been moderating and participating in conference panels since my days in pro-sports management back in the 70s. Since the early days, I learned and never forgot the key reason to be up on stage that my mentors drilled into my head at a tender age (I was a just a teenager when I first … Read more
