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
I really like going to Austin. It's one of the nations emerging towns. Great music scene. A food and coffee culture that comes from being a cross between the state capital, a college town a booming tech mecca. As a matter of fact if I wasn't living in San Diego, Austin would make it on … Read more
Did you ever wonder what causes data networks to be congested. The folks at Dialogic have compiled a neat infographic that shows what triggers all the slowdowns as part of their efforts to optimize networks.
The last few weeks have been a blur. Mobilize and a lot of clients there. Las week was RIM Jam Americas, client meetings, new client signings, and strategy sessions. More of all that is ahead, and of course there’s TMC’s IT Expo and IDG’s DEMO. I’m moderating two panels at IT Expo, one on Tuesday … Read more
It looks like T-Mobile UK is going to offer a competitor to Skype and Rebtel in order to keep revenue from going elsewhere when it comes to international long distance. The new service called CleverConnect is different than what they offer in the USA using the Kineto UMA stack in select phones that allows for … Read more
For some travelers flying United airlines yesterday, it must have felt like Deja Vu, that feeling that you've been here before. For at least the third time in memory since the merger with Continental Airlines their passenger reservation system failed. This failure resulted in delays and missed connections because no one could check in for their … Read more
UK newspaper, The Telegraph, has a story today that encourages medical practitioners to make greater use of Skype and SMS to help keep patients from missing their scheduled appointments. Not a bad idea and one that is in major need of acceptance, as they cite missed appointments and the inconvenience that the missed appointments can … Read more
Ever wonder where fixed broadband is, or isn't in the good old USA? Well, the FCC has a Map for that. What is obvious is the heaviest concentration is east of the Mississippi leaving lots of land uncovered. More information on fixed broadband progress can be found here courtesy of the FCC.
As more of us use our laptops and desktops for Voice and Video, largely thanks to apps like Skype, CounterPaths Bria, Microsoft Lync, Google Talk and Apple's Facetime we all have a need for one thing. Awesome voice quality. Personally, I've long been a fan of the mics from Blue, and once again they seem … Read more
