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Telepresence Smellepresence
I have been following some (very lively) discussions lately and it occured to me that we might be losing sight of the real value of video, audio, data conferencing in our lives. It is NOT all about super high definition video or audio (although good audio is important), and it is NOT about the most…
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Sept 11 2001 and Video Conferencing
September 11, 2001 (Originally written for ForCarol.com) Lori’s mother’s birthday started out just like any other day. I was just getting up, Lori was already getting Kristen ready for school, Sunny (our currently 11 year old yellow lab who now has a tumor that is scaring us) was bouncing around as only he could do.…
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LifeSize versus Cisco
Surfing the Internet and I found this interesting article on Bloomberg. A snippet: “LifeSize Communications Inc., a unit of computer-mouse maker Logitech International SA (LOGN), expects revenue to jump as it competes with rivals including Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) to add clients in the videoconference market, set to more than double in the next five years. LifeSize’s sales…
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Steve Jobs Resigns
This is scary. I would not be concerned if he wasn’t sick, and stick thin. But… From my perspective…this is a guy who changed the world more than once, more than twice, more than three times. Simply awesome. He is not afraid to innovate, to try something new, to make it easy, to make it…
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Video Conferencing Product Update: LifeSize
As promised a few posts down, I will be studying a few video conferencing vendors to get a “snapshot” of where they are in mid to late 2011. I will start with LifeSize. Here we go…. Lifesize’s Overarching Philosophy “Connect anyone, anywhere, any device” What I Think of When I Think of Lifesize High definition…
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RIP Palm?
Well this is sad, but, predictable. This article tells us that HP is dropping the mobile division, tablet and webOS. Pretty much dooming Palm. Palm was once the leader, but, it goes to show you that a company has to be nimble and change when change is in the air (which is like…..all the time!).…
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Logitech Harmony 650 Remote
Lori could not learn the process I had for watching a movie on the blu-ray or on VUDU. Geeez what is her problem? Using a combination of three remotes, 27 button pushes, and moving one wire (just kidding)….it was easy! She wanted me to write the process down….well, I do not have time to write…
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New Video Conferencing Vendors, Products, Services and Applications Series
OK, here we go. I have started work on a new series of blog posts introducing various videoconferencing vendors and their products, services, applications and philosophy (Thanks, Dave! Gotta love Coworking!). I hope to be able to introduce my loyal reader of this blog (yeah you! :-)) to the various options you may have for…
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BlueJeans Network: Cloud Video Conferencing
UPDATED: 5/25/2020 Ah yes, I remember it well. I remember the day when I had to order an ISDN line at home (remember 2B+D?) to attend a videoconference from home (hey…I practice not just preach telecommuting!). Then, what seems like a short time later (and after ATM and Token Ring fell by the wayside…) we…
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VUDU Now Streaming on the iPad
++Originally posted on ForCarol.com++ If you have read our Movie Reviews on this blog, you may have run across the fact that we sometimes watch movies on “VUDU”. As an engineer, and blogger, several years ago, I tested a new Internet-based streaming technology and LOVED IT! That was VUDU (see my original blog post raving…
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