Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Twitter, Facebook, Blog

    Been thinking. Yeah, I know that is dangerous. But, hey, I enjoy it (being dangerous, of course).  😉 Blog About 5 or 6 years ago (I think) I heard about this relatively new way to put your thoughts out for the world to see.  The Blog.  In a previous life, my thoughts ended up in a magazine…

  • Google Keywords-A Quick Introduction

    Before you read my drivel, watch this guy explain Google Keywords.  Very nice, very clear… Full-time AltamontCowork member, Joleen is researching how to attract more readers to her blog. During her research, she found this Google keyword site that ranks the keywords according to how often people search for stuff with using those keywords. Sweeeeeet.…

  • Video Conferencing in 2011

    Video Conferencing in 2011

    Technology is moving at light speed, but, culture change takes time. For some technologies the time is almost here for mass adoption.  For example, 2011 may, finally, be the year video conferencing (read on for my theory on why) will reach mass adoption.  Time will tell…. 2010 Technology Change 2010 was an amazing technology year.…

  • Difference Between Coworking and a Virtual Office

    Difference Between Coworking and a Virtual Office

    (Orignally posted on TelBitConsulting.com) Coworking has been gathering momentum in the past year or two.  As more and more coworking locations are established, more people learn what it is, there is more exposure, then more people learn about it……  That snowball effect is at it’s very early stages, but, in a year, or two, the…

  • VeaMea Videoconferencing Review

    Rating:  4 WaterTowers (relatively unknown but very capable & feature rich) I got a call one day from Jeff Urdan (jurdan@veamea.com) when I was particularly stressed out (see ForCarol.com, if you don’t already know why).  He asked if I had heard of “VeaMea”.  Hmmmm, errrr, no, I had not.  Then he asked if I wanted to…

  • Vidyo Conferencing on Samsung Galaxy

    My friend, czoli, from Vidyo posted this link on Facebook.  Very cool. I have said it a million times…Videoconferencing should be anyone, anyplace, anytime, and now it is getting there!  Gotta love this technology…. Traveling to a video conferencing room is counterintuitive….and becoming more so by the day.

  • Google Chrome Web Store

    Cloud Cool Another day, another cool new technology thingy from Google. If you ever wondered how you could live in the cloud, today’s introduction of the “chrome web store” may provide the beginnings of an answer. But only the beginnings… Using Chrome (the only browser that works) you can go here and download any number…

  • Telecommuting / Telework Bill Passed

    Update July 2023: A History lesson in Telecommuting, Remote Work, and Coworking. Enjoy! This article in the Washington Post tells us that today, a bi-partisian (who’d a thunk that could happen?) proposed bill to allow more Federal Gov’t workers to work at home or at other locations (like COWORKING!) was passed and will now go…

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  • Vidyo Interview – Dr. Alex Eleftheriadis

    Vidyo Interview – Dr. Alex Eleftheriadis

    When I started blogging, I just wanted to help people understand video conferencing and other cool technology.  Along the way, I have had the opportunity to meet some great people and see some great technology. A few days ago, I (little old me, unknown blogger) was asked if I wanted to interview Dr. Alex Eleftheriadis…