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Author: Mike Pihlman

  • XtraNormal Text to Movie App

    Rating:  5 WaterTowers (super cool Internet based technology!) If you can write…you can make a movie using xtranormal.com software…I’m sorry, but, this is wickedly cool, and I just had to share it. Coworking is cool!  I did this at…

  • Cisco Umi Videoconferencing

    I was breezing the Internet today and found this article from Engadget announcing the arrival of a new consumer based videoconferencing system from Cisco.  Umi is pronounced with the the U long…you me. Interesting. I’ve been saying for years the marriage of HDTV and videoconferencing was inevitable, and now, here it is. I will look…

  • “The Big Bang Theory” Videoconferencing

    If you watched the “The Big Bang Theory” last night you saw a really cool application for videoconferencing.  Do a search on “HeadThere Giraffe” (I’m serious) in this blog to see a very similar (and nicer) implementation (I copied the picture above). I was watching the show but was called away (by Lori!) to do…

  • 9-11 and Videoconferencing History

    I posted this last year….thought it would be interesting to repeat for as long as I am able. Lets not forget. Just a quick blog entry to raise the awareness of a bit of videoconferencing history that occurred 8 years ago today. (Not to mention telecommuting, since I did all my work that day from…

  • VidyoCast

    VidyoCast

    Vidyo has introduced a new line of products aimed at the broadcasting industry. Since I am not an expert in that area, I will have to study the information contained in todays press release copied below. Enjoy Vidyo Introduces Cloud-Based Broadcast Suite at One-Tenth The Cost of Satellite “VidyoCast” Revolutionizes Broadcast Contribution and Transmission Amsterdam,…

  • Skype Multipoint Video Chat

    When I tested Skype about a year ago, I lamented the fact that it was only point-to-point.  Well, as I had my attention turned to AltamontCowork (and surviving)…… this past May Skype apparently introduced 5 way videoconferencing (video chat), and today, they doubled that to 10 way (in Beta, see the announcement here) Soooo, Skype…

  • Frozen Nook

    Never, even on the coldest day, has a Book ever frozen on me. I’m in the middle of a great book (Brad Thor’s “The Last Patriot”) and my Nook FROZE. Yikes!   Nothing I did worked.  Rats.  (I used the Nook app on my new HTC Aria to continue reading) Then I called Barnes & Noble…

  • Gmail Phone Calls

    You have probably heard by now that you can make a phone call using Gmail. I can verfiy…it works!  But voice only, no video…..yet. Here is how it worked: Using my trusty Toshiba laptop (now over 4 years old and going strong) I got on my Gmail account and saw the prompt “Call Phone”.  (I…

  • Vidyo Mobile on the iPad

    Please visit Vidyo’s web site for a lot more information, but, for now…this is soooooo coooool. I’ll say it one more time:  Videoconferencing anytime, anyplace, anyone. This is the future….Vidyo is pushing the technology of mob…

  • Videoconferencing: Anytime, Anyplace, Anyone

    Videoconferencing: Anytime, Anyplace, Anyone

    I have been saying this, hmmmmm, since, errrr, 1992 (actually 1988, but, who is counting). Videoconferencing should be be able to connect anyone, anytime, to anyplace. Until, 2010 this has not been the case, but, maybe, finally, it is going to happen.  Very exciting. All new technologies take a good 15 to 20 years to…