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Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Lifesize Room in Action

    Lifesize Room in Action

    Even with videoconferencing…. the life of a blogger can get lonely. So when my friend Phil at Quagga invited me to attend the “Lifesize Room in Action” meeting in Folsom, CA….I jumped at the chance. As I arrived I met old friends (some who go way back in videconferencing) and new people (Adam, Spring, and…

  • Librestream Onsight Review

    Librestream Onsight Review

    Update July 2023: Consider this a HISTORY lesson in videoconferencing! Enjoy. 🙂 Rating: 5 WaterTowers Every now and then I see a product that blows me away.  It has been happening a lot lately (a good sign for technology) and it happened again last week with the Librestream Onsight. The fact that it is one-way…

  • Videoconferencing Usage Poll

    I will be writing up the Librestream Onsight Review this weekend (hopefully).  Soooo, while we are waiting, maybe another poll will be interesting (lets see if more than 8 people dare to answer it…..my previous record).   🙂 Note that “telecommute” means from: Home, Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, Airport, Hotel,TeleWork Center,  etc etc.  And, for those…

  • iocom Review

    Rating: 4 WaterTowers Several years ago I met with Jerry and the folks at InSORs.  We had an interest at ESnet for a desktop version of the Access Grid (see my previous post on the AG) but also needed H.323 interoperability.  InSORs was at the beginning stages of development and we advised them on what…

  • VUDU Price Reduced

    If you have not read my VUDU Review blog, now may be a good time.   The basic VUDU unit (good enuf for me) is now selling for $149.00.   Watching movies downloaded from the Internet has never been so easy and so enjoyable.  I gave VUDU 5 WaterTowers a year ago and only recently…

  • Kindle 2 Introduced

    As you may already have figured out….I’m definitely not one to stop technology from advancing.   But there are some things I would like to see stay the same:  Newspapers and books being two of the most important.  Call me old fashioned.   All you have to do is walk into a Library (yesterday we…

  • Digital TV Conversion Delayed

    According to this CNN article, it appears that the digital TV conversion has been delayed until June 12, 2009. Check out my Blog entries on this topic, especially the installation of a converter box on a very old TV (with twin antenna inputs) and a newer TV with a coax antenna input.   There are…

  • Google Tags Sites as Harmful

    This is interesting. (Refer to this article). I was doing some searches Saturday morning and saw that this Blog was tagged as being harmful by Google.  How weird. I also saw that EVERY listing had the same harmful tag on it. I then did a search on CBSNEWS and sure enough…harmful. I switched from Chrome,…

  • Logitech 9000 and ClearOne Chat 50

    Logitech 9000 and ClearOne Chat 50

    Logitech 9000 Rating:  3.5 WaterTowers (Installation questions) ClearOne Chat 50 Rating:  5 WaterTowers Overview I was lucky enough to receive (a big “starving blogger” thank you to my generous benefactor) two pieces of equipment that “should” improve my videoconferencing experience or,  rather,  the experience of those who are videoconferencing with me.  Yikes…all my remote friends…

  • VidyoDesktop Review

    Executive Overview It has been a long time developing, but, this past week I finally had a chance to download and meet with people using Vidyo. Several people had suggested I test it and also told me how good the video was.  So I was expecting a lot.  Usually, when I have high expectations I…