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Category: Technology

  • VidyoWay: Business Class Multipoint Video Conferencing

    The video conferencing world is changing at breakneck speed.   Hold on to your hats peeps……we are in for one screaming fun ride!   Whooohooo… This past week, Vidyo, announced their new “free” (free is  in quotes because I see a requirement that you have to promise to have 50 endpoints in three months…guess that…

  • The Value of Video Conferencing

    Watch for my next blog entry early next week to find out where this picture came from, but, I think this picture says more about the value of video conferencing than words can express. Have a nice weekend!

  • iGoogle Going Away

    The world is changing again! My comfortable iGoogle homepage has served me well for quite a long time (I moved to Google from Yahoo a few years ago…).  I use Chrome (fast, reliable, etc) and have almost totally moved to the Google universe…and I am very happy here.  But…. Now I see a banner on…

  • Video Conferencing As We Know It Is Changing: Ready or Not

    Video Conferencing As We Know It Is Changing: Ready or Not

    I have been working in the video conferencing industry since hmmmm, about 1988 and have  been blogging about it since 2006, or so.  Yikes!  So many products, so many conferences, so many changes, so much fun…. Anyway, so much for nostalgia….lets roll with the FUTURE…. The title of this blog entry kinda says it all:…

  • Higgs Boson, Hoggs Bison, Whatever

    Facebook sucks for keeping things long term…..so I decided to post this on my blog for all to see and appreciate! I posted MY “discovery” of the Hoggs Bison over a year ago, beating the scientists in CERN (who, by the way, used our ESnet H.323 video conferencing network to aid in the design of the…

  • Evaluating Cloud Based Video Conferencing Services

    Evaluating Cloud Based Video Conferencing Services

    OK….I am getting ready to evaluate several cloud based video conferencing services. My definition of a decent cloud based video conferencing service is basic and simple (in theory…in practice, it may be a lot harder): A cloud-based video conferencing service provides an easy-to-use, dial-in, ad-hoc, virtual meeting space for anyone, anytime, anywhere using any endpoint. Before I…

  • VidTel: A Cloud Based Video Conferencing Service

    For those who read this blog, you know one thing:  I love cloud-based video conferencing. But why? Well…..I was sitting back the other day pondering life when it hit me (yeah, I am slow).  I proposed, then designed, the ESnet H.323 architecture starting in 1999, then ultimately put it into production in January 2004:  …

  • Commercialized Space Flight

    For those of us who grew up idolizing the original Astronauts…this, to me, is a very significant step toward the future of space exploration.http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_20678827/private-rocket-maker-tries-again-launch

  • The Age of Decentralized Work is Upon Us

    The Age of Decentralized Work is Upon Us

    OK, people….here is the future. If you have teens (or college age early 20’s kids) you have seen this….if you have younger kids….you WILL see it.  So hang in there…. Decentralization of work will happen.  Telecommuting / Telework will be the norm.  And, yes, mobile video conferencing WILL rule the world. Here is why…. The kids…

  • Driving Google Drive

    I have been using Google Docs for a couple of years now.   I like it. Joleen Ruffin and I started a company (it failed) a couple of years ago.  From our desks at AltamontCowork, we shared documents, saved documents, and even worked on documents in real time using Google Docs. Very cool. The only…