“The main question to answer”, said Bernie, “is will their stock go up faster than our stock, fair valuations assumed.” My business partner and I were considering an offer for our company back in 2000. Bernard’s ability to boil the complex down to a simple set of rules remains the most unique and valuable tool [...]
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Buffett was Right – It’s a Weighing Machine
Image via Wikipedia As I prepare for next week’s Cloud Communications Summit and Startup Camp at IT Expo, I’ve been reflecting over the past year. Even though it’s been a nasty one for the average Joe, the economy as a whole has done pretty well (all considered), and our own little niche (cloud communications) seems [...]
Voyces descend on LA for Cloud Comm Summit, StartupCamp
Voyces is a collaborative effort of several independent working stiffs from the emerging comm industry. The upside of this – at least the intended one – is that we bring from-the-field perspective to our writing. The downside is that our respective businesses often get in the way of a consistent posting schedule (note the erratic timelines below). [...]
Analysis : Twilio announces OpenVBX
Image via CrunchBase Disclosure: I am not financially connected to Twilio, but have conversations often with their principals, have written a book with their CTO and had more than one deep conversation with their CEO. I’m a fan of what they are doing, and wish them the best of luck. This post is as [...]
Video? Finally?
As many will say, the most exciting part of yesterday’s iPhone 4 announcement was the addition of FaceTime. FaceTime is the ability for iPhones to call other iPhones using a two cameras (front and back) using WiFi, not the LAN. As an old video geek, I have so much road-rash from my twenty years of [...]
Tick, Tock, Core, Edge
Image by Chris Devers via Flickr My earliest memories involve an Atlantic beach, big waves and Business Week. Way before I went off to school, I recall going to with my mother to the beach every day in the summer. I would play in the sand; she would read Business Week. Earlier in her life, [...]
Our Newest Voyce: Jim Courtney
It’s my distinct pleasure to introduce to you our newest Voyce: Jim Courtney. For those of you outside of the Skype world (which aren’t very many of you), Jim was a lead contributor to Skype Journal for years, and recently has been posting to VoiceOnTheWeb . Jim’s experience and insight will serve all of us [...]
Why eComm Rocked This Year
eComm, the now twice annual event that Lee Dryburgh rescued when the folks at O’Reilly jettisoned it without warning in 2008, was a hit. After three days I’m still in awe of just how much can get done at any conference, let alone one that has such a crossover factor of both geeks and business [...]
Did TechCrunch do their homework?
Image by Atelier US via Flickr Not that I saw, and I’m wondering if this is becoming their new standard for how they report their stories. A couple of weeks ago, TechCruch wrote up a new communications startup called “Teleku“, and I think they blew it at several levels. Teleku is a great idea, and [...]
Shoot! I dropped my deck of punch cards!
If you pay attention, you’ll notice that geeks tend to communicate their seniority and experience to each other by listing the archaic technologies of their youth. “I used to type in my program into the PDP-8 with those sixteen mechanical switches.” “I remember when I dropped my deck of cards on the computer room floor.” [...]
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Skype: Lost focus or an exit-play after all?
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Mobile Video Calls Are Not A Real Need. Period.
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Google Targets Skype
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Will there be a Voice Conferencing 2.0?
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Microsoft Contacts Next of Kin
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Rich Calling For SMBs Now Possible
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Skype: Lost focus or an exit-play after all?
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Is the Cloud Safe?
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Lessons in Phone History.
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Telecom may be old; but no boring.
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Will video go the way of voice mail?
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Eugene Liu: Happy belated birthday, Larry!!! (Add "1 blog c...
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yossi.v: "Calls to Skype users are free, and to most other ...
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Mathieu: Google has Android and Voice come pre-install on 2...
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Danielle Morrill: Go Twilio developer community, go!...
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Chema: Yes, it is difficult for people to find value in p...
