Windstorm Recovery Roundup
My RSS reader overflowed with interesting stuff to read while I was off the grid. Time to get back in the swing of things:
- FCC Won’t Release Mobile Phone Service Reliability Data: While I see both sides of this, I disagree with the fact that this data somehow endangers national security. My tax dollars paid for this data, let me see it, damn it!
- Working Anywhere: This is one of Andy Abramson’s blogs about, well, working anywhere. I do have to wonder if or how he will differentiate it from Om Malik’s Web Worker Daily, which I have done a couple of guest posts on so far.
- Jajah Adds Advertising: My question: how obtrusive will the ads be? And will the ad revenue offset the cost of terminating calls?
- Henry Gomez: Skype President and Niklas Z’s bitch?: I have to admit, I just love the title of this blog post by Alec Saunders.
- Video Calls Are A Preplanned Thing: This will probably remain the case until SightSpeed improves their IM functionality to be on-par with everyone else out there. (Hint, Hint!) Also, read Andy Abramson’s take on this.
- New And Improved Voxilla Store: Both in terms of look and number of products offered. (Disclosure: I own stock in Voxilla)
- Mobile Wallets in NYC: This isn’t the first time my employer has been involved in an NFC trial in the states.
- PhoneGnome + IPKall: Two great tastes that taste great together. Used them both in this way for a while. Nice to see the PhoneGnome folks write it up all nice and easy like.
- NBC Goes to Web With Uncensored SNL Skit: NSFW, but funny. Well at least I think so.
- Digg Diggs Video and Podcasting: It’s now easier to see videos without leaving the Digg site. Will have to see how this works in the RSS feeds since I almost never visit the site directly.
- Amanda Gate Part II: Why can’t these people STFU? If you don’t know what that means, look it up.
- Sync Nokia N73 with iSync: Hm… may have to try that. Thanks, Ted!
- Gizmo CallIn Goes International: CallIn numbers for your Gizmo Project account are now available in 28 countries. VoIP Girl notes that availability in Canada is somewhat limited, though.
- FCC Drops Morse Code Requirements for Amateur Radio: Bound to happen sooner or later, though morse code does have its place.
- Costco Return Policies: Yes, they are extremely liberal. That alone is the reason I buy electronics there–if they have what I want. That and I get 2% back at the end of my membership year. Considering I give several thousand of my hard-earned dollars to Costco every year for things I use every day, that executive membership more than pays for itself.
More to come…
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Comment by Peter Csathy
You asked for it, you got it! (or, more accurately, you will get it soon). Look for significant enhancements to SightSpeed’s IM in our next major release …