telecom, technology and the occasional floobergeist
I’ve got an abundance of bits and pieces of canadian telecom and internet experience, and I am thrilled to be in a place in time when all is changing, technology is developing, and the status quo is being disrupted.
Floobergeist is a word that is beginning to defy definition. The more I roll that smooth pebble around, the more it becomes to mean. Floobergeist started out as the magic dust that turns dreams into ideas. And then it began to encompass the zing that happens when you have conversations about those ideas. And now, it’s the whole evolution from dream to conversation, with each step improving the later and the former along the way.
Everyone aspires to good conversations. They can lead you to adventures you’ve never imagined, and to people you can twig with.
Let’s have a good conversation…
welcome.
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Holy Cats. One of the hurdles with PDA devices that weren’t Blackberries was the trick of getting push email. Not having to “act” to receive emails is a big deal, especially when you are spoiled with the Blackberry. I’ve had a heck of a time trying to convince the wiz that he could get something cooler and sexier, but he’s grown up with having insta-email, and it’s just not an option with him…..
While looking for device options for the wiz for christmas, I just stumbled across a wicked new application that can push mail to any device, with no user intervention needed. *blink* Yes, I said it.
Now how yummy is that!?!? All those amazing phone/pda handhelds that were withering in the vine because you had to “check” your mail can be instantly “berry-ified” with emoze. emoze will automatically push your email to your phone/pda as soon as it’s sent. No proactive connection needed!
There have been other companies that offer push email, Good Technology was one, and it’s just been bought up… but it’s pricetag illustrated that it was decidedly targeted to an enterprise application. Who says consumers don’t deserve insta-email? I pulled this quote right from their website, it looks like it can’t get any easier:
To use emoze 1.30 all you need to have is an email account and a compatible device; the interface will be familiar to anyone who’s used a traditional email program. The emoze software can be downloaded free from www.emoze.com and set up quickly and simply.
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Irregular reinforcement is a hugely powerful message sender.
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I have been a huge Pandora fan, for years now. At work, at home, you name it, if my laptop is on, usually Pandora is playing in the background. But Musicovery might change all that…. especially with it’s ability to dig down into years and genres. Comes in mighty handy when you are reliving your ’80s. Now, the big trick would be for someone to build a mobile device, with wireless IP capability, so you could stream music with you, wherever you are. It would certainly fix my dilemma with commuting.
;-)
etc: quick links to good stuff
With Musicovery : interactive webRadio you can determine what music to listen to by your mood, define it by genre or narrow it down to a particular decade. Choose to hear only only hits or only non hits or set it to discovery mode to, um …discover.
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After reading Mark Evans' posting about what's to come with Blackberry, I had to do more digging. Someone in this house has a Pearl on their wishlist, and I've got to stay ontop of things like this. So when Mark mentioned the Crimson, I thought, "oh Boy, now that sounds interesting", and off I went, Crimson hunting.
And it was good. The Crimson is actually going to be the "real person's" Blackberry. Qwerty keyboard, being the number one feature, (god how I hate the "suretype" of the most recent berries, it's simply NOT GOOD. The Crimson has the cameraphone, with zoom, the mp3 player, and the snappy styling. It's GSM, (bah, humbug) but that's ok for the wiz, considering he's been stuck with rogers for the past 10 years, another few years shouldn't hurt. Word is that it won't be available for christmas, but maybe for Easter..... ;-)
BlackBerry Crimson | RIMarkable | The official, unofficial BlackBerry Weblog
technorati tags:Blackberry Crimson, Mark Evans
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It's staying around this time, the snow, that is. Just a skiff, butenough to let you know that winter really is coming this year, despitethe global warming buzz. Damn. And to think I almost had myselfconvinced that this could actually be the year of global change.
Christmas shopping started late this year... and as usual, the goal is to accomplish as much on line as possible.... river city sports, Chapters, The Kids Top Shoppe,and of course, LLBean
have been hit so far... who knows what's next? Art.com likely, and maybe a little something something from Cafepress.
Decking the halls will be the next challenge
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Imagine, you read something that resonates with you. You decide to post a few comments either in addition to what the author has written, or in support of. You’ve made sure that the article allows for comments. Some don’t, you know, and that’s fine too.
Your comment is submitted.
Poof. You comment disappears into the blogovoid.
Is it a glitch? Is it editorial liberty? Is it personal? Was it something I said?
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Ottawa to block CRTC on Internet phone regulation
SIMON TUCK
From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — The Harper government will announce Wednesday its intention to rewrite the CRTC’s key ruling on Internet-based telephone services, a highly unusual move that could mark a big step toward a more open and consumer-friendly sector.Industry Minister Maxime Bernier will say in a speech in Toronto that the Conservative government will again block the CRTC’s repeated efforts to regulate phone services that run over the Internet.
globeandmail.com: Ottawa to block CRTC on Internet phone regulation
Holy Cats! What are the implications of the Harper government overruling the CRTC? Likely it’s a good thing, changing the rules of how digital voice services are treated, but the implications of the government getting involved in CRTC policy making are wide reaching. First VoIP, then the world? This first forray into the CRTC domain is positive, but what if the conservatives what to delve into something and change it for the worse? Does the CRTC have any recourse?
Mark, you probably know more of the answers - what do you think?
I’m drowning in vendor information. I don’t even know if what I want to do can be accomplished with a single soft switch/media gateway device. I don’t even know if I know the difference between the two any more.
My forehead is wrinkled and my eyes burn. I want a piece of carrier grade gear that i can partition for various wholesale type customers. I want to manage it (not me personally), and I want to provide all the CLEC type services off the back end of it.
What have I gotten myself into?
Someone, anyone, please point me in the right direction.
technorati tags:VoIP, Softswitch, Media Gateway, Alcatel, Nortel, CGI, Hosted VoIP, SIP, IP-PBX
What is it?
It’s National Blog Posting Month!
Imagine my suprise, I had no idea there was more to November that Remembrance Day.
It’s also National Blog Posting Month. A nifty idea to increase traffic, increase readers, and heck, it’s getting colder, who needs another excuse to keep their bum closer to the fire for longer?
An interesting idea, I’m just sorry that I’ve only got 17 days left to participate. - and there’s more - you can try out the randomizer.
Already I’ve seen a few gooders:
:-)
Happy Monday!
technorati tags:NABLOPOMO
One of the topics I'm wrestling with is the ability or the requirement to build reputation and credibility in the blogosphere. How does one go from zero to 60 in respectibility points? Is it something that can happen over the course of time, or is it something that has to be acquired, rather than home grown?
By acquired, I'm referring to "borrowing" respectibility in other writers, guest posters, folks who "already have the badge of credibility"?
Is it about what your bio looks like? Is it about the profound things you've said before or posted elsewhere?
How does a corporate blog create credibility and reputation? Stick with me on this...
Technorati Tags: Corporate Blogging, credibility, respectibility, reputation, creed
You remind me of a man.
What Man?
The man of power.
What Power?
The power of Voodoo.
Voodoo?
You do!
Do What?
You remind me of a man….
technorati tags:voodoo, floobergeist
Last night the wiz and I had our first official dinner event. It was essentially a beta test of the new place, and specifically the dining room. We invited over Mr and Mrs K. Mr K used to work with the wiz and I in previous lives and now he works here.
Mrs K used to work at Telus Mobility and now she’s the head web master and owner of yorkregionbaby.com. It was quite an evening full of shop talk, comparisons of managers, becoming a stay-at-home domain name squatter, hilarity over how small the tech and telecom industries are in canada, and the lack of good childcare resourses in York Region. And the recycling! I recycled 5 empty wine bottles this morning. Mrs K and I highly recommend trying the Vidal Blanc Icewine but be careful, it can sneak up on you rather nastily ;-)
A good time was had by all, despite the fact that nothing got slopped. Next time!
technorati tags:telus, oracle, allstream, yorkregionbaby.com, Vidal Blanc Ice Wine
What better way to get over hump day than a little tyrade?
Can i tell you how tired I am of rain? How about cell phones that ring at 8 am? Guys who need to talk about their hockey pool incessantly? You'd think they were budding Mark Cuban types.
Oh, and there's a Honda CRV that has been parked on my street, across from my driveway for the past 8 days now. It hasn't mvoed once, but it's come very close to being backed into. I'm to the point that if it does't move in the next 24 hours, it may need to be towed away.
Who am I kidding, i don't have much to rant about ;-)
technorati tags:rant, rain, ringing cell phones
How would you make this beast? it changes shape hourly. Yesterday it was consumer focused, with enhahnced communications features, and no requirement for the last mile, as the service provider would piggyback off existing internet services. Today it’s facilities based (meaning I have to come up with the last mile), and it’s got a decidedly business focus, with a hosted IP PBX component, DIDs and LD. Plus it’s got to be dead easy to replicate, and has to be able to service hundreds of wholesale customers, and THEIR customers. It’s got to be turn-key and positive revenue generating. I like the looks of Fonality, but I’m not sure how easy it is to implement as a wholesale offering. Alec Saunders has a great folder full of Fonality info that I’m going through now.
The market is clammoring for something easy. Something plug and play that doesn’t take 9 months to roll out. Something to stem the loss of subscribers that are jumping to free, and/or suspicious quality internet only plays.
Is anyone in Canada doing this? Ideally, I’d like to create this solution from canadian-made technology. Hints would be appreciated - suggestions adored.
technorati tags:VoIP, IP-PBX, whitelable VoIP
I picked out the nugget I liked, you need to read the article to get the Star Wars Reference ;-)
Open Gardens: Of Sith lords and the dark side of IMS
It (IMS) attempts to capture the flexibility and ubiquity of Internet Protocol whist ditching much of the Internet's design philosophy.Thats spot on! The Internet succeeded precisely because it was designed as a dumb pipe with the intelligence concentrated around the periphery. In other words, intelligent nodes and dumb pipes go together. 'Dumb pipes' means : all packets are created equal. There is no intelligence in the network, only in the nodes.IMS uses IP , BUT adds some intelligence in the network because it does NOT treat all packets equally.IMS promises to improve the quality of service, reduce SPAM, provide better quality rich applications(such as video) and so on. The often hidden caveat of this promise is the understanding that packets may not all be treated equally. In financial terms, it translates to premium prices for premium connectivity.
Technorati Tags: IMS, SITH, Net Neutrality