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Finding the eBay of Social Capital

The blogosphere seems intent on finishing the year on a social note. I’m seeing plenty of posts on LinkedIn, ZeroDegrees, Spoke and continued tirades over what Ryze, Tribe and Friendster provide or don’t. Yes it’s an area I’ve read about and have followed closely all year. So in the closing moments I’ll say I don’t [...]

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Skype Emoticons and Music

Skyper wants their own Skype emoticons. I don’t design emoticons. I have to have a few strategy suggestons that go beyond the brief below which suggests text based emoticons for the text based message portion of Skype. * add a new social dimension to the exchange * emoticons must leverage Skype’s voice-centric advantage * create [...]

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Good Interviews: The Future of Web Conferencing

Robin Good is an important connection that I’ve made tracing orginally to postings on Skype. Combine with blogging, and a general curiosity between two parties and the layers get peeled away. So I was delighted to respond to his interview questions. I knew they would stimulate my thinking and when open minded often lead in [...]

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Seeing the Future New York Times

Two pieces on strategic foresight and scenario planning. The first by a former colleague and mentor Jay Ogilvy who’s touch clearly graces the pages of “What Strategists Can Learn from Sartre” and the second a contrast in the New York Times.

.….Suddenly, humanity had a future — in the sense in which existentialists think [...]

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More on Web Presence

Following last nights web presence posting; a follow-up discussion

Enterprise collaboration faces a number of challenges in the years to come. IM systems today are where e-mail was back in the late 1980′s islands of common use separated by protocols, vendors, and the network itself. Test Center Lead Analyst Jon Udell and Senior Analyst [...]

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Wrinkles for Skype Hype

Thoughts on Skype, Skype Problems, Skype Limitations, Skype Hype, Skype Product Development and Viral Marketing. A few things pushed me towards this post.

Continuing comments re the proprietary nature and performance My son’s Skype usage Impact of potential Skype conferencing features Continued “phone” perspective. Continuing Comments: Useful perspective was added by David Beckemeyer advocates taking [...]

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Red Herring and CNET Updates on Skype

There is a continued strong indication that Skype product development is going in the right direction! Two recent articles in CNET and Red Herring on Skype. I found the contrast in the two quotes below interesting. Underlying it is a reality that suggests SKYPE is actually growing a new market for communications, fulfilling an unmet [...]

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The Computer Becomes the Phone.

This article in Time examines the world in which the phone becomes a computer, and the computer becomes a phone.”Eight years after its introduction, VOIP is having its moment. Indeed, 2004 is sure to be the year in which the technology hits prime time.”the author Duff McDonald states. Say Hello to the Next Phone [...]

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Skype Doctor Calling

Ross Mayfield blogs on Skype and Estonia. He must have saved a Windows machine in reserve! I too know the little country impact from days in NZ. Adoption is even higher when the solution is created there and the population begins to take on the world. I like his example of the doctor and wonder [...]

7 years and 1 day since Skype Journal launched as a stand-alone blog.

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