• UAE Etilisat moving forward with Skype call blocking. (GulfNews via BlogRamble)
• Skype Bug allows you to listen to music. (Sermonade) My WinAmp on your speakers.
• Sony to put Instant Video Everywhere on their Vaios. VoIP/Video softphone has multichat video.
• The reason webcams need blinders. (User Friendly)
• Skype rivals: Monster Communicator, JSkype, vBuzzer. Anyone try these Skype rivals?
• The GestureBank, a service of the Attention Economy (Steve Gillmor)
• Advice for working through a bad situation. (Mena Trott) Hard earned truths.
  1. Read what your customers have to say
  2. Ignore the tone of nasty complaints, but pay attention to the underlying messages
  3. Understand that the people giving feedback represent many who remain silent
  4. Don’t spend too much energy on distractions
  5. Don't be afraid to communicate
  6. Trust your customers
• At Traditional Phone Companies, Jobs May Not Last a Lifetime (New York Times). They blame fiber!
• 45k new Chinese Skypers daily. Skype may launch translation service in 2006. (Time Magazine)

Do you have any idea how many people have Harry Potter as their real name or Skype names? Dozens! Out of millions!

Skype announces a muggle-magic gateway.

Skype to sponsor a wrestling match between Willie Wonka and Professor Dumbledore.

Boingo to open Skype-powered hotspots in Diagon Alley.

Well, this is a story that's going nowhere. Nope. No way to jump on that Harry Potter bandwagon. Kids going back to school in the fall could be using Skype but, come to think of it, I haven't seen much Internet access, mobiles, or even computers at Hogwarts. I mean do you even need Skype if you can just wave your wand?

What would Skype look like if designed by Hagrid?

If Skype was invisible and controlled just by wand waving, what gestures would you use to place a call? To answer one? To look someone up?

If you knew how to use a magic wand, what would you do to your Skype client? To Skype itself?