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VoIPWatch Named To 25 Best BtoZ Blogs By The Standard
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
I was tipped off by a reader tonight about something special inside the Standard, the second coming of the Industry Standard.
When I read this, my chin dropped. I was stunned.
For the record, I don’t profess to be a techie, just someone who can make sense out of technology so others can understand. That was why I started VoIPWatch in 2003 with the basic idea behind it being four main objectives. Those same four still hold true today. For long time readers, this is nothing new. I’ve said it here before:
1. Make VoIP better understood by the media
2. Speak at conferences
3. Make new friends
4. Attract clients for Comunicano, my asymmetrical communications agency that represents so many fine startups not only in VoIP but in Mobile and 2.0 type service sectors.
Thank you all for your readership and loyalty, because without you, this wouldn’t be any fun.
Ted Wallingford’s Blog Is Back
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
After a few months of dormancy, and a series of tech issues pal Ted Wallingford blog is back up and running.
iSkoot Issue Solved With Blogosphere’s Help
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
PhoneBoy and to some extent Dan York get the gold stars here.
Both are security experts and have a real expertise in Voice. Dan hosts a regular podcast and Dameon does a wide range of blogging. But at heart both are white hat hackers, and what Dameon did in finding the flaw in a released version of iSkoot so quickly was worth its weight in gold.
This is just one more example of how the Blogosphere helps the startup community, whether asked or not.
It reminds me of the time when an former eBay executive said to some bloggers who were only trying to help "I’m not sure if you’re reporters, developers or consultants so I don’t know how to deal with you" and then repeated the same comment to me in a slightly different way. Basically, shortly after the eBay purchase Skype had a great chance to embrace the blogosphere, but only in the last six months or so has that really happened well, and largely at the direction of their out of house PR agency in NYC and Chaim Hass, who leads it.
Compare that to iSkoot whose team since the moment the first post went up, were engaging with the bloggers and after a first, reply, after some behind the scenes work a few of us to people we both know at iSkoot (as Dameon points out) the real mystery became clear and iSkoot did the right thing.
This is how the blogosphere helps and will continue to do so. Smart companies embrace passion. It’s only insecure executives who fear their help.
Bravo Dameon, Dan and Jim. Bravo iSkoot.
Mr. Blog About Skype
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
David has some choice insight about Skype and eBay.
Here’s my take.
1) The ebay leadership of old all screwed the pooch. They applied pre 1.0 mentality to a post 2.0 company. (deduct 5 billion points)
2) The new eBay leadership is saying to the current crop of Skype executives (is this version 5 or 6?) sink or swim. (add back 1.3 billion points due to write down)
3) Selling Skype to some company with more money than God (Vodafone or 3 comes to mind) will get back another 1.5 billion (add back 1.5 billion)
Net Net–no earn out, eBay breaks even on paper….
BUT….ONLY IF THERE IS A BUYER…
Easy As VoIP Blog
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
I just found a new blog on VoIP that seems to be very heavy on product and service reviews.
Called EasyAsVoIP, it is part of the B5 Media network of blogs.
I like what I’m seeing…so it’s worth a read.
Welcome To A New Telecom Blogger
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I was approached at eComm by a new telecom blogger yesterday and wanted to welcome him to the open world of blogging. He’s never hit my radar before, but new players are always a good thing. If anything we need more bloggers to replace some who have seen to move in new directions in life.
Eye on the Blogosphere: Friday Edition
Source: www.voip-news.com
VoIP seems to be everywhere these days. But VoIP dating? Learn about a new, free service at Click for Nick. (The maps thing really is creepy.)
Voice Over IP Weblog is dishing on the alternatives to the now-defunct PrivatePhone. Check it out here.
VoIP Information tells us about the negatives of VoIP service. Negatives? There are negatives? Seriously though, the author misses one big negative: it won’t work in a power outage. VoIP equipment needs electricity to run, unlike traditional phone lines . . . so if you are in an area of the country that loses power due to snow or tornados or other weather conditions, you could be in trouble. Unless you have a generator, that is.
