As I mentioned previously, Voxeo’s annual Customer Summit 2011 is coming up October 10-12 in Orlando, Florida. One of the latest bits of news is that Internet entrepreneur and über-geek Chris Pirillo will be the emcee for the event. He…
Sep 07
Amusing Video Tutorial: Let’s Suck at Github Together
If you want to learn more about using git and Github, or are a fan/user of git/Github (as I am) and want to pass along a video tutorial for others to see, you may enjoy this episode from Chris Coyier entitled “CSS-Tricks #101: Let’s Suck at GitHub Together“. As you can …
Sep 07
Running A Half-Marathon – One Year After Starting Running!
I did it! On September 4, 2011, I ran the 13.1 miles of the Swanzey Covered Bridges Half-Marathon! I came in at about 2 hours, 27 minutes for an average of 11:16 per mile. More on that in a moment, but I thought I’d mention that one driver for me to do this particular race was because the first time I recorded a run on my iPhone was September 7th, 2010. Here it was… 1.6 miles! And a year later here I am at 13.1. I’m admittedly pleased with how that has worked out! In truth, though, I had been…
Sep 07
Video: What’s New in Voxeo Prophecy 11 and VoiceObjects 11?
Want to know the newest ways to build communications apps using Voxeo products? Want to know about IPv6, wideband audio, fax support and large-scale management of servers? In a recent Voxeo Developer Jam Session, I explained what is new in…
Sep 06
John Battelle On The Importance of Aggregating The Digital Content We Post In Walled Gardens
As we spread our digital content across the Internet, through separate services that we do NOT control, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Quora, how do we aggregate all that information somewhere where we DO control the content? So as…
Sep 06
Skype Now Using "@SkypeSupport" on Twitter
Given that last week I received two more phone calls from people looking to speak with Skype, I was very pleased to learn that Skype has recently started providing a support channel via Twitter – @SkypeSupport. Sure, it’s not a…
Sep 06
Want To Help Guide Git’s Development? Take the 2011 Git Users’s Survey!
Do you use the git version control system? If so, do you wish it worked a bit differently? Or did you find it hard to use in some way? If you don’t, did you try to start using it and found it difficult to understand?
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Sep 02
Running The Swanzey Covered Bridges Half-Marathon On Sunday…
I went and did it… continuing my running adventure, I went ahead and signed up for the Swanzey Covered Bridges Half-Marathon, a.k.a. "Elijah’s Race", this Sunday, September 4th, 2011. (UPDATE: The website hosting provider experienced a server crash and is still trying to get the site back up – meanwhile a cached version of the site is available.) I’ve never run 13.1 miles. In fact, if I’m honest about it, I’d never even thought about running 13.1 miles until recently. But here I go! Farthest I’ve run is 11.28 miles and when I was done I still had "gas in…
Aug 30
Why The "Nym Wars" Matter – Preserving Pseudonymity On An Open Internet
There’s an identity war going on out on the Internet right now… there are multiple aspects to it… but the key is that: it is a battle for control of YOUR identity! Think of any website you’ve visited lately that…
Aug 29
Happy Birthday, Skype! Celebrating 8 Years of Disruption
It was 8 years ago today that the first public beta version of Skype was released… and so began the amazing journey of a product/service that has truly disrupted the telecommunications industry. The Wikipedia page on Skype has a good…
