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Full story: Easy Skype phone
One of the first things I did upon my return to Amsterdam today was install a very cool gadget I bought in CompUSA on Saturday – a Linksys Skype phone. This is a phone that works with the Skype internet phone service which you use to make and receive phone calls via Skype as you would make and receive calls with a normal cordless phone. The contact list in the phone replicates the contact list in the Skype application that…
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Full story: Not much happened at 35,000 feet
Sitting in economy class for ten hours on a transatlantic flight isn’t really my idea of a fun way to spend time. The good news is that it was only ten hours flying back to Amsterdam from San Francisco. When you fly economy (or coach or cattle class, take your pick of descriptions), you know that you’ll be squeezed in to relatively small seats with little space for movement. At least with KLM, the seat pitch on the MD-11 is…
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Full story: Travelling home
Heading off back to Amsterdam today. It’s been a terrific US trip. Shel’s and Michele’s hospitality last week was peerless. The New Communications Forum was outstanding. I met with IABC yesterday: great discussions. Terrific bars and restaurants here in San Francisco. My wife has gained her value from the trip (just don’t pay any attention to the “sponsors” message in FIR show #117…), so everyone’s happy. I’ve not posted much here this past week, certainly not as much as I’d…
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Full story: The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #117: March 6, 2006
Content summary: An introduction from our “sponsors”; popular podcasts begin charging in the UK; podcasting growth in Australia; a head start on the podcasting book; charitable blogging and Operation Link Love; Lee Hopkins reports; meeting Sallie Goetsch; Jeremy Wright shouts out; review of the New Communications Forum; the grand tour of Bay area tech stores; Neville’s and Shel’s podcasting book; listeners’ comments discussion (congrats on the book deal; advice for LinkedIn; value opportunities for PR); the music. Show notes for…
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Full story: California pics on Flickr
I’ve just uploaded a bunch of photos to Flickr, all re my California trip including lots from the New Communications Forum. You can see the set here. Also, check out all the tagged Forum photos at Flickr. Here’s a favourite – Shel and I with Jeff Clavier (on the left) and Sallie Goetsch, two of the regular listeners to FIR: Pic taken for us with my camera by Elizabeth Albrycht. (Click on the image to see a bigger version at…
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