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Digium Security Webinar

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Randal Schwartz visits Astricon

I called him an “honorary member” of VUC, but he’s actually a regular and he did get his T-shirt at Astricon. We stopped in front of the cheapest happy hour place just long enough to record this for posterity.

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We Did It! Astricon 2009 is Over

Besides the few people I had time to grab, you’ll see stills of Allison Smith, Randal L. Schwartz and VUC regular Barry Kline. Allison is an amazing person when you consider how many people want to meet and talk to her (to hear that voice you’ve heard recordings of for years). She deals with it well, here’s someone who makes you feel special. Randal has always been one of my heroes and one of these days we will have to do some live video together just for grins. You’ll also get a quick glimpse of the indefatigable John Todd, aka, “tie dye man” and another VoIP hero, Olle Johanssen. Sorry Zoa, I misspelled Zoiper and can’t re-edit just now.

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Is there a Phone on this thing?

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VoIP and Social Media AMOOCON Video

Many VoIP geeks aren’t into the social media part of the Internet, yet I find it to be an integral part of both business and pleasure today.

2009 Social Media in VoIP

Stefan has posted the video of my presentation at AMOOCON. We all look at our talks and say “OMG, was I really that bad?” I warn you in advance, and have made note of it, my talk starts way too slowly.

The idea was to compare social networking in 1976, 1996 and 2006 and then today, 2009 by evoking my ham radio days in L.A. We used a 220 Mhz repeater and walkie talkies to talk on the phone from anywhere years before the cellphone became ubiquitous. In 1986, I was using the Internet without even knowing what it was with rlogin, rpipe, etc. In 1996, I built a PHP 2 site that basically did exactly what Twitter does, an open IM with a web interface. In 2006, Twitter came along and in 2009 we have a growing number of how to keep track of friends and more importantly, make new connections in our centers of interest.

The link with VoIP is that we now are able to meet people like Dan York, Jeff Pulver and many other movers in the VoIP space through all the usual channels and hopefully through the our own VUC as well. The VUC started around March 2007 and has grown in many ways since then, thanks to Mark Spencer’s immediate support and later, Digium’s realization of the importance of the whole social transformation that is taking place on the Internet. We have had some help from the people whose logos you see at the top of the page and I’m grateful to them and of course to every participant, especially the core group of “friends”, all of whom I hope to meet some day.

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AMOOCON 2009 Video

And now, hot off the FlipVideo, here’s a taste of Rostock and AMOOCON from a human perspective:

THE DIGIUM you didn’t know existed:

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And then there was the “C Shanties”

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Olle E. Johansson: RTFM Got Me Started

Olle E. Johansson (oej) is not just another boring developer, he’s a refreshing change, a family guy, a very good presenter and he shares our enjoyment of good wine. Olle has a vision and speaks of presence and the future of VoIP.

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This video was shot with a tool I just got so there are mistakes in the switching. I’d rather leave it rough, including the audio dropping out, because the most interesting stuff is there. I promise to do better next time.

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Jason Goecke, Adhearsion

Here’s a chance to meet Jason but unfortunately, you can’t hear the jokes and stories we all shared at dinner. Adhearsion is another one of those forward-looking companies that shakes up the VoIP world and adds spice and inspiration to a developer’s life.

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Me in Linux Journal Magazine

The other Adhearsion guy, Jay Philips

Adhearsion is a new way to write voice-enabled applications. It’s not just an API or library — it’s a fully-featured framework, the first of its kind, designed for maximal code reuse and intuitiveness. The name “Adhearsion” is a combination of “adhesion” and “hear” because Adhearsion shines best when integrating technologies with voice.

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Stefan Wintermeyer, AMOOCON Organizer

Stefan Wintermeyer wrote The Asterisk Book (Das Asterisk Buch) and is working on a new book now. He’s a jovial guy with a great concept for throwing an entertaining as well as enlightening event. Here’s a little about how and why he does it.

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Disclaimer, like the other videos, this was shot in the first experience with the new video tools and there are mistakes in switching. The spirit of these are linked to the fact that they are live (undeited) so please excuse ther warts.

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Siemens Enterprise OpenStage Phones

Siemens Enterprise new OpenStage phones looked interesting. As the guys say, this is a desk phone (somewhere just under $500 retail)  made for the decision-maker (aka, “The Boss”, “Mr. Big”) yet it handles like an iPod. I’d love to check out the audio quality of this baby. OpenStage 80 is shown in the video.

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Video Streaming Test

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