VoIP Users Conference » VUC http://www.voipusersconference.org Live every Friday at 12 Noon Eastern time Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:43:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.voipusersconference.org/feed/podcast/ This is a weekly live meeting of people all over the world who are interested in sharing knowledge and experiences about telephony over the Internet. Guests include authors, innovators, programmers and Internet personalities. The conference is reached by phoning in using SIP, Skype or a web page widget shown on the main web site http://vuc.me @voipusers clean @voipusers itunes@voipusersconference.org itunes@voipusersconference.org (@voipusers) VOIP allows you to do almost anything with incoming and outgoing telephone lines. telephony,communications,international,asterisk,freeswitch,freepbx,skype VoIP Users Conference » VUC http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/_vuc144.jpg http://www.voipusersconference.org HD Video Conferencing With LifeSize http://www.voipusersconference.org/2011/hd-video-conferencing-with-lifesize/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2011/hd-video-conferencing-with-lifesize/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 02:26:01 +0000 mjgraves http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=2654

Update! Feb 3rd: The winter weather in the US has delayed the delivery of the webcams. Thus few people have been able to make test calls to confirm connectivity to the LifeSize bridge. As a result we have decided to postpone the call for a week or two.  A new date will be announced shortly.

Following our first video conference call with Blink Mind last August we’re at long last scheduled to do next call in the series. The VUC call on February 4, 2011 will feature LifeSize, the Austin TX based manufacturer of HD video conference systems. LifeSize is a division of Logitech.

Our guest will be Michael Helmbrecht, Vice President of Product Marketing. His responsibilities include product marketing, product life cycle management, public relations and analyst relations. Prior to LifeSize he spent nine years with Dell, Inc. where he was Director of Marketing. Michael held a number of key marketing roles at Dell, most recently leading product line management for data storage and networking in the Americas.

Unlike the earlier video call in August, the Feb 4 call will happen in 720p-based high-definition. A total of sixteen fortunate souls will have seats on the LifeSize video conference bridge.

The output of that bridge will also be streamed via a web feed, and recorded for later download as a video podcast. Audio from the LifeSize conference bridge will be joined to the ZipDX bridge so that people participating audio-only can join the call by their usual means.

In support of the coming video conference call LifeSize is giving away a number of Logitech HD PRO Webcam C910 webcams. Details about the camera giveaway will be announced to the VUC mailing list. We expect to have the cameras allocated by the end of the VUC call on January 28th, such that they can be used to join the call the following week.

The webcams can be used in conjunction with the LifeSize Desktop 2.0 For Windows soft client to connect to the LifeSize HD video conference bridge. LifeSize will be putting up a special page on their web site to register VUC members to download the LifeSize Desktop 2.0 For Windows.

On the Feb 4 call one lucky participant will win the grand prize, a Logitech Harmony® One Advanced Universal Remote.

Be watching the VUC mailing list for updates as the details of the call and contests continue to evolve.

Update! Jan 27th: The web page to register for the Feb 4 call is at http://www.lifesize.com/voip-register. The deadline for registration is 5pm CST Friday, Jan 28th. This is to allow LifeSize staff time to collect addresses and get the webcams distributed before next weeks call.


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The Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes (CSAH) was created to provide a way for individuals, corporations and others to help our severely wounded and disabled Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans and their families rebuild their lives.

VUC is proud to support the 24-hour podcast event. The complete schedule is found on that link and if you like, you can volunteer to be there for a 30-minute segment to show your support.

During the event, the primary purpose is to raise money and awareness of the coalition, but we will be talking about new media, podcasting and the VUC of which you may be a part. I have asked to do a time that is morning for me, around 5 AM EST. If you are in a time zone where you are awake and active at that time, please consider joining us.

Todd Cochran explains his choice of  the 2010 charity in this post.

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2010/24-hour-charity-podcast/feed/ 1 Randal Schwartz visits Astricon http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/randal-schwartz-astrico/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/randal-schwartz-astrico/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:58:25 +0000 VUC http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=1127

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’re having a great time at Astricon, you guys should have come!

I had the pleasure of meeting Gui Vieiro the “lucky” winner of the AA50 at AstriCon. Gui recently introduced Asterisk into the IT environment. “We were a very traditional telecom team when I joined [his company] 2.5 years ago. Asterisk has enabled us to do things we could not previously do, and the AA50 you gave me will help me [...] continue to find ways to create innovative telecom solutions. Welcome Gui and enjoy the AA50!

I keep forgetting to mention it, we have a VUC mailing list, look at this page to sign up or just go to the Google Group.

Now, excuse me but it’s party time!

Zeeek and Allison Smith, "Voice of Asterisk"

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