Soll am Black Friday stattfinden. Unter einer Telefonnummer kann das Gesuchte gesprochen werden und das Suchergebnis erscheint auf einem riesigen Display.
Lots of people are raving about the tv show set in the 1960s, Mad Men, about how accurate the costumes and the stories are. What I find interesting is that people on the radio or tv in the 1960s had a distinctive sound; they talked differently than today. You can actually recognize the era by listening to the voices of people who were recorded then. What is even more surprising is what they take for granted. Listen to this 4:42 minute clip for how they sound, and for what is said about women's job possibilities - http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/rights_freedoms/clips/412/ - especially listen to the comments by the man near the end.
To get a sense of how people sounded in 1948, and what women were listening to, check out this 14 minute slice of radio - http://archives.cbc.ca/programs/942/ Women's lives and possibilities are so different from only 40 years ago!The CBC has a great collection of radio and tv archive, well worth exploring for both the audio and the sociological aspects. - http://archives.cbc.ca/ Joan Vinall-Cox, PhD
It's the weekend and I've had a couple of days to reflect on my week's reading. I find myself thinking of an article published in last week's issue of The Sunday Times about Lloyd Blankfein and Goldman Sachs. Something the author mentioned in the article just kept nagging at me and I know I'm on to something, though it's so laughable I worry that if I don't arti
culate it well enough I will forever be known as the Techie Village Idiot.
I'm a sucker for a challenge though, so I'll just throw caution to the wind and risk being ostrasized by the blogging/ tweeting community.
If you've read the article your mind has already drifted to one particular claim that Mr. Blankfein made: he is just doing 'God's Work'. An absurd claim, to be sure, but it wasn't this that got the nerdie hamster in my head running marathons on its wheel.
No, as an iphone carrying, app wielding geek it was the passing mention of "tech and collaboration" that got me excited. Burried somewhere was a statement by the author dis
cussing a 'distinctly creepy' practice at Goldman Sachs, that of checking your voicemail at all times.
This got me thinking: could a vocal-twitter be the next killer app?
Now, before you split your sides in laughter I do realize that voicemail is an age old invention. In fact, I still have an answering machine connected to my home phone number (yes, I even have a landline), but no ever leaves a message!
You see, earlier in my career I was a fresh-faced, loyalty-card carrying, world-trotting consultant. Every morning I checked my Octel mailbox just to hear the voice of my fearless leader directing me to my next mission. As an ex-rugby player it hurts me to say this, but it was like Charlie directing his Angels. And I kind of miss that.
Since then, we've moved away from Octel and I now have to suffer through streams of "Corporate Newsletters" and soulless conference calls. Can't someone invent a twitter like application that allows people to send out 30-second messages in a twitter-like fashion to a group of people!?
Sales teams can use it to send out Quick Market Intelligence updates (or sales leads in non-consultant speak). Marketing teams can send out the latest offers to customers. Managers can send brief instructions to their teams. It could be the ultimate showdown in the modern battle between brevity and verboseness. I would happily admit that ever since I started tweeting my attention span is no longer than that of a three-year old on speed. So please my techie bretheren, I urge you to heed this call to arms and bring on the vwitter!
Note to wife: No this isn't the same as sending voice notes on your BBM.
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Youtube affords charities a chance to bring their stories and fundraising successes to life – this much we know. But they don’t have to look super-produced or contain a lot of graphics, or rack up huge marketing spend, to make an impact.
The clip above depicts Kidz Board Chair Jamie Green discussing the content of a national schools survey – conceived and created by the young people at Whizz-Kidz – with School Secretary Ed Balls. The Department for Children, Schools and Families had agreed to help distribute the survey via an email to heads at 20,000 schools across England.
This simple - and clearly amateur - video clip gives the viewer an insight into the kind of work that Whizz-Kidz ambassadors do. It’s quick and dirty, but quite watchable – particularly as it has a kind of documentary fly-on-the-wall feel to it. It shows how confident, intelligent and innovative the charity's young people are. I don't need to add a disclosure here; I've made it quite clear I work at Whizz-Kidz.
I drew people to the video by hosting it on Youtube, and then ‘tweeted’ the url to our followers on Twitter (dutifully retweeted by Ed Balls *smiles*) and posted the link on our Facebook fan page. It quickly got hundreds of hits.
Simple yet effective, and empowering Whizz-Kidz’ young beneficiaries to amplify their voices.
Everyone wants to be heard. Everyone deserves to be heard. That being said, there are times when we have to look at the things we're saying and doing, and wonder, why exactly are we saying them? For instance, with the Internet having burgeoned to the ludicrous size it has, we have more of a soap box then ever to voice opinions and say things, both directly and indirectly. Does that really mean we should?
Case in point is me. Lately I've been opening my mouth far too much on things that might piss off certain people but endear other people. As much as I do agree with the post before this one, there has to be a striking balance: are we patient enough with others and ourselves to know when it is okay to use our voice and speak up on something? There is always a lot of time, and it is easy to want to say things to people or have people say things to us that just aren't appropriate for the time and place due to many factors, both well known and only known by individuals. There is bountiful time in a day, and a week, and a month, or hell, a year to get to things that can and often should be dormant. Even if something seems serious, not everyone is going to want to hear about it, and people tend to walk away from one person's serious attitude because they have their own serious things to deal with.Speaking openly on things is not always the best idea. We are always free to do so but must be prepared for the consequences of our actions. We will always make choices, both good and bad, and the ultimate test of character is how we live with those choices and keep walking forward. It takes a great deal of patience to accept our mistakes and the possibility that we will make them in the future. Perfection may not be attainable, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to lead good, healthy lives alongside the ones we care about, with mutual appreciation and understanding.
**This post was written by and borrowed from the hydtech website. They should receive 100% of the credit for this method. - I would personally like to say thank you to hydtech for not only putting this together but for openly sharing it as it is the best post I have found of its type.**
I am so happy, I canceled my T-mobile contract and now I use my G1 to make free VOIP calls using gizmo5 and google voice. I have a wireless connection while I’m at home and at work so thats like 90% of my day. At times when I don’t have a connection, the phone calls get forwarded to my prepaid t-mobile card which is good for 1 year. I paid $100 for it for 1000 minutes.
Things needed before you get started:
1. Sign up for a google voice account and set it up. You can purchase an invite from ioffer.com for like $2.
2. Gizmo5 account. you need to download the desktop client and register. Once you have your sip number (something like 747*******), write it down.
3. SIPdroid app for android
4. Unofficial GV app for android
5. Optional: prepaid sim card
Log in to your google voice account and under settings you can add a phone where you would like your GV number to forward to. Make sure you select type “gizmo” and add the 747 sip number. GV will ask to verify the number so you have to make sure you are signed into your gizmo.
On your android, open sipdroid and enter your account settings.
the server is proxy01.sipphone.com
port is 5060
protocol: UDP is better
You will get a green dot when connected.
Open the GV app (make sure its the unofficial one) and enter your account settings. select calling method as ‘call back’. call back number is your sip number. enter it and enter your pin.
* If you choose the ‘dial out’ method, you will need credits to place a call with gizmo5. the ‘call back’ method tells google voice to dial your number and then once connected with you, call the other number. (This is better because incoming calls are free)
Now you can make and receive calls free while your on Wifi or 3g. In case you want your offline calls forwarded to your prepaid phone, you can select call hunting feature in your gizmo5 account settings.
Enjoy!
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