Happy Advent!

Just wanted to wish everyone a blessed Advent season.  I’m thinking it may be time to re-activate the blog again…but I am not sure what I should write right now….maybe tomorrow – or maybe not.

The Setup

I opened the box from Telephony Depot and was greeted with a plain box with Linksys printed on it.  Cisco Systems is in the midst of moving the Linksys VoIP products under the Cisco Small Business brand.  (Oh, and Cisco is another product of Standford alums).  The documentation is paltry at best.  A matter of fact, the only documentation was an year old CD-ROM.  Had Cisco provided the Quick Startup guide in print, I would have felt differently.  Note The materials on the CD-Rom are quite technical!   Read more... (269 words, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)

I am thrilled to have been invited to Google Voice.  Seeing as I have been using it for two weeks now, I thought I’d share my experiences.

What is Google Voice?

Google’s vision is that you will have one single number for people to reach you.  THat means that Google Voice (GV) will forward calls to your GV number to other numbers you have.  For example, you can have it ring your home, office, and cellular.  No more trying to figure out the best number to call.  GV will ring all of them (or just the ones you choose).  You can set up dialing patterns – so your work phone only rings during the week, your cell phone on nights and weekends (except from your boss, who goes straight to voice mail), and so on.  Read more... (654 words, 2 images, estimated 2:37 mins reading time)

So this past week I delved into the world of VoIP.  I was lucky enough to get an invite from Google Voice, which is a fantastic service.  Hard to believe that I started using Google when they were on Stanford’s servers and now look where they are.  (Of course, I was on the Internet before Google was a glimmer in the net’s eye – but that’s another technoblog).

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