Obviously I stopped updating this blog…between the stuff I was working on, which was super secretive and Wordpress doldrums, I move my blog over to the Tumblr platform. You can find my blog at: http://blog.gregsmind.com
I have patched AIM MusicLink to work with Songbird 1.0. Unfortunately it requires a full download and not just the Songbird Extension. I have updated the full download on the AIM MusicLink homepage.
Happy holidays everyone. I realize it has been a while since I have posted on what’s going on with AIM, ICQ, OpenAIM and the general state of messaging. I have about 5 posts queued up, and you will start seeing these being published over the next two weeks.
One interesting note this morning we had a major water main break not far from my house in Maryland. I happened to mention it in my twitter feed, and about 5 minutes later The Washington Post picked up on my feed and others.
Glad that no one was seriously injured or killed. Stay tuned for the latest news.
Today Cisco bought Jabber, Inc., which is an open source messaging and presence protocol that is supported by Google Talk and is the backbone to services such as Twitter. For Cisco this is the second major acquisition of a communications company, with WebEx being that company.
Cisco seems very intent on going after the enterprise communication space and eat into Microsoft’s Office Communication Server (OCS). As the enterprise space becomes a more diverse land of Macs mixed with Windows boxes and LINUX boxes, this move may help Cisco accomplish those goals. In the enterprise space, Jabber is used by some investment banks on Wall Street as well as an internal messaging service at companies like AT&T.
There was a great series that the Boston Globe ran yesterday of very cool photos from satellites, the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle over the past few years showing the hurricanes and tropical storms. The first thing that caught my attention was how large these storms are and the second is the amazing clarity of the storm details. Pay particularly close attention to the eye of the storm, you can actually see the ocean below.
A quick shout out from Tel Aviv where we are busy working hard with ICQ. I just wanted to thank everyone today for the birthday wishes. We are working on a lot of exciting things so stay tuned!
It always amazes me what happens in DC when the snow starts flying. Yesterday our 66 mile beltway around DC was backed up 26 miles because the roads were a little damp. Here was the view in downtown Bethesda today…as the theory goes, I trust my own driving but no one else’s driving.
I received my Hulu.com invitation a couple of days ago and I thought I would share my initial thoughts on the technology, content and usability. First lets review what Hulu is. Hulu is a web site that is a joint venture between NBC and Fox where they distribute free ad supported video content that they own.
So the unknown quotient is the advertising. The player looks like it shows when the ad break would occur, yet I saw ads get injected at other times as well. In my opinion Hulu will play well with the mainstream crowd, but as is usually the case advance users will want to take the content with them and that means finding that content via other sources.
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I have been working as a sofware engineer at AOL on Instant Messaging since 1999. You can email or IM me with questions, and comments. If I am online you can IM me at gregsblog.
