Skype adoption in Europe was born out of the necessity of the geographical and political environment but yes…it goes the other way and empowers remote working by choice. Cool how it works out.

What I love is that video which has been hard forever is now easy and integrated into our social graphs. It is already taking off in the weird anonymous world of chatroulette and a bunch of offshoots. It will explode in the mainstream if it can be made light, easy, live in the browser, integrate into our communities and be flexible for everything from a note to a conference.

Thanks as always for your comments.

“Communications and collaborative work tools are necessary parts of a distributed workforce.”
This statement resonated most with my “Mark's eye view” of the world Arnold. You can see it as clearly as I can, a distributed workforce is an inevitable part of the future. Maybe not in all industries, but certainly in technology and media based organizations. I'd be happy to see the death of cubes, and the spreading out of people to locations that best fit their needs. I'd love to find a good climate where I can walk outdoors all year (NY winters are too cold for me now).

Skype adoption in Europe was born out of the necessity of the geographical and political environment but yes…it goes the other way and empowers remote working by choice. Cool how it works out.

What I love is that video which has been hard forever is now easy and integrated into our social graphs. It is already taking off in the weird anonymous world of chatroulette and a bunch of offshoots. It will explode in the mainstream if it can be made light, easy, live in the browser, integrate into our communities and be flexible for everything from a note to a conference.

Thanks as always for your comments.

“Communications and collaborative work tools are necessary parts of a distributed workforce.”
This statement resonated most with my “Mark's eye view” of the world Arnold. You can see it as clearly as I can, a distributed workforce is an inevitable part of the future. Maybe not in all industries, but certainly in technology and media based organizations. I'd be happy to see the death of cubes, and the spreading out of people to locations that best fit their needs. I'd love to find a good climate where I can walk outdoors all year (NY winters are too cold for me now).

And of course, there will be alternatives soon, like my clients that connect Voip and the databases of your social graph.

A couple of months back, I saw that a fellow who had joined one of my sites had a business based in Switzerland. I thought there might be some synergies, so I suggested we speak by phone. First thing he asked was if I was on Skype. Soon, I guess, people will be asking if I'm on Vpype.

Always interesting to look at the intersection of innovation adoption and culture.

Connected with a lot of interesting folks.

The video blogger community out of London is one group that I'm planning on keeping in touch with. Innovative. Creative. And a unique approach. We could all use with more of that.