Curiouser and Curiouser! on judith-meskill http://matt.blogs.it/ RSS feed for topic judith-meskill Copyright 2006 Matt Mower Squib/0.1 self@mattmower.com self@mattmower.com en-gb Aint no such thing as free Thu, 29 Apr 2004 20:58:13 +0100 Yesterday I had a chance to try <a href="http://www.freeworlddialup.com/">FreeWorldDialup</a> for the first time. <a href="http://www.meskill.net/weblogs/">Judith</a> and I wanted to chat and since she is on Mac and I am on Windows it seemed like a perfect opportunity.<br> <br> Downloading the client (SJPhone) was easy and, up to that point, everything was fine. From then on however, things got bumpy.<br> <br> How do I call you? I couldn't see any way. I kept trying to add Judith to the address book, but I eventually figured out it wasn't searching a directory, I was just creating a dummy entry with her name. The interface had numbers but I had no idea what my number was or what Judiths was.<br> <br> When I first opened the client it made me create a FWD account, but didn't say anything about a number. The client didn't seem to know it and the <i>SIP tab</i> the instructions told me I should look for didn't appear anywhere. Judith was fairing a little worse - her client didn't even prompt to make her create an account.<br> <br> I went back to the FWD site and found all kinds of references to numbers I should have. There seemed to be a way of creating accounts there too which seemed somehow different to what I had done before. I went through that and *bingo* got my number. Now, how do I put it in the client?<br> <br> While I searched in vain for how to insert the number in the client, Judith also signed up. Eventually I discovered that creating an account at startup <i>had</i> given me a number -- it just didn't bother to <b>actually tell me</b> about it!<br> <br> Okay - the tension is mounting. We both have numbers. I dial Judith and... nothing. I can't hear anything at all. Then some choppy noise. "Is that you Judith?" She, of course, can hear me fine as she reports via instant messenger.<br> <br> So, confusing, Confusing, CONFUSING and it didn't work.<br> <br> Roll on Skype4Mac!<br> http://matt.blogs.it/entries/00002144.html STES writeup on Social Software Weblog Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:54:18 +0100 <blockquote><a href="http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/entry/9894671702491102/">Social Tools for Enterprises Symposium in London</a>. <p>I was IM chatting with Matt Mower recently and he reminded me that the <a href="http://www.socialtext.net/stes/index.cgi">Social Tools for Enterprises Symposium</a> (STES) is coming up very soon (Monday, July 12, 2004) and so I promised that I would blog a reminder.<br><br> Yesterday in my ‘tip’ jar I received another reminder from ‘Allan’ to blog about the STES and so here is an endorsement in Allan’s words:</p> <br> <br> <blockquote> <a href="http://www.socialtext.net/stes/"><img alt="stes_banner" src="http://www.weblogsinc.com/common/images/5618373282760240.GIF?0.9422719571363751" align="right" border="0" height="180" hspace="4" vspace="4" width="120"></a> Matt Mower has just announced an <a href="http://matt.blogs.it/2004/06/17.html#a1501">Early Bird Discount</a> for people who <a href="http://www.kmcluster.com/lon/LON_Summer_2004.htm">register</a> <strong>before July 1, 2004.</strong> The agenda with speakers is available on the <a href="http://www.kmcluster.com/lon/LON_Summer_2004.htm">Symposium web site</a> and it looks like it will be a cracking event. “Top thought leaders and expert practitioners from the business, consulting and academic worlds will introduce social tools in the context of how they can be used within large organisations and demonstrate the positive changes they can effect.” <a href="http://www.kmcluster.com/lon/LON_Summer_2004.htm">Register</a> now.<br><br><br> <br><br><br> </blockquote> If you will be in or around London in the July 12th timeframe—this is a <strong>NOT TO BE MISSED</strong> event!<br> <p>The presenters include:<br> </p> <ul> <li>Stowe Boyd—Ready for the Enterprise?<br> </li><li>Euan Semple—Working In A Wired World<br> </li><li>Marc Eisenstadt—Knowledge Workers: Maps, Enhanced Presence, Instant Messaging<br> </li><li>Phil Wolff—Understanding the Payback: A workshop to create Aha! Moments<br> </li><li>David Gurteen—Social Software Cafe<br> </li> </ul> <p style="font-weight: bold;">Don’t forget to register before July 1, 2004 to catch the early bird discount. (:=</p> [<a href="http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/">The Social Software Weblog</a>]<br> </blockquote> <br> Great write up, thanks Judith, and thanks for making the <a href="http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/">Social Software Weblog</a> such a great resource (just compiling the <a href="http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/entry/9817137581524458/">meta list</a> is a job in itself!)<br> <br> You've also highlighted a snafu on my part.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.socialtext.net/stes/index.cgi?lee_bryant">Lee Bryant</a> doesn't appear on the programme (although he is on the <a href="http://www.socialtext.net/stes/index.cgi">Wiki</a>).&nbsp; I'm fixing that up (with apologies to Lee for any confusion caused.)<br> <br> Over the next couple of days I'll be adding more in-depth on the programme.&nbsp; We've got some great sessions planned and I want everyone to know about it!<br> http://matt.blogs.it/entries/00002348.html