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I just received the below email in my Facebook Inbox because I am a member of the ooVoo Facebook Group. Well, I have been sitting on some cool news that I assume I can share now since it has been released into the wilderness. Lots of cool stuff: My ooVoo Day, a version of ooVoo for the Mac, and the ability to chat up some of the coolest new media, social media, new PR, new marketing, and rock star bloggers anywhere!

If you haven’t had a chance to try out ooVoo yet, there’s a great opportunity coming up in the week or so: My ooVoo Day With…You can download the software - including the MAC VERSION!!! - and sign up for a slot where you can talk to some other ooVooers in the blogosphere about a variety of topics at: http://www.myoovooday.com

If you don’t have a webcam yet, don’t worry - you can still participate on calls as an audio-only caller. You’ll still be able to see and hear the others and add your own voice to the mix. Just pick a good looking avatar to display. ;-)

That’s it. Get over to www.myoovooday.com to check out the details and do your thing.

Now back to your regularly scheduled email…

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No Comments » Posted on February 7th, 2008 by Chris Abraham

Filed under: Video Conferencing, Video Over IP, Video Training, Video Tutorials, Web Apps, Web Services, Work-Life Balance, Youth Market, ooVoo

Online video is changing the way we communicate. It’s not just YouTube or Hulu. We know essentially have “video phones” like the ones we saw on sci-fli flicks back in the 1960’s. This is an evolution that I be you’ll be taking part in within three years.

I hardly ever use the word “revolution” because I think it’s tremendously overused by overeager enthusiasts who fail to understand that this whole integration of digital technologies into our lives is an evolutionary process. The browser was a revolution.

But evolutions can happen fast. And that’s what’s happening right now. Take a look at this.

What you’ll see is how Adrianne George, an African-American expat living in Stockholm is using ooVoo along with several of her colleagues to discuss politics and issues affecting people of color. (Disclosure: ooVoo is a client.) She’s in touch with several people who use ooVoo in both Europe and the United States. One is African American Political Pundit. Another is Francis Holland, both relatively well-known in the political blogosphere. And she can talk to up to five people at once.

I like the interface and the screen quality. That’s, of course, tied into the cameras. But the idea that up to six people having a video conference at once shows me that small working teams, a gaggle of teens, groups of friends, etc. will now be able to have group conversations in real time.

That’s because to me, the very concept of a multi-person conversation going on from various parts of the world using live feeds of video and audio is a awesome example of how current applications of online video technology is allowing people to broaden the way they interact. Ideas can be expressed in real time by people sitting at their dinner table and home offices and cubicles. Forget about the fact that a client of ours is empowering this. Instead, see how this service - and their even competitors will be changing the way we communicate.

OK, I for one have to admit it. I love ooVoo as a client and I love ooVoo as a service.

A revolution? No. At first it will be about competing platforms and speed of adoption. There will be shakeouts and buyouts and unforeseen roadblocks that will hamper the adoption of these technologies. But changes are coming.

1 Comment » Posted on January 16th, 2008 by Jonathan Trenn

Filed under: Blogging, Blogging Primer, How to Blog, Video Training, Video Tutorials, YouTube

I really love Wordpress, both as the blogging software platform upon which we built Marketing Conversation and as the the free, powerful, and hosted alternative to Blogger’s Blogspot. I like it so much that I actually created a 45-minute video. Enjoy!


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3 Comments » Posted on September 30th, 2007 by Chris Abraham

Filed under: Blog Training, How to Blog, Training Video, Video Training

I have put this “how to post on our corporate blog, Marketing Conversation” for my staff but I thought it would be useful to share as well… please enjoy — it isn’t finished yet — there will be more to follow …




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No Comments » Posted on September 27th, 2007 by Chris Abraham


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