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test your broadband connection’s voip capability

Very nice little applet from talkswitch. We’ve used this a few times and it’s quite reliable.

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job satisfaction

“Job satisfaction is what you get after you have enough money to survive in the present, enough money not to worry about the future & enough money not to care about whether your job is satisfying or not.” – Me

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Access Grid project for collaboration management

Using a grid for collaborative project management would seem to be a wonderful idea. So what tools are available. I’ve spent some of today messing around with www.accessgrid.org. There are many reasons. In the designers’ own words

“The Access Grid is an ensemble of resources including multimedia large-format displays, presentation and interactive environments, and interfaces to Grid middleware and to visualization environments.
These resources are used to support group-to-group interactions across the Grid. For example, the Access Grid (AG) is used for large-scale distributed meetings, collaborative work sessions, seminars, lectures, tutorials, and training. The Access Grid thus differs from desktop-to-desktop tools that focus on individual communication.”

To the uninitiated the software provides a way to setup secure group-based meetings incorporating advanced multimedia exchange (sound & vision) while integrating with other grid-based frameworks such as globus and the J2EE compliant ogce. Meetings between remote nodes take place using conferencing facilities created throughout the grid which create “virtual venues”. SIP compatibility is available through Virtual Room Videoconferencing System.
Wish me luck.