Talkathon - Asterisk Users

Asterisk Tag Photos

nospam@example.com (Randolph R) — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:04:15 +0000

Thanks to Stefan Wintermeyer for sending these.

The disco bar!

My presentation

(clockwise) Olle, me, Kevin and Michelle

Asterisk Tag

nospam@example.com (Randolph R) — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:31:54 +0000

First, it was over too quickly. I originally was going to be able to remain calm and have fun, but a travel conflict with my partner's trip to the USA, incidentally ruined by DHL France losing the box of books she was to take over with her, made we really want to get back before she left.

Sunday evening, I was able to spend some time with a community pillar, Olle, the Godfather of chan_sip (or something like that). There's a huge difference between these things:
1) Reading messages on the asterisk-users mailing list
2) Waiting for oej on #asterisk IRC channel
3) hearing Olle on http://voipusersconference.org
4) seeing 1 minute Olle's presentation on http://asterisktv.com (domain name will change RSN)
and
5) Having dinner with Olle, talking about SIP, asterisk, Digium, life and family and the relationship between these different galaxies.

Which is better?

Answer: 5 if you have decent wine.

Day One was well-organized by Stefan Wintermeyer with a nice pace. Beginning with his own intro, and he has a great sense of humor, then Mark Spencer's keynote, several other presenters not the least of which Kevin Fleming, Michelle Petrone-Fleming and the one and only Olle but wait - there's more - ending with an encrypted video phone call between Phil "PGP" Zimmermann in California and the 100+ audience in Berlin.

Even Stefan repeatedly telling Phil the cocktails were waiting for us in the other room didn't stop Phil from doing his "Columbo imitation", "oh, wait look, here's another thing, hit the 'clear' button and show what it looks like to start and stop encryption". More on why you care about encryption here.

On to the drinks. But here are a bunch of people standing in front of the bar and nothing happening in spite of the two bartenders standing behind it. It only became obvious when some disco music started and the barmen started juggling and tossing around cocktail shakers what was happening. It was a great ice-breaker (pun intended) and we all know what goes on in the hall is more important than what goes on at the conference. Also a terrific way to limit both over drinking and the costs since each drink took like 15 minutes to make and serve

Tuesday was hectic, my own presentation sucked because I love to improvise and I did not update my slides. Too bad since there were two cute photos of iJustine in them and I know that would have woken up a few of the snorers. What does iJustine have to do with all this? It was they way she managed to master the Internet rather than the Internet using her. At the time, I had something coherent to say, now I'm too tired from the trip home to say it as well. Anyway, the point is, what didn't kill me, I learned from.

See you next year in Berlin for an event with a new name, a new randulo and full live and on demand video.

Friday May 9th with Dean Collins

nospam@example.com (Randolph R) — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:00 +0000

Dean Collins hosts this week's VOIP Users Conference. The purpose of this call is to discuss the communityâ€™s feelings about an Asterisk 3rd party developed commercial software sales licensing platform.

The plan is that some form of documented published schema be implemented that will allow for 3rd party software developers to sell their software applications using a common licensing model similar to the way G729 licenses are sold by Digium.

Get details on how to join the group any Friday at 12 Noon or to listen to archive recordings at the

VoIP Users Conference

IRC: Freenode.net on #voip-users-conference

Social Network: Forums, blogs

VoIP Users Conference

nospam@example.com (Randolph R) — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:22:00 +0000

Allison Smith Returns to the VUC

nospam@example.com (Randolph R) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:37:00 +0000

We welcome Allison Smith, "Voice of Asterisk" who will join us again on February 8th, 2008 to talk about her world. Allison probably has seen more of asterisk history than a lot of us hardcore enthusiasts.
Join or listen to the conference at VoIP Users Conference.

Allison is pictured above at Astricon 2007 Phoenix with Asterisk creator Mark Spencer. She's wearing the now famous "Asterisk Dress".

Asterisk: Mark Spencer Live Video Simulcast

nospam@example.com (Randolph R) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:30:00 +0000

Mark thought he was on vacation, but we managed to grab him for an hour of the Asterisk Users Conference and we were able to do a one hour conference with a live video stream at the same time. The recorded video will be available on the weekend of July 7th on Asterisk TV.

WATCH Asterisk TV Now!

See VoipUsersConference.org for the information about how to call in to join the conference.

About AstriDevCon

nospam@example.com (Randolph R) — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:55:33 +0000

I am very pleased with the support and resources Mark Spencer and Digium have lent to the Conference effort. As Russell mentions in this session, Mark and Kevin Fleming try to be a part of the conference but they both have a lot of commitments.

A lot of ground was covered in the session with Russell Bryant, some good questions answered here. Some of the information has been published on SineApps and the various mailing lists, but you can listen to this one hour discussion on your way to work or on a plane using an mp3 player, or go to the Flash player page which should autostart with the last session.

Please join talkshoe in order to participate. You can listen anonymously on the asterisk conference page, but you will not be visible to me so I can't see who may have questions. I will watch #asterisk for questions as well, please address them to Zeeek.

More on calling in can be found at http://x2z.eu

Asterisk User Conference

nospam@example.com (Randolph R) — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:01:00 +0000

Get this widget!

Past conference recordings

For information on how to join the conference: x2z.eu

You'll need to register for a PIN with Talkshoe, which is free and painless. They won't spam you. We use Talkshoe for several reasons: it's free, bandwidth is free, software is free and cross-platform. Conferences are automatically recorded and the RSS feeds is automatically generated. I have worked with the Talkshoe guys for the Kiva.org Talkathon, they're good people and they provide good service.

We hope to keep growing the conference which you can hear live or recorded, join on PSTN or SIP, and use a Java application to chat with other participants.
Write us with any comments or topic request: asterisk {at} x2z.eu

Asterisk Users Conference First Edition

nospam@example.com (Randolph R) — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:30:00 +0000

Friday at 12:30PM EDT, special guest Mark Spencer

See http://x2z.eu for the information about how to participate.

Be sure to go to Talkshoe.com and create your account and PIN. It's free, fast and they will NOT spam you. Why Talkshoe?

Come in and join the conference live next Friday at 12:30 PM EDT

You can also subscribe to the RSS feed

Comments and suggestions are welcome, but naturally they must be moderated for spam, so be patient.

Featuremap and application map - or anything else on your mind

nospam@example.com (Randolph R) — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:50:26 +0000

See the site at http://x2z.eu for conference instructions

If only someone would share their use of these somewhat obscure things that appeared around 1.2, I would be happier. Other than reading the source or experimenting, there's no good way I've seen to get $clue.

Friday, April 13 at 12:30 PM EDT, I hope to see some answers! If forced into a corner, I may have to talk about what I've done, but that's never a good thing

What about this patent lawsuit between Vonage and Verizon? Are we all about to receive notice to stop using SIP? What is all this patent madness these days?