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Re: Chrome may be great, but will it matter?

JimAtJaxtr — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:56:03 -0000

Interesting thoughts. What Google is doing seems to be along the lines of Apple methodology--just the concept of having multiple products all working seamlessly together. So they keep gathering more and more pieces to draw in different segments of people. Short term, I don't think Chrome really dents the market, but longterm, it may be a different scenario as Google continues to prove the value and functionality of its products to different groups of people over time.

Re: Yammer: This thing is a prize winner?

JimAtJaxtr — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:36:57 -0000

I'd be interested to see how many businesses do get interested in this tool. I think Yammer is a response to an unsaid question in the social media community of how do you make money off/create a sustainable business out of Twitter? I could see how Yammer could make money, even though it really isn't offering anything revolutionary; it's just repackaged the Twitter concept for business.

Re: An overview of the Estonian SMS market

JimAtJaxtr — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:54:16 -0000

That's very interesting. I love the idea of paying for parking through SMS (and of course turning on the ski course lights is awesome). How does that work exactly? Does someone just text a specific number with a message or is it more intricate than that?

Re: Google ‘lacking mass market strategy’ for Android

JimAtJaxtr — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:25:48 -0000

Somehow, I'm not too worried about Google not having an underlying strategy, but then again, we'll see how things pan out with Android.

Re: Stephen Fry likes the S2 Skypephone too

JimAtJaxtr — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:28:47 -0000

Nice. I wonder if Skype will ever get big into making phones. Then they don't have to worry about making people download their tool. The fewer barriers to users using a tool the better. For instance, at jaxtr, you don't need to download anything to make calls. But nonetheless, it sounds like a cool phone.

Re: Android Phone to cost $199 on T-Mobile?

JimAtJaxtr — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:16:10 -0000

I'm surprised that they're going for such a hefty pricetag. I thought they might go a little lower to really sweeten the deal. I wonder what their break even point is after all the R&D.

Re: Look at how screwed up the telecoms industry is

JimAtJaxtr — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:44:43 -0000

How did PremTel get your info? Are they a subsidiary of the other company? Did someone get hacked?

Re: T-Mobile UK readying Android

JimAtJaxtr — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:28:49 -0000

Nice. I'd think T-Mobile would be really getting their ducks in a row for this launch so they can finally get in on the smartphone conversation that has been going on for awhile.

Re: 2008/08/23/mobile-voip-poll/

JimAtJaxtr — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:19:38 -0000

Since I work at a mobile voip company (Jaxtr--www.jaxtr.com), you can imagine that I'm an optimist on this subject. I think that the cat is out of the bag as to the fact that voip can significantly lower international calling costs for consumers. Ultimately, that's one of the biggest concerns for consumers (along with quality), and so long as quality is at least on par with big telecos, people will continue to spill over into the mobile voip space. How fast? I think a lot of that will have to do with mobile phone penetration into regions around the world, which from a lot of the numbers I have seen has been accelerating.

Re: 2006/12/14/jaxtr-free-myspace-phone-calls/

JimAtJaxtr — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:09:02 -0000

Hi Fareed,

I saw your note. I just wanted to suggest you check out jaxtr.com to find the latest info. This article was posted in 2006, and quite a few things have changed for us.

Feel free to message me with questions after checking out the site.

Jim @ jaxtr

Re: 2008/09/04/social-media-for-real-world-social-change/

JimAtJaxtr — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:30:18 -0000

Interesting thoughts, Leslie. I think we're really on the tip of the iceberg for social movements through social media sites. I think we're just getting past that point of "hey, that's cool" and starting to get to the "how can I really use this" phase. As people find innovative uses for voice, video, and content tools online, it'll be fascinating to watch how they get implemented and how the world as a whole gets influenced by them.

Re: 2008/09/19/cisco-jabber/

JimAtJaxtr — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:27:28 -0000

That's an interesting move as it appears that Cisco really is moving to broaden its communications solutions for enterprises. I wonder if they've had much client demand for IM services. IM has been treated badly by many companies as they've considered it a time-waster, but I wonder if some of the value of it as an internal communication tool is finally starting to be recognized.

Re: 2008/09/29/jaxtr-eyes-profitability-with-new-premium-memberships-for-web-based-voip-calls/

JimAtJaxtr — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:36:08 -0000

Thanks for your thoughts Donnacha. If you can shoot me an email at connect@jaxtr.com, I'd be happy to talk with you more about your experiences and see if there's anything that we can troubleshoot together.

Re: Twelve Ways to Sell Social Media to Your Boss

JimAtJaxtr — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:43:40 -0000

I really like your point about how some companies are using tools like identi.ca to enhance productivity. I think companies have almost as much to gain in their interactions with customers on the Web as they do in being able to communicate more effectively internally through a number of these micro-blogging, wiki, and instant messenging tools.

Re: The Raw Power of StumbleUpon

JimAtJaxtr — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:42:24 -0000

I'm a big fan of stumbleupon, but as some people have pointed out, it's kind of the flash flood of traffic. You'll get hundreds or thousands of visits with about an avg time of 30 seconds on site. Other people in social media posts have commented that the one thing about the digg crowd is that people generally tend to read the content (ie pageview times above 2 minutes). However, it is nice that you'll get flashes of stumbleupon traffic over time once you get lots of content stumbled, as people will discover things later on down the road.

Re: Magnolia Opens Up

JimAtJaxtr — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:03:14 -0000

Honestly, I think business development deals to get new stuff in front of the eyes of people using older, more familiar sites is a really untapped opportunity. That way all the people still using AOL, for instance, can be exposed to the new tools (there are quite a few AOL users--please refrain from the obligatory AOL joke. No I'm not one of them =). Otherwise, it goes back to the usual word of mouth from people to people and the key influencers who tell their friends.

Re: The Old Advertising Merry Go Round

JimAtJaxtr — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:22:54 -0000

Hi Chris. Thanks for the honesty and transparency on this subject. Your point about how people generally aren't shopping when they're reading blogs rings true for me, but it once again brings up the question of how to monetize blog traffic. Or perhaps, it's simply a question of subject matter and not medium (ie blog). Thoughts?

Re: Set Your Blog On Fire

JimAtJaxtr — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:44:49 -0000

I think a big part of keeping a blog going is just setting aside the time for brainstorming. Getting the ideas going on a regular basis helps continue them. Plus, just reading other blogs helps me spark my own creativity.

Re: Has/How/Why tech blogging has failed you

JimAtJaxtr — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:56:08 -0000

This is a very cool and thoughtful post. I definitely understand the feeling of information overload. So much is going on, it's kind of hard to wrap your brain around it some times. That said, I think as a tech blogger that you get a chance to be a little bit of a visionary. It's really easy to get caught up in rating the latest apple apps and trying to grab traffic from digg, et al by catering to a popular topic. It's also really fun, but taking a step back to look at the big picture and offer thoughts and musings about where it all may be headed, I think that's the fun part. And I think that sparks other people in the tech community and is a really valuable service.

Re: Where Google and Facebook are fighting the next monetization battle

JimAtJaxtr — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:12:02 -0000

I like how you phrased the social media thing for business: "Adding social networking features to your corporate sites helps your users through the research phase of the buying process." Companies get so caught up in the near-term transaction today mentality that they can miss the longterm concerns of building up interest and facilitating research for consumers that can drive future transactions. Hopefully as businesses continue to investigate online social networking, they'll do it in a transparent and authentic way.