Broadband Coverage Map of the USA
Interesting project: Broadband Coverage Map of the USA Thoughts?
Vince Dasta I solve problems.
Pitfalls On the Road From Traditional Project Management to Scrum
There are a few trends that I’ve been noticing over the last few years when it comes to how clients manage their projects. The most constant seems to be the attempt to apply Agile...
Designing Networks for VoIP and Real-Time Communications
Many networks are designed for data traffic. Real-time traffic like voice and video add new requirements for network design, operation, and troubleshooting. Was your network designed for data traffic and then modified to handle...
A Security Strategy for VoIP Environments
As the move to Internet-based telephony continues, it’s worth considering the potential threats to sensitive data and business intelligence that occur most commonly. When telephony moves online you need to think of the impact...
Intro To Basic SIP Architecture
One of the things that I find causes the most confusion when discussing SIP and VoIP issues is ambiguity around terminology. In this introductory post I’m going to describe and define several of the...
Guide to Bad Data
I recently discovered the Quartz Guide to Bad Data, I wish I had found this long ago. I’ve been sharing this with my teams to help them spot issues with fishy and broken datasets. There’s...
The Hacker Shelf – Community curated free books for the intellectually curious
Great resource alert: Okal Otieno has built a site to collect and curate free books that get linked from Hacker News and Reddit. I have the same problem, I collect links to all kinds...
Fixing the #1 problem in IT Security
Somewhat off-topic, but something I seem to deal with on a daily basis with my clients. Roger Grimes has written an interesting paper: “Implementing a Data-Driven Computer Security Defense.” His thesis is that most...
Increase conversions by posting a phone number on your website
I see business making two key mistakes over and over again. 1 – Not posting their phone number prominently on their webpage because they don’t think they can provide phone support and 2 –...
Enabling SMS subscriptions to your MailChimp list using Plivo, Part 2
This example is an excerpt from my book, Building Phone Applications, which shows you step-by-step how to build voice and SMS applications using Plivo and some basic PHP. If you enjoy or find this...