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| 2007-12-23 11:06 |
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In the last few days many people have expressed to me how sad it is that Blognation is closed, and have paid tribute to the great team of writers. I thought it would make sense to make to list the "last known coordinates" of the writers here. I hope I haven't left anyone out, and so in no particular order:
Blognation Ireland Conor O'Neill
Blognation Japan
Robert SanzaloneBlognation Canada
Tris Hussey
Recently started at B5 Media as Training Manager
Blognation UK
Ewan SpenceBlognation UK
David TerrarBlognation UK
Ivan Pope
Still running widget company Snipperoo, and blogging there
Blognation UK
Huw Leslie Blognation China
David Feng Blognation Germany
Nicole Simone
Blognation USA
Oliver Starr
Visit Oliver Starr's site to find the donation details for Blognation USA editor
Marc Orchant, who sadly died earlier this month.
Blognation Belgium/Luxembourg
Robin Wauters Blognation India
Kiruba Shankar Blognation France
Jerome Bouteiller
Blognation Italy
Amanda Lorenzani
Blognation Russia
Yakov Sadchikov
Blogging on at Quintura
Blognation Australia
Chris Saad
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Blognation has come to an end, and as Neville comments on his blog, sadly even the site is now inaccessible, leaving only the Google cache as a record of what was there. It's sad, but we must move on. I will be continuing to write here on my blog, but I very much hope to team up with some of the other talented Blognation writers again in the future.
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A couple of weeks ago aussie VoIP outfit Voxalot launched a free-calling utility and "Call Me" button inside Facebook. They have now added more features to the VoxCall utility, so it's possible to link to GOOG-411 and TellMe, also with a free call. VoxCall continues to offer free conference rooms via the same app, now also with private as well as public conference rooms. Voxalot's Technical Director Martin Burns promises that there are yet more enhancements in the pipeline.
Also launching a Facebook app this week are VoIP mobile operator Truphone. Truphone are also offering a "Call Me Free" button for your Facebook profile, and the app comes with a whole host of options. Like VoxCall, the Truphone app can be pointed your SIP URI (like martyndavies@sip.blognation.com), but you can also point to a regular telephone number: a US/Canadian mobile or landline, a UK landline, or if you are already a customer of theirs, you can use your Truphone mobile number. You can also route calls to your GoogleTalk client, or if you have one to a GrandCentral number.
I installed the Truphone Call Me button on my Facebook profile, and pretty quickly received a call from a friend via the button. He was using a MacBook, and I was using my Nokia phone, routed via my Truphone number. The call quality was good, and the call was free for both of us. The caller ID came up as 'truphone', which was a bit confusing; perhaps it should have said 'Facebook Button'?
As well as working on the profile page, the Call Me button can be dropped on other apps, for example as an embedded link when you send a Facebook message. As Dean Elwood, Platform Director at Truphone says:
"One particularly exciting thing is that anytime a new service that accepts attachments is introduced to Facebook, our application will work on it because the Truphone Call Me button can be dropped into any attachment. So people may use our application in ways that haven't been envisaged yet."
First published at Blognation.com
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