Category Archives: Innovation

The RealCall Specification Circa 1995

SMS and mobile phones were not as popular in 1995 but from this short (and excellent demonstration of how a demonstration should be done) you can see a modern incarnation of the service, one we were told would never find a market.

Although Twilio and OpenVBX are nothing to do with RealCall I wish they were, the quality of the work demonstrated in this video encourages me to think the time is right for a rethink on some of our pre Adeptra strategy. The XML used in the demo uses the same principle tag used in our own XML API.

I do not think we need to reinvent the wheel but unless Twilio decide to bring this to Europe fast they may face strong competition.

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Wordle is an interesting way to look at code

Wordle: A few lines of code
Wordle: Easy Wiki Mosaik Edit Problems!

Just spent a few minutes playing with Wordle and created a few “Word Clouds”. Grab any text or website and throw it into the Wordle generator for endless moments of word funart!

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How the future of journalism looked in 1981

At least they didn’t think it was going to be the web.

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Turning browsers into buyers in 1996

My first Internet application development began in the 80′s with a file sharing utility used by typesetting companies.

I created a voip application which led to the “RealCall button” a trivial technology in comparison but one that would work at a time when the lack of bandwidth hindered further development of voice applications.

Finally we produced an IVR platform and the result was a company that specialises in anti-fraud and customer resolution services for the banking industry.

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The thrilling potential of SixthSense

A TED talk from Pranav Mistry on the thrilling potential of sixth sense demonstrates a brand new interface between man and machine that makes Minority Report look out of date.

At first you might think this is something you have seen before but five minutes into the video and it becomes clear this is something new for 2010.

Expected to be on sale next month for around $300, not bad for something that turns a plain piece of paper into a powerful computer.

More details can be found on Pranav’s Website.

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