Thursday, January 05, 2006
Third Party Modules for Webmin: "LDAP Users Admin, Managing OpenLDAP, Apache Webserver ..." & Google Directory - Computers > Software > Internet > Site Management > Configuration: #4 = Webmin
Presentation Tips: "In the process of preparing for my PDC pre-conference session with Jeff Prosise (we're doing sort of a tag-team approach throughout the day), I've been keeping a list of presentation tips from some of the folks who I know to be the best speakers in the business (either from personal experience or based on their reputation). Here's a list of links to stuff that I've found. I hope that I'm able to live up to the confidence that Microsoft has shown in having me present, and I'm sure that these tips will help." & Painless Functional Specifications - Part 4: Tips - Joel on Software, Mikehall's Embedded WebLog : Great Session - Part II, the Box..., Presentation Tips, .net DElirium : Presentation Tip, ... - START!
Download SJphone: Win,MAC,CE,LNX: "a VOIP softphone that allows you to speak with any other softphone running on a PC/PDA... for PocketPC... drivers for USBphones"
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
AJAX Extended: "It is possible to get data from any source, any domain and parse it with your JS scripts."
developerWorks : Blogs : Bobby Woolf: "There's a new Insight and outlook column in the developerWorks Architecture Zone: How do I translate business needs into IT requirements?"
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
[Asterisk-Users] iax2 wireless and Multicast: "I've been reading a very interesting paper about voip on wireless, i recommend it really"
Mark Rittman's Oracle Weblog: A Couple Of Good BI Articles: "If you got the chance to listen to Chris Webb and Nigel Pendse's podcast last week, on the effect that SQL Server 2005 will have on the BI market, you'll probably be interested in an article Nigel has just published on the OLAP Report website. 'Synchronicity' looks at the major new releases by Business Objects, Cognos, Microsoft and Hyperion and notes that the common theme between all of them is the blurring of the distinction between relational and OLAP reporting - something of course that Oracle attempted with Discoverer 10.1.2."
Lord Stroud’s Web Log » MySQL 5.X Store Procedures, PHP and Asterisk: "a PHP extension called php-mysqli needs to be used, which extends the norma functionality of php-mysql... My investigation into google found that I’m not the only one with the problem, and that other people in the world are having similar problems with other aspects of PHP and Stored Procedures usage."
Lord Stroud’s Web Log » I need to emphasize, I HATE JAVA!: "Ok, it’s now official, signed, sealed and delivered - I HATE JAVA! A while back I was under the impression that PHP can cause a havoc on a programs flow, logic and understanding - but after seeing what so-called “OO” programmers can do with JAVA, PHP looks like something that was made in heaven..."
Restlet - Tutorial: "The Restlet framework is composed of two parts. First, there is the 'Restlet API', a neutral API supporting the concepts of REST and a mechanism called Restlet facilitating the handling of REST calls. This API must be supported by a 'Restlet Implementation' before it can effectively be used. Multiple implementations could be provided (open source projects, commercial products)."
The Blog Ride - Too quick to adopt Ruby, you were.: "Microsoft has done it again--this time, they're previewing the next release of C# planned for after LINQ/C# 3.0. They call it, for obvious reasons, the YODA programming langauge."
SourceForge.net: Open79XX XMLDirectory & XMLDir - On-Screen XML Directory System for Cisco 79xx Phones: "Open 79XX XML Directory is an application designed to utilize the display features on Cisco 79XX IP Phones. It produces on-screen phone directories, search capabilities, text memos, interactive user status, and more. The directory can be manipulated very easily using the user-friendly web interface. Based on PHP server language integrated with MySQL server, Open 79XX XML Directory is a powerfull tool."
The VoIP Weblog: My favorite IAX softphones: "The first one is IdeFisk for Windows. It has a very basic, no-nonsense interface that supports several 'lines' (separate IAX registrations) and several sound codecs."
Technology News: Best of ECT News: SMBs Hesitant When it Comes to VoIP: "described the fence-sitting that's occurring now as a 'wall of worry' which VoIP vendors and service providers are going to have to break down. Issues include network reliability, 911 emergency calling, voice quality and security."
Asterisk monitoring - voip-info.org: ast-ax-snmpd "is an snmp subagent following the agentX standard, ucd snmp based for asterisk"
"Druid is a new Web-based Asterisk management software. Its quite feature packed and allows you to manage every aspect of Asterisk configuration. It also has a Java Applet based Manager Console" & Voiceroute Networks: Extending Asterisk: "DRUID is available as compiled PHP (with eAccelerator). So you would need a webserver which support PHP5 and eAccelerator. You can either download Apache, PHP5 and eAccelerator and compile them yourself (Quite a task) or just download a fast free packaged solution (Apache+PHP5+Mysql+eAccelerator) from http://www.apachefriends.org/ called LAMPP."
AstManProxy - voip-info.org: "Asterisk Manager Proxy is a multithreaded proxy server for Asterisk Manager written in c, and based on several of the same data structures and routines found in the asterisk manager itself. This insures a very high degree of compatibility with Asterisk; it should also be very robust and scalable... It is designed to handle communication with multiple Asterisk servers and to act as a single point of contact for applications. Astmanproxy supports multiple input/output formats, including Standard, XML, CSV, and HTTP"
.:Asterisk VoIP News:. Daily Updated News and Help about Asterisk, VoIP and PBX Platforms: "Here is a work-in-progress that provides pop-up note-taking windows based on caller-ID, outgoing call dialing from directory lookup selection, and other stuff."
subversion.tigris.org: "Subversion 1.3.0 is now available... The Subversion Book and FAQ can usually answer most questions"
Monday, January 02, 2006
Object Computing, Inc. - Java News Brief - January 2006: "SWIG greatly simplifies calling C/C++ functions from many programming languages including C#, Java and Ruby. For more information, visit http://www.swig.org. There you'll find a 'Tutorial' link and a 'Documentation' link that provides a users manual in both HTML and PDF form." - What is old is new again :-) Nice to see growing interest is SWIG!
[Asterisk-Users] Cell phone dock/switch as Asterisk FXO source: "I use a Dock-n-Talk in conjuction with a Sipura SPA3000 & Asterisk... Cell Socket is another such product." & Cell Socket & Dock-N-Talk | Antenna Guy USA & Phone Labs Dock-N-Talk Cell Phone Docking Stations (Quick Start Guide) & CellSocket cell phone docking stations can turn your wireless service into 'wired' while your cell phone is being charged
When designing the dimension for a call center do I keep the information in a denormalized form or break it into logical mini dimensions?: "Chapter 11 in The Data Warehouse Toolkit, Second Edition by Ralph Kimball et al, starting on page 235 describes a simplified view of what you are trying to do. This should get you started. One crucial element of success is to make sure that you have an in-depth understanding of what questions the management and analysts who will be the end-consumers of the information expect to be answered. No matter how elegant a technical solution is, if it does not provide the answers that the end-consumers expect and need, it will be judged a failure. Chapter 4 in another Kimball book, The Data Warehouse Life Cycle Toolkit, describes the process of interviewing the right people to find out what they need. An additional thing that I have found particularly useful is to ask the interviewee to summarize what has been covered by giving you 20 questions and, if the data warehouse provides the answers, the interviewee will consider the data warehouse a success. Without these questions summarized and prioritized, it is often difficult to justify the effort and money expended. Also, you will need a good project plan so that things don't get out of hand."
Reaching the TransitionPoint » Blog Archive » Data Warehousing with MySQL tutorial posted: "As promised, the slides for my Data Warehousing with MySQL tutorial are now online"
ISKEN - Data Cleansing and Analysis as a Prelude to Model Based Decision Support.: "We describe a loosely integrated set of teaching modules that allow students to explore decision support systems (DSS) topics ranging from data warehousing to model based decision support. The modules are used as part of a spreadsheet based modeling approach to teaching DSS. We describe one particular module in detail in which students are forced to deal with a “muddy dataset” as a prelude to analysis, modeling and decision support system development... We created a set of loosely integrated teaching modules that allows students to explore the inextricably linked concepts of data warehousing, OLAP, and decision modeling. In doing so, the students also become familiar with a host of advanced Excel tools and techniques that they will find extremely valuable in the business world. This multi-part module begins with muddy data, then OLAP, and concludes with queueing and optimization models. The application thread running through all three modules is that of analyzing call center data for purposes of assessing staffing capacity and customer service related questions. In this paper we will describe the muddy data module in some detail as it is somewhat unique, the OLAP module in less detail and just briefly describe the follow on modeling topics." & Excel Pivot Table Tutorial: An Example of an OLAP-Type Analysis & Dealing with Muddy Data Using Excel & 646-Home Page - Business Analysis and Modeling: "Excel out in the World" (PDF)
Asterisk Guru Tools: Guru Audio Convert, Bandwidth Calculator, Asteriskguru Queue Statistics (Installation Guide - screenshots) - COOL!
OpenVXI - voip-info.org: "portable open source library that interprets the VoiceXML dialog markup language (www.voicexml.org). It closely follows the VoiceXML 2.0 draft specification, avoiding proprietary extensions of any kind... OpenVXI Information"
RDNIS - voip-info.org: "Redirected Dial Number Id Service associated with a redirected call. IE: Someone call forwards from home to a number. The RDNIS of the call would be the home number of the person doing the call forward (Redirecting). The called number would be the number they are forwarded to and the calling number would be the original calling number. This can be useful if you are running a voice mail system and want to have ONE incoming number for everyone to forward the calls to. Or, if they are using something line BUSY/No-Answer and forward their calls to this number. You can use the RDNIS to get the original called number and not require a special number for each user. (Usually only works on PRI.)" & bugs.digium.com #0002590: RDNIS is always empty - Mantis
Sangoma - Voice Products: "All are tailor-made to work with Asterisk... Sangoma's Voice drivers take advantage of the AFT technology to substantially reduce the processing required to handle voice calls by the host CPU. This reduces the CPU's workload; resulting in fewer dropped calls, less jitter, and better voice quality for callers." & sangoma wiki - Sangoma AFT Hardware
APG (Automated Pasword Generator) & "The Apache distrib has a password generator (written in C) that you can compile and run independently of the web server. It's included so that you can create encrypted passwords for your private folders etc."
[Asterisk-Users] GXP-2000 any good with * ?: "The echo issues are fixed in recent fw versions." & "use latest * and latest gxp firmware, have a look here on how to do it: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/GXP-2000" & "You have to disable the local call features to let Asterisk deal with them. Otherwise the phone will try to accommodate all those features. It's important to update to the latest firmware to get the best use. Using .13 works well with all features. If you're on speakerphone you should not crank it up to the loudest volume. Overall the phone beats any other phone in the same price category, and you're not bound to stupid licensing/software limitations as the others. It should also be said that Grandstream is working closely with Asterisk. That can NOT be said about other, and more expensive, phones. Last time I spoke to Polycom they didn't want to help me when I told them I was connecting the phone to Asterisk. They tend to support only (expensive) commercial PBX's." & "I like them. IMO, you can't beat them for the money. My first SIP phone order was a bunch of GXP-2000's, some Polycom 601's, and 2 Snom 320's (now discontinued I think). The Polycom has the best feel/quality, but it was hundreds more. The speakerphone on the GXP-2000 leaves a bit to be desired."
[Asterisk-Users] SPA-3000 + call waiting: "You REALLY don't want to have call waiting on a line going into any PBX. You are only asking for problems. My basic home setup is an SPA-3000 but the PSTN line only has call forward on busy, when busy, the number is forwarded to a DID at iax.cc" - TIP
Seth's Blog: Squid soup, part I: The Myth of the Product Adoption Lifecycle: "The truth is that for most ideas, for most markets, nothing happens at all." & Seth's Blog: Squid soup, part II: Inertia and White food & Seth's Blog: Squid soup, part III: The Cutting Edge?
Release Notes - Spring Live - Version 1.7 - HTML format - SourceBeat: "Add section on accessing stored procedures"
The Blog Ride - 2006 Tech Predictions: "Scripting languages will hit their peak interest period in 2006,..."
developerWorks : Blogs : Bobby Woolf: "Build on People's Strengths - The article is Advice From the Master. It's listed online as part of Fortune's 'How to Become a Great Leader' issue" & CEO - 10 Top Leaders Tell Their Secrets - Intro - FORTUNE
AMIS Technology blog » Blog Archive » Oracle releases Raptor - free tool for Database Development (SQL, PL/SQL, database object browsing): "free graphical tool that enhances productivity and simplifies database development tasks"
Asterisk addon rate-engine - voip-info.org: "RouteCall - Do cost based routing of a call and set call time limit"
broadband » Forums » Voice over IP » Sipura 1001 vs 2002 vs 3000: "Im sure youve seen this chart on Sipura's site but here goes"
SIP CPE FX300 GSM Call Director Integrate your Cell (GSM) phone(s) with your VOIP service [FX300]: "Quick Start Guide" & SIP CPE Sources Inc.: "FX300 GSM CALL DIRECTOR FAQ"
JSON-RPC-Java [Archive] - Spring Framework Support Forums: "I've noticed JSON-RPC too - interesting approach. Should not be hard to integrate into a Spring-based web application, provided that there is a way to apply their HTTP request/response handling to an existing bean instance, without going through JSONRPCServlet's default service instantiation mechanism."
JSON and RSS - John Resig: "For a long time now, I’ve simply shrugged it off as ‘Why not just use XML, it’s parsable by most languages anyway.’ However, once I started playing around with the del.icio.us JSON interface, then the Google Homepage API, and finally with the new Yahoo! JSON API - I realized that they were really on to something. The major benefits are immediately apparent:... So, this brings me to my first project using JSON - a fast RSS to JSON Convertor. You simply plug in the URL of the RSS (or Atom) feed that you wish to convert - and you’ll have a nice, plyable JSON object to work with..." - COOL
CMU OpenSALT: "The OpenSALT project makes available a SALT 1.0 compliant open-source browser based on the open source Mozilla web browser and make use of open source Sphinx recognition and Festival synthesis software. Our first Windows release is available for download. A Linux version will follow when a fully featured Windows version is complete. We will subsequently focus on developing a version suitable for mobile devices and a version for telephony-based systems... You will also need Sphinx II and Festival to fully take advantage of speech services provided by the OpenSALT browser. Sphinx II must run locally as it directly interacts with the audio device. Festival can be run remotely on either Windows or Linux." & Microsoft .NET Speech Technologies Newsletter: "Building the SALT Ecosystem: A Showcase of SALT-based Browsers" & enCue: "is focused on the pursuit of three primary technology channels for its’ high-end speech software solutions and products: the Internet, Mobile reach and Call Centre / Enterprise interfaces." - PPT presentation
IEC - Home: "IEC develops and markets several reliable and very inexpensive telephony software products. Because of the Intel's involvement (see below), we are able to offer you prices that make it practical to use SIP/VXML IVR. At this point our product portfolio includes SSP – a VXML IVR platform and a conferencing server and PNT – a software based bulk call generator to test IVR applications. Now you can afford to develop applications using VXML and put a conferencing capability into your applications... SSP and PNT were originally developed by us for Intel/Dialogic and then were licensed back to us. Since development of these products has largely been financed by Intel, their price is a fraction of the price of similar products from other vendors. These products have been deployed for several years and thousands of lines are in production now."
SourceForge.net: JAsterisk: "A set of JNI classes providing direct access to Asterisk PBX functionality from Java. This is not a socket-level interface into the Asterisk manager app but a true Java<->Asterisk integration at the Thread level."
PVR Wire: "Ars Technica has published a guide to selecting, purchasing and building your own Media Center HTPC, offering you all the features that TiVo and ReplayTV users take for granted; TV recording, time-shifting, an EPG, streaming audio, DVD-recording/playback, web radio, web browsing -- and all the other functions of a standard PC. The real key in MCE is the interface, and the added support for HD, putting it right at the top of the pack -- and check out how low-cost the budget MCE PC is: just $893.56 before tax and shipping."
MAKE: Blog: Open source web based home automation: "MisterHouse is an open source home automation program. It's fun, it's free, and it's entirely geeky. Written in Perl, it fires events based on time, web, socket, voice, and serial data."
oreilly.com -- Online Catalog: VoIP Hacks, First Edition: "Sample Hacks: Hack 3: Wire Your House Phones for VoIP, Hack 11: Sound Like Darth Vader While You VoIP, Hack 40: Skype with Your Home Phone, Hack 55: Link Two Asterisk Servers with PSTN, Hack 96: Build a Standalone Voicemail Server in Less Than a Half-Hour"
Sunday, January 01, 2006
broadband » Forums » Voice over IP » Simultaneous calling vs. Call hunting: "With Asterisk (which is what I use) the VoIP comes through on 'channels' and I can preset however many simultaneous incoming/outgoing calls I want as well as what order the calls will hunt to which extensions, ring groups, etc... I am not aware of any other ATA or device that allows this... Here's a popular how-to guide for attaching multiple PSTN (ie conventional) phones to a single VOIP adapter: michigantelephone.mi.org/distribute.html"
oreilly.com -- Online Catalog: Skype Hacks, First Edition: " Hack 43: Make Calls from Your Web Browser, Hack 44: Accelerate Skype Using Your Keyboard, Hack 45: Tweak Skype by Editing config.xml, Hack 47: Display the Technical Details of a Call, Hack 49: Add Fast-Dial Shortcuts to Your Menu or Desktop"
broadband » Forums » Voice over IP » How can you have VoIP in all rooms?: "Thanks very much for that info. That was a very detailed article." - TIPS!
broadband » Forums » Voice over IP » GizmoProject Outbound Calling @ 1 cent per min.: "They also offer DID's for $3/month billed in 3 or 12 month increments."
VoipStunt - voip-info.org: "For China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and United States / Canada also calls to cellular numbers are free. For signing up, the procedure is similar to VoipBuster's: one has to create an account with the softphone, and then can reuse username and password with other SIP clients. Initially the free calls are limited to 1 minute, and become of unlimited duration after logging to http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+VoIPBuster and paying €5 with PayPal or credit card."
Asterisk tips voicemail live - voip-info.org: "Listen while caller is leaving voicemail for you; with pick-up option"
Snom Phones - voip-info.org: "Project to write open source firmware for SNOM 360" & start [OpenHardPhone]
Creating Passionate Users: The Book of Cool: "Without a doubt the coolest present I've ever gotten is The Book of Cool, which is really a set of DVDs (plus a companion picture book) on how to do... cool tricks. You might not want to learn rope tricks, but how about rugby tricks, bar flairing, card & magic tricks, or my favorite--skateboard tricks?" - GREAT!
Wiki Home - XOAD Wiki: "XOAD is a PHP based AJAX/XAP object oriented framework that allows you to create richer web applications"
TOP SECRET TUTORIALS (I): "Be creative, Become an Early Riser,..." and other tips for living and hacking...
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