We’ve come a long way, Picton.
In last week’s local newspapers, I read about a story that was exciting and uplifting. It was about the advancement of our arts culture in Prince Edward County. It was …
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I’d heard about Skype for years through colleagues and friends but it sounded so space-aged I couldn’t wrap my head around it. It also sounded too good to be true.
When I finally turned to Skype, it was because I needed an affordable alternative to landlines. Traditional phones in Canada had become so expensive I couldn’t bear the thought of installing a landline in my new home office. I already had a cell phone, which I used for all of my calls to that point, and I thought by using Skype I’d have a backup system.
I was surprised to find I actually used Skype more than my cell phone almost from the start. Consider that it’s instantly free to talk to any of your contacts anywhere in the world if they use Skype. With the plan I bought, I can make calls to any phone, anytime, for a flat rate of $7.95 USD; not per month, but every three months. Compared to the rates I would have paid our local phone operators (can you say Bell Canada?), I’m saving 270% month over month.
The drawbacks have been few.
Sometimes the connection has been poor, with crackling or complete lack of audio, but generally it’s no different than what you hear on a landline. You can conference call but only between two people if you want to use the video feature.
Otherwise, getting several people in different parts of the country together for a telephone conference is cheap and easy; and speaking as a small-business person in the second biggest country on Earth, that is one significant feat!
Oh, plus Oprah digs it.
It’s been my privilege the past couple of days to attend some truly inspiring events in my hometown of Prince Edward County. They don’t call it the gastronomic capital of Ontario for nuthin’.
I was asked …
The following is a post originally published at http://princeedwardcounty.biz, the blog for Prince Edward County’s economic development office.
Creative Minds is a networking event held regularly in Prince Edward County for people in the creative rural …
A photo shoot is a splendid way to start the week. We did ours on Monday.
Rene Dick at Scout Design was overseeing my photo shoot with photographer, Michael Grills, in a room we set up …
Internet newcomers are often confused about avatars: What the heck the word means and how that user profile picture appears when you post a comment or engage in other online activities.
“Avatar” is a word denoting …
New media in use at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics: check out the medal standings, as shown with this widget!
View the vancouver2010.com medals’ table
Did you catch our Olympic Torch Relay festivities in Picton in December? The …
That’s the weirdest thing about this story: we’re not even sure there’s a snowmobiler to be found. Prince Edward OPP, Belleville Police, local fire crews and even the search and rescue unit from CFB Trenton …
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It was a small focus group consisting of two people 30 years or older (we oldies were the moderators), two 20-somethings who were observing and four female teenagers: an 18-year-old, a 15-year-old and two 14-year-olds. …