Radio UserLand Notes

Dave and Adam spent some time in the latest Trade Secrets talking about issues with VoIP and recording software, mainly running out of horsepower. Dave asked about "renting out" a service bureau for conversations like theirs.

A central VoIP-enabled "phone system" or "conferencing center" would help them out. They would call in to the conferencing center with the SIP phones and the conferencing center could record the call in a standard format. You could then retrieve the call via RSS or password protected URL. There are great open source (read free) PBX platforms like Asterisk that might help you here.

Dave Winer is having an anniversary soon, marking the beginning of one of the oldest continuous conversations on the net. When I started to read and "surf" the web, Dave (and Scripting News) became a central beacon, calling me back when I would get lost and pointing me in directions I would never have found on my own.

It's hard to put into the right words, but Dave's constant vigilance to protect user's rights were a building block for my own "moral compass".

Dave, thank you for a lifetime of work helping others.