I’m a huge fan of Garr Reynold’s Presentation Zen techniques for better design and delivery of presentations. This is why the moment Sagee mentioned the words “effective slide style” and “via video conference” in the same sentence (tweet, actually…), I had no option but to sit down and write this post. IF I wanted to make this post short, I’d simply send you to read Garr’s book, which is accidentally also called Presentation Zen. But I am not that kind
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | May 20th, 2010 | Filed under Technology
Yesterday was a joyous day here in Israel. TED came here to our small province in the embodiment of TEDxTelAviv. If there’s anything to say about this event right now is that while Sagee (my colleague from Video Over Enterprise) was there in the flesh, I WASN’T INVITED! So you should definitely expect a rant post. With such a predicament, I had to tap into this event over the internet in a streaming session set up by the TEDxTelAviv gods.
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | April 27th, 2010 | Filed under Technology
[Laurie Berg wrote here first just before the IMTC 2025 event. When I heard her speaking after the event about how much she has learned from assisting in its organization, I asked her to provide some inputs here - who knows, after reading what she has to say about it, you might find yourself wanting to host such a virtual event sooner than you think...] Well, IMTC 2025 Virtual Forum has come to an end. What an event. I’ve done
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By guest | April 12th, 2010 | Filed under Technology
[This post is taking part in our Designing Hardware for HD series. Be sure to check it out!] In my last post, I discussed the different layouts that are required by a video endpoint, focusing mainly on the basics – single video source, single display. This leaves a lot to be desired, both on consumer videophones and on enterprise video phones. I’d like to address this post what happens when you want to go to the enterprise market with a
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | December 7th, 2009 | Filed under HD VoIP
Earlier this month we held the RADVISION Unified Communication Summit here in Tel-Aviv. Somehow, I was given the task of giving a closing key-note presentation with the words “Social” and “Media” in it. Initially, I hated the task – I always regard “social media” presentations as boring and a bit exaggerated. They tend to disregard marketing models that have worked for decades in favor of new ones, and they usually forget to indicate that for each successful social media campaign
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | November 30th, 2009 | Filed under Technology
Hi everyone for another new and interesting week. This time the carnival is again in Israel, where we are currently enjoying our Sukkot holyday. Before I start off with the interesting set of posts on our carnival, I want to invite you on behalf of WIP Jam to their UnPanel event on October 8 at CTIA in San Diego. They’ve got a day chocked full with great speakers – one of them is Lauren Thorpe, Senior Director, Developer Relations, Qualcomm
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | October 5th, 2009 | Filed under Around the net
I wrote my views on Modu when it launched its handset in July. Since then, I’ve had the time to continue and ponder about it, most recently during the World Innovation Summit 09 I attended here in Israel. One of the keynotes was given by Dov Moran – Founder, Chairman and CEO of modu – who provided his views on the future innovation in the mobile arena in general, as well as the innovation by modu. Basically, Modu’s innovation according
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | September 21st, 2009 | Filed under Clients
In a customer’s round last week, I found myself contemplating about the loss of my analog life. Especially my analog proficiencies. I loved using my hands in the past, especially so for delicate tasks. I’ve sketched. My right hand (I am left handed) I’ve painted on T-shirts and bags. My good old juggling bag I’ve written like a girl. One of my university notebooks Today I no longer do any of these activities, and my handwriting resembles
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | August 13th, 2009 | Filed under Technology
Dave Michels wrote a thought provoking article over at NoJitter, where he came to the conclusion that the IP Phone has peaked: The handwriting is on the wall, and rather than mourn the IP Phone, we should celebrate its short life. Perhaps “mourn” is too strong; its decline will be slow. Death in this industry is extremely slow–consider all the dead digital phones still freshly manufactured every day. So while death may be a point of contention or exaggeration, decline
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | August 3rd, 2009 | Filed under Clients
Eric Krapf shares a presentation of John Giese from Avaya, which practically kills the idea of the PC as a phone – it’s a bit too harsh for my taste, but rather in-line with my own thoughts about desktops and IP phones. Still on NoJitter, DaveMichels sees things a bit differently, stating that IP Phones have peaked, and will be replaced by desktop and mobile phones. Stacey Higginbotham GigaOM reports on an increase in upstream bandwidth use – if this trend continues, it will be another step towards visual communications for consumers at home. Andy Abramson from VoIP Watch indicates what aspects of the App Store phenomena worries Google – his analysis is sound, though I don’t see App Stores catching over web browsing in the long run.
By Tsahi Levent-Levi | July 30th, 2009 | Filed under Around the net
