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Tomaž Štolfa
vox.io founder              § @tomazstolfa
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Tomaž Štolfa
vox.io founder            tomaz@vox.io § @tomazstolfa
who am I



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mobile




web            telephony



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trends & concepts
      solutions
 future predictions

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trends


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desktop ➽ browser
  email / video / sound / docs




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desktop ➽ mobile
    apps rule mobile




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the graph
  is context




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ubiquitous reachability
 no matter where I am & what I am doing




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content + context
 what / when / where / with who




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let others play too
      platform / API




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a few concepts


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collect calls
please call me, I beg you!




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disposable phone
I don’t want you to keep calling me




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simple conf calls
do you   your conf call experience?




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distributable telephony
    take it where it matters most




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but this is nothing new
  they have been talking about it in 2005


        saunderslog.com/voice-20/
            telepocalypse.net
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the future is now?


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infrastructure
 technology
    design

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mobile | web | telephony

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how                         does it
      please mind we are in beta




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desktop ➽ browser
email / video / docs / music / telephony




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no downloads
no installation

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desktop ➽ mobile
      apps rule




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the graph
phonebook / social networks




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ubiquitous reachability
     one URL to rule them all




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vox.io/tomaz




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one URL to rule them all

 social profiles
email signatures
business cards

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vox.io/tomaz




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content + context
calls / recordings / tags / notes / location




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collect calls
  quick call URLs




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vox.io/qc/pvXTv8




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no downloads
no installation
  no signup

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disposable
expires after the first successful call




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vox.io/tomaz




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super simple conf calls
   no numbers, no codes, just links




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let others play too
  identity / presence / billing




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and play with others
   graphs / content / context




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what about the future?



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infrastructure
 technology
    design

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the best way to predict
the future is to invent it.
                         Alan Kay




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@tomazstolfa
vox.io/tomaz


               made with
vox.io/r/supersecret



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Tomaz Stolfa - Presentation at Emerging Communications Conference & Awards (eComm 2011)

Tomaz Stolfa - Presentation at Emerging Communications Conference & Awards (eComm 2011)

Editor's Notes

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  • #5 - from Slovenia, a tiny country in the middle of Europe\n- ex MarandLAB\n- I build products\n- eComm Europe veteran\n- founder of vox.io\n
  • #6 - ex MarandLAB\n- I build products\n- eComm Europe veteran\n- founder of vox.io\n
  • #7 - trends\n- why now\n- what have we done so far\n- the future\n
  • #8 - trends\n- why now\n- what have we done so far\n- the future\n
  • #9 we have seen a lot of applications move into the browser.\n\nwhy?\nconvenience, sync, accessibility and reusability\neasy sharing and integration\n\n
  • #10 but mobile is big on apps, since the US discovered it in 2007 :)\n\napps rule, because the web on mobile is still limited\nusers have no preference on the channel, just their experience, and currently apps guarantee a much better experience, just like native clients did a few years ago.\n
  • #11 we have seen a lot of applications move into the browser.\n\nwhy?\nconvenience, sync, accessibility and reusability\n\n
  • #12 ubiquitous reachability\ndesktop vs. mobile\ngeographically\nreal-time / time-shifted\ninspired by the web - twitter profiles, Facebook vanity URLs\n----\n- I have 4 SIM cards\n- do you really expect me to message my 820 contacts each time I travel?\n- but you have that service that gives you one phone number to ring all your phones; true, but what about my friends back in Europe?\n
  • #13 - content is tied to a specific context\n- foursquare ties check-ins, tips, photos (content) to a location (context)\n- \n
  • #14 - there is a huge demand for tools / platforms and data sources\n- I am sure many specific use cases will be mentioned in other presentations\n- CRM is the most obvious example, however we still do not have a great product that would integrate telephony and CRM functionalities\n
  • #15 \n
  • #16 - content is tied to a specific context\n- foursquare ties check-ins, tips, photos (content) to a location (context)\n- \n
  • #17 - content is tied to a specific context\n- foursquare ties check-ins, tips, photos (content) to a location (context)\n- \n
  • #18 - content is tied to a specific context\n- foursquare ties check-ins, tips, photos (content) to a location (context)\n- \n
  • #19 - content is tied to a specific context\n- foursquare ties check-ins, tips, photos (content) to a location (context)\n- \n
  • #20 \n
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  • #22 - the basic infrastructure is available, you don’t have to talk to a telco to get your calls terminated anywhere\n- the cost of infrastructure is low\n- you can host stuff into the “cloud”\n----\n- the technology is ready\n- Flash now (p2p, echo cancellation, speex + h264 soon; G711 soon)\n- WebRTC or RTCWeb in the future (hope soon, realistically it will take a while)\n- mature network tech (several opensource projects that can be reused)\n----\n- we finally have enough understanding of design patterns for such use cases\n- several web services have emerged that suggested a new direction (as mentioned before)\n- finally and most importantly - a big number of users are ready and “get it” \n
  • #23 - the basic infrastructure is available, you don’t have to talk to a telco to get your calls terminated anywhere\n- the cost of infrastructure is low\n- you can host stuff into the “cloud”\n----\n- the technology is ready\n- Flash now (p2p, echo cancellation, speex + h264 soon; G711 soon)\n- WebRTC or RTCWeb in the future (hope soon, realistically it will take a while)\n- mature network tech (several opensource projects that can be reused)\n----\n- we finally have enough understanding of design patterns for such use cases\n- several web services have emerged that suggested a new direction (as mentioned before)\n- finally and most importantly - a big number of users are ready and “get it” \n
  • #24 \n
  • #25 we have seen a lot of applications move into the browser.\n\nwhy?\nconvenience, sync, accessibility and reusability\n\n
  • #26 This is how a browser based phone should look like in 2011, no clutter, pure simplicity - but an amazing set of features hidden under a beautiful interface.\n
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  • #31 but mobile is big on apps, since the US discovered it in 2007 :)\n\napps rule, because the web on mobile is still limited\nusers have no preference on the channel, just their experience, and currently apps guarantee a much better experience, just like native clients did a few years ago.\n
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  • #33 we have seen a lot of applications move into the browser.\n\nwhy?\nconvenience, sync, accessibility and reusability\n\n
  • #34 - easy import from Google contacts & LinkedIn\n- synced across the service (web/mobile)\n- \n
  • #35 ubiquitous reachability\ndesktop vs. mobile\ngeographically\nreal-time / time-shifted\n----\n- I have 4 SIM cards\n- do you really expect me to message my 820 contacts each time I travel?\n- but you have that service that gives you one phone number to ring all your phones; true, but what about my friends back in Europe?\n
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  • #37 - the basic infrastructure is available, you don’t have to talk to a telco to get your calls terminated anywhere\n- the cost of infrastructure is low\n- you can host stuff into the “cloud”\n----\n- the technology is ready\n- Flash now (p2p, echo cancellation, speex + h264 soon; G711 soon)\n- WebRTC or RTCWeb in the future (hope soon, realistically it will take a while)\n----\n- we finally have enough understanding of design patterns for such use cases\n- several web services have emerged that suggested a new direction (as mentioned before)\n- finally and most importantly - a big number of users are ready and “get it” \n
  • #38 \n
  • #39 google for vox.io tomaz\n
  • #40 google for call tomaz\n
  • #41 - content is tied to a specific context\n- foursquare ties check-ins, tips, photos (content) to a location (context)\n- \n
  • #42 - content is tied to a specific context\n- foursquare ties check-ins, tips, photos (content) to a location (context)\n- \n
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  • #45 - content is tied to a specific context\n- foursquare ties check-ins, tips, photos (content) to a location (context)\n- \n
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  • #47 - content is tied to a specific context\n- foursquare ties check-ins, tips, photos (content) to a location (context)\n- \n
  • #48 - several levels of potential integration (URL is the easiest, embed codes is the second, API is the third)\n- decouple data from network\n- allow users to distribute their data and created content\n
  • #49 - import existing graphs\n- embed content in the existing service, add context to calls\n- distribute call recordings as content \n
  • #50 To understand the future we must look back into the past.\n
  • #51 - we will see a ubiquitous network\n- data is the name of the game (I guess we all know 4G does not feature CS telephony) \n- you will sign a contract with your platform provider (Apple, Google, Microsoft...)\n- the operator as you knew it will be just an “app” like Instagram, Twitter or Foursquare\n----\n- tech (WebRTC, RTCweb, will Skype be the alternative?)\n----\n- design will be key.\n- not design as the colors and spacing, but intelligent service design around the technology\n- hopefully I showed some of that today\n\n
  • #52 To understand the future we must look back into the past.\n
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