Todo to Tada Friends are Deeply Appreciated

While sharing wine and green tea gelato with my ANA flight neighbor 

Earthlings have more in common than they have in difference. One of the commonalities is the wish to set goals and reach them. "Todo" is a task that a person hopes to complete. "Tada" is a task that has been completed.

Left-brained, extroverted people tend to be great todo tada people because they are super organizers and team players, and they are able to turn more todo into tada than most of us because they do this with us. That is what someone said to me while I was in flight from Tokyo to Houston yesterday.

Do you agree? Or does that skill take another combination? What does each type of person bring to the table to turn the items on the "to do" list into items on the "tada list?" Who do you call to help you move "Todos" to "Tadas?" What form of communication do you use most to do this?

Todo to Tada industry and personal friends are deeply appreciated

In my work with DIDX, book editing and marketing, Suzahdi custom design leather jackets and such, I call Eric Klein of Purple Toga Publishing, Phonebnb, Greenfield Technology; Peter Dunkley at Xura, Gavin McMilan of Sippy Software, Muneeb Iqbal, Jenny Callicott at MakeItSo, Daniel-Constantin Mierla of Kamailio, Michael Bowen, Rich Tehrani of TMCnet, Kelly Branchal of Elegant Group Inc, Soosaiya Anthreas, book author of "The Dance of the Sea", and  respected guy at Samsung; Rehan Allahwala of DIDX and Rehan School, Ahsan Saleem of DIDX, Brea Lombard, a medical student and my niece... I call or message their VoIP DID phone number, cell phone number, Skype, Whatsapp, TringMe, Google Hangout, or Facebook, whatever is most convenient for them. 

(I am careful to not ask too much too often from them.)

My husband Michael Bowen first used "Todo Tada" phrase in 2004, and he still does on a regular basis to describe my daily challenge to move "Todos" into "Tadas!"

This blog post was my first "Todo" for today. Next "todos" to turn to "tadas," I will run 5 miles, clean up, check my schedule, write press releases, call new DIDX customers and vendors, write more articles for Techistan, TMCNet "Monetizing IP Communications"; do follow up from CommunicAsia, start planning for Cluecon, call and thank latest Suzahdi leather jacket customers, meet friends at Cantina Grill at 4 PM, meet husband and friends for trivia contest and dinner at Dick's Grill...

It's a positive thing!

... Connect with me on Linkedin at http://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannebowen, Facebook, Youtube, TMC at http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/, iTunes channel or Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/suzannebowen, or at global events face to face to develop business and innovation and friendship.

VoIP Conference & Expo at IIT Notes SIP Tutorial Classes are 90% Filled

Program Highlights
Keynote Speakers

"How Will VoIP Reincarnate the Web and Cloud Worlds?"
- Henry Sinnreich and Alan Johnson, Industry Consultants and Authors

"Policy and Technology: The FCC's Goals for Broadband Technology, 911 Alerting and Cyber Security"
Jeff Scott Cohen, FCC - Public Safety and Homeland Security

"Sense Everything, Control Everything - Connecting VoIP and Location with the Physical World"
- Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University

"Panel Discussion: Carriers View of VoIP and the Future"
- Christopher Mayer, VP, Verizon Communications
- Michael Paradise, AVP, AT&T

Program/Schedule (90% Filled)
SIP Tutorial - 1 day preconference tutorial by industry experts (Oct 12)
Emergency services /NG911 - Mini-Conference
Cloud Telephony & Voice on the Web
Unified Communications
Future Networks - Voice, Video, Mobility - Architectures and Protocols
Security
And, more!

Speaker and program info at www.cpd.iit.edu/voipconference

Our DIDXchange is a media partner. Want to one of the highly respected sponsors?

Sponsorship Pricing
Platinum - $1500
Gold - $750
Silver - $500
For more information on Sponsor and/or Exhibitor opportunities, contact Scott Pfeiffer at pfeiffer@iit.edu /
630-682-6001.

Current Sponsors Include:
Platinum: AT&T, Verizon, Tellabs, Mu Dynamics
Gold: Avaya, InCharge Systems, S-Net Communications
Silver: Tekno Telecom, AG Projects
Organizational: NENA, IPTComm, SIPForum, Clue Con, NGN Forum, IMS Plugfest, DIDXchange, No Jitter, Techistan, biz-news, IEEE

.. other blogs from our Super Technologies' team at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/, our online magazine at http://www.techistan.com, our iTunes channel, and DIDX podcasts. Find out how to bring new customers to your telephone company with local phone numbers from 70 countries. We are excited to be a part of helping 1000s around the world start a business, have success and connect with others via our Super Technologies' services such as DIDX, Techistan, Virtual Phoneline, CFMS or HVOIP white label business and more.

Are You a FreeSWITCH Developer and Want to Be Hired

Check the Linkedin conversation about this topic.

... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.

From VON to DIDX to Cluecon - Meet Bill Sandiford

Bill Sandiford is a DIDX member since 2005, and we can thank a 2005 VON show for our first meeting. Bill shares with us at Cluecon how he found out about DIDX and his excitement of being at Cluecon 2009 in Chicago. Bill is with Telnet, an early adopter and innovator!


... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.

888VoIPStore Interviews Anthony Minessale of FreeSWITCH

888VoIPStore interviews Anthony Minessale, founder and lead developer of the FreeSWITCH project. "With a bunch of rumors flying around this week we decided to go to the source and ask Anthony about the project and where it is heading...."

... browse some of our team's other blogs and podcasts at http://blogs.didx.net, http://www.didx.net/podcast and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.

Typo in Email about Cluecon, Make up with Party!

Suzanne apologizes for the typo on the announcement sent to Super Technologies' DIDX and Virtualphoneline members on May 15, 2009. Please look for a new email with correction this weekend.

Suzanne takes the blame for the typo on the email. She says she will make up for this by sponsoring a party the first night of Cluecon with plenty of pizza, beer and soda. Check your email and call +1-877-742-2583. Give your account number with Super Technologies and mention Suzanne and Rehan sent you. The venue is Aug. 4-6, 2009 at the Wyndham Hotel, Chicago, Ill.

ClueCon - is an annual 3-Day Telephony User and Developer Conference bringing together the entire spectrum of Telephony from TDM circuits to VoIP and everything in between. The presentations and discussions will cover several open source telephony applications such as Asterisk/Callweaver, OpenSIPS/Kamailio (formerly OpenSER), Bayonne, YATE and FreeSWITCH. Other great projects that will be discussed include OPAL and Woomera. DIDXchange is a media partner for Cluecon 2009 and we want to make it as easy as possible for you to participate!

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Since 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY has been a powerful force in the IP communications space. That's one year before our company Super Technologies, Inc. started up.

Its product-focused editorial creates a platform to put readers in the frame of mind to think about evaluating and purchasing products. It's a big favorite worldwide among early adopters, entrepreneurs, incumbents, wireless operators and more in the IP communications-related industry.

INTERNET TELEPHONY boasts more than 225,000 readers each month* and offers strong online impact with its accompanying website, TMCnet, which attracts nearly three million unique visitors each month, according to Webtrends. We at DIDX have always been impressed with the interaction promoted, the quality of the advertisements and articles and decided last yeart to sponsor an advertisement on a monthly basis.

I'm copying the following from an email I received this morning that gives you a glimpse of the June 2009 issue:

The IP-Enabled Contact Center
IP-enabling the contact center continues the revolution that started when computer intelligence was first applied to call centers in the computer telephony era of the 1980s and 1990s. The IP-enabled contact center brings many new features and capabilities including Unified Communications, and essentially converts your entire organization into an extended call center. Benefits include reduced costs, enhanced visibility, supervision, and all-around management. The flexibility of IP communications allows for multiple configurations of contact centers, such as the typical hybrid VoIP/circuit-switched center, single-site/multi-site VoIP, home based agents, and off-shore outsourcing based on VoIP connections.

Designing the Mobile Enterprise
Unless you're starting a totally new operation, supporting your increasingly mobile workforce typically requires you to work with your existing equipment and services. Fortunately, there are now many ways to project advanced IP PBX and business functions out to road warriors and other roaming employees.

Billing
Many carriers and service providers don't quite realize that they're in the business of accurately billing customers. Their lapses in this area made possible a whole industry, Telecom Expense Management. But many companies now exist with advanced products and services that not only can help service providers, but take the concept of billing to a whole new level.

Location-Based Services
Location-Based Services (LBSs) are becoming increasingly popular, perhaps the most familiar being those involving navigation, e.g. Google Maps for your Phone or Nokia Maps. And there are such things as geo-tagging photos and mobile social networking. The original LBS was E911 service, mandated by the FCC. Nearly all present-day LBS applications are based on GPS or other workarounds, not on operator provided location services.

Open Source Selection Criteria
Open source telephony has revolutionized the world of small- and medium-sized business communications. Digium's Asterisk platform was the first cost-effective way to provide big-enterprise telephony functionality to smaller organizations. While the basic versions of such software is free, business users will want to deal with companies that provide support and additional features for a reasonable fee.

Note that TMCnet is a media partner for *Cluecon 2009 and Digium Asterisk World, conferences that focus with emphasis on open source developers but also entrepreneurs and more. See www.cluecon.com and http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/east-09/digium-asterisk-world.htm. Both are extremely effective experiences.

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* DIDX is a media partner for Cluecon 2009. Special note to DIDX.net members: check your DIDX email soon for how important you are to Cluecon 2009.