Chris Abraham » kids in college http://chrisabraham.com Because the Medium is the Message Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:08:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ooVoo and the Long Teasehttp://chrisabraham.com/2007/12/09/oovoo-and-the-long-tease/ http://chrisabraham.com/2007/12/09/oovoo-and-the-long-tease/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:13:18 +0000 Chris Abraham http://chrisabraham.com/2007/12/09/oovoo-and-the-long-tease/ Mark and I have been using ooVoo internally for AHLLC team management because you can have six folks on video at a time, which is the management team right now. We are doing some ooVoo campaign work for crayon and just got hooked ourselves because of the multi-video chats but also because it seems to [...]


ooVoo and the Long Tease


Mark and I have been using ooVoo internally for AHLLC team management because you can have six folks on video at a time, which is the management team right now. We are doing some ooVoo campaign work for crayon and just got hooked ourselves because of the multi-video chats but also because it seems to be a lighter client, requires fewer PC resources, works with Mac (we have an Alpha version of the Mac client, coming soon), and has better sound quality, funnily enough, because it doesn’t use the P2P and “supernode” architecture that tends to bog down my machine.

  • ooVoo specs:
    • Free video chat
    • Easy to install (3 clicks)
    • Up to 6 friends, family members, colleagues on video at the same time
    • Text messaging
    • Record and send video messages
    • View call history
    • Send files up to 25MB, 20 at a time while contact is offline
    • Import contacts from address book
    • ooVoo me link for website or email signature
    • Privacy settings allow you to decide who can ooVoo you
    • Video quality –
  • System requirements for ooVoo:
    • Pentium 4 1Ghz with 256MB of RAM for PC
    • G4 and up processors, and OS X 10.4 and up for Mac
    • 20MB Hard disk space
    • Webcam and Headset
    • Broadband connection (Cable, DSL etc..)
    • Microsoft Windows 2000, XP or Vista
  • Webcams for ooVoo:
  • What ooVoo has that others don’t:

    • 6 people at a time on live video
    • video messaging
  • Things you can use ooVoo for:
    • family/friend chat
    • create foreign language chat room to practice with native speakers and other students
    • business video conferencing
    • sign language communication
    • sending files
  • Major forums, blogs, sns, where you can find discussions about ooVoo and user review:
    • facebook group
  • History of ooVoo
    • email, IM, internet phone, ooVoo:
    • where did it come from:
    • official launch – 6/2007
  • Developments on the horizon:
    • MAC beta version – end of 2007
    • ooVoo to phone conversation
    • recording capabilty (PC only) allowing you to capture video chats – January 2008

Some Very Good Reasons to Use ooVoo — How to Use ooVoo

  • free
  • stay in touch with the kids in college, recently moved away.
  • use ooVoo to fill the home up this christmas. Talk with all the kids at once, together
  • talk with the whole family at once
  • see your friends, family, kids, parents, and grandkids
    • can’t make that long trip, flight or drive to see the family for christmas. bring them into your home with ooVoo. You don’t have to go anywhere.
    • great way for family to connect
    • good for families that are spread out
    • bring the family together this christmas. With ooVoo no matter where they all are they can still see each other and chat.
  • send text messages
  • connect with other ex-pats spread out across the world
    • see your friends and families
    • can’t get back to the states to see family for christmas? use oovoo to connect.
  • Military
    • great way for mom’s or dad’s to see their children
    • ooVoo donated 500 cameras to the military so that soldiers could connect with their families around christmas
    • send video messages to your husband, dad, mom, sister, daughter in the military.
  • Business Travelers
    • need to have a conference call with several co-workers? 6-way video conference capability
    • nice “look and feel” = professional business tool
    • customize contacts list
    • send files up to 25 MB
    • connect with the family while you are on the road. see the kids in real time.
    • fun way to leave messages or receive messages from the kids while you are on the road
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