IP Democracy: Check Out These Skype Hacks

I have a friend (Larry Honig) who keeps urging me to check out the many-faceted features of Skype. You’ll be able to record calls for podcasting purposes, conduct free conference calls, route calls to your mobile and so much more, he says.

I’m ashamed to admit that I don’t use Skype — for a variety of reasons. For one thing, I’m already too accessible to too many people. I long ago stopped running my Trillian IM software because every time I launch it, I’m bombarded with IMs.

For another thing, I don’t have the time to set things up. Although Larry has promised to walk me through all the steps, he doesn’t have to now.

Rich McIver at VoIP News flagged for me this very cool list of 25 Skype hacks that the editors have compiled. The VoIP News folks have put out a simple list with instructions that shows how Skype can be used not only for conferencing calling, audio recording, and so forth, but also how it can be used for universal chat and language translation for up to 50 languages (breaking down the global calling barriers even further), selling and scheduling consulting services, checking out other people’s music collections and much more.

That’s it. I’m finally going to become a Skype user. Over the next month, you might see little “Skype Me” logos on this and other web sites I run, and be careful when you do Skype me — I might be recording everything.

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on February 6, 2007 10:59 AM to IP Democracy