People Using Skype

The Severson family moves from Florida to Vienna. "If you have been wondering how you can contact us once we make the big trip, we are encouraging everyone to join Skype."

Skype in mountain climbing. As satellite IP connectivity goes (Inmarsat!), so goes Skype. The quest for Broad Peak's first winter ascent, The MountEverest.net team is a "a global bunch operating over different time zones (communicating over Skype.)"

PR disaster is not all Skype’s fault. "Skype gets a misplaced boot to the swingers cos it’s the ‘brand de jour’. However, the saying ‘timing is everything’ seems pretty poignant in this PR nightmare - after all, when would most international callers want to use the no-cost Skype? Surely around the festive holidays"

Recruit Volunteers with Skyped Testimonials. Tutorial courtesy of Macdonald Youth Services of Winnipeg, Canada.

Labs

Skype from call notes with TEO (Tablet Enhancements for Outlook) now lets you . "Have you ever looked frantically for a notepad on your desk while on a call to jot down a phone number or address? Have you ever clicked Start -> Run -> notepad.exe because you had no other place to write something down? ¶ The telephony features in TEO supports Skype out of the box and provides you with a call notes area for incoming and outgoing phone calls. Even better, it links contact information to the call so that when you save your call notes in the Outlook Journal, you have a link to the contact and the time and duration of the call." via Sumocat's tablet blog.

Yubz classic USB handsets work with Skype. via The Cool Hunter.

Stonevoice offers SkyStone, a software Skype gateway to Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Skype someone and pick up your Cisco IP Phone.

ASUS eeePC comes with Skype. $499 Linux ultraportable for the education market. Ready for Skype video calls.

The Wibrain B1 UMPC now selling at Dynamism. "Integrated wifi and Bluetooth make for easy connectivity, and the pop-up camera/mic make for easy 'Skype-ability'" 

Other

Visual history of Skype Executive team. Courtesy of the wayback machine. on Skype-Watch.

Ed Bott says Skype's IE extensions slow browsing on Vista. Disabling them sped his Vista up.