GM Files Blockchain Patent Last week automaker General Motors filed a patent for a solution to manage data from autonomous vehicles using Blockchain.
How to Enable Bluetooth on a Digium Telephone Digium D65 and D80 telephone models have Bluetooth (BT) ability used to connect to Bluetooth enabled wireless headsets. The Bluetooth App on the phone allows you to turn on and off the option
Rose colored glasses I’d like to believe that I see the world differently. As a guy that sees the world through a computer screen most of the day, I’d like to keep doing that…
Where have you been? I was going to call this post "What I did on my Summer Vacation" but I'd hardly call the last few months a "vacation". After about a nearly two month hiatus of writing
Blockhead $100 purchased on January 1, 2011 would have bought you 333.33 Bitcoin. At current rates that would be worth $2,189,819.77 USD. So it's no wonder why everyone is so
Way outside the box Hustle Con is a conference for non technical startup entrepreneurs. They bring successful founders on stage to explain how they launched and grew their brands. I had the opportunity and pleasure of attending
Fear /feer/: an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. It's crippling. Debilitating. And even more frustrating when you can't control it.
Are you guilty? Video Transcript: Hola Interwebs! Zach from Chromis.com inside the shark tank aka my home office in Arizona... It’s Wednesday and on Wednesdays we wear pink… Wait… It’s not Wednesday… It’
Measuring Broadband Speeds Sammy Hagar wrote "I can't drive 55!" But if he were Canadian it would be "I can't drive 88.51392, eh!" Not as cool in Kilometers per Hour as
Open office? No thanks. Crowdfunding/sourcing is amazing. I'm a fan of this alternative fundraising because it has launched some really cool products (see Nomiku for an awesome success story). But every now and again something wacky
Don’t text and talk New technology often dictates the need for new etiquette. Today we have so much new technology it’s hard for etiquette norms to keep up. One pet peeve of mine that I think
messaging Bots are Big Bots are computers. In particular, they are tasks or features that a computer can do rather than a person. Messaging bots do things like answer common questions, tell jokes, or look up information
Technology is frustrating Technology is frustrating, even for technical people. There is always a solution and once you get it right, it can even be delicious. I recently purchased a new security camera system for my
iOS Wifi Password Sharing As part of their iOS 11 release earlier this year, Apple release a new feature called Wifi Password sharing that's designed to let you quickly share your Wi-Fi password with a friend. Let's
Frontnumber Use Case Text messaging without a mobile phone Frontnumber is a tool that businesses can use to send and recieve text messages. But how? Let's take a look at some of our features a little
Google reCAPTCHA for a Flask app It is trival to add Google reCAPTCHA to a Flask app. Google's description of reCAPTCHA is "Protect your website from spam and abuse while letting real people pass through with ease."
Chromis Receives Digium Award (Again) I'm running out of room on the shelf in my office. As you can see it's littered with my business book collection and Digium Pinnacle Circle of Excellence awards. And it's just been
There Is No Magic Pill "This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill... You stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."
Phoenix Startup Week 2018 February 19-23, 2018 Phoenix isn't all cactus and coyotes. According to Gregslist of Arizona Software Companies there are currently 297 AZ based active companies. We're part of the Silicon Desert and we're proud
Text messaging stats that matter Why it's time for Business to take messaging seriously There's a couple year old blog post out on the interwebs that continues to intrigue me. Titled: "45 Texting Statistics That Prove Businesses
Our mission Frontnumber mission statement: To facilitate high quality communications through simplicity. Our Values: Creativity: We will always ask if there's a better way to solve a problem. Discipline: We will be relentless in our
An origin story. On September 9, 2007 Jonathan Rusk registered the domain Frontnumber.com. The initial idea was to build an application that would allow a user to anonoymize, mask, forward (and more) to any number
What is Frontnumber? Frontnumber is: Text messaging for individuals or teams, no mobile phone required. Share one or multiple numbers to send and receive text messages. Each member of your business or organization can participate. Here's
Steps to updating Digium Switchvox It’s always a good idea to stay up to date with Switchvox versions. To update: Run a Backup and save to your local hard drive. To create a backup go to: Server
Upgrade your Switchvox Appliance and Save up to 35% The Switchvox Summer Appliance Promotion provides you with an additional 30-35% off MSRP on appliances and cold spares. But hurry because this offer ends soon! Who: All Current and New Switchvox systems. What: