Posted By:  kangwat Posted On:  Sep 19, 2008	Skyped Ya!
Because it’s Friday afternoon here in London, I thought I’d share something which has been keeping us amused here at Skype HQ. Thanks to the guys at the Creative Review , we came across the latest silly photo meme – Skyped Ya! Just position your Skype video call...... [view]

Posted By:  kangwat Posted On:  Aug 29, 2008	Five Years of Wow
I'm staring at the blinking cursor on an empty page. This page. And it occurs to me that five years ago today, Skype was that cursor. An impatient speck on the world's radar screen, vying for attention that would help write a new chapter in the history of communication. With the...... [view]

Posted By:  kangwat Posted On:  Jul 16, 2008	Unarticulated needs and Skype 4.0
Today, Skype's President Josh Silverman picks a lesson from Communist-era dissident communication that is equally relevant to companies that seek to become - or remain -- innovative. In fact, there's even an connection to the recently-introduced beta version of Skype 4.0 for Windows as well...... [view]

Posted By:  kangwat Posted On:  Jul 7, 2008	Skype's new COO Scott Durchslag speaks out
Scott Durchslag joined Skype last week (June 30) as chief operating officer, reporting to President, Josh Silverman. I caught up with him Monday while he was in Luxembourg for a meeting of Skype's leadership. I first met Scott a few years ago when he was an executive at Motorola, the...... [view]

Posted By:  kangwat Posted On:  May 8, 2008	Skype's Product Strategist Rodrigo Madanes, one of 20 "Web 2.0 Heroes"
This is my first post on the Skype blog, so I figured I'd introduce myself. I'm Rodrigo Madanes and I work at Skype as the Chief Product Strategist. Basically, I look at where we're taking the products. A few months ago, I was interviewed by Bradley Jones for a book he was putting together,...... [view]

Posted By:  kangwat Posted On:  May 8, 2008	Skype's Product Strategist Rodrigo Madanes, one of 20 "Web 2.0 Heroes"
This is my first post on the Skype blog, so I figured I’d introduce myself. I’m Rodrigo Madanes and I work at Skype as the Chief Product Strategist. Basically, I look at where we’re taking the products. A few months ago, I was interviewed by Bradley Jones for a book he...... [view]

Posted By:  kangwat Posted On:  May 5, 2008	Nomadic adventures with Skype
For a young 26-year-old London-based copywriter, today was the start of a 33-day round-the-world exercise . An exercise to remain in perpetual motion, to soak up experiences in 15 countries, from hot-air-ballooning in the Austrian Alps to dog-sledding in Alaska, and to see if Skype can...... [view]

Posted By:  kangwat Posted On:  Apr 21, 2008	Interview with Skype CEO Josh Silverman
This week will mark the first month on the job for Skype CEO Josh Silverman. It may not be as round an anniversary as 100 days, but if you want to find out what’s brewing in the mind of the man at the top, Almost Thirty Days On the Job looks like a pretty workable milestone. And it...... [view]

Posted By:  kangwat Posted On:  Mar 17, 2008	Farewell, Russell Shaw
Those of us at Skype and the broader internet communications industry are mourning the loss of a very strong voice in our community today. Word reached us this weekend that Russell Shaw, a blogger over at ZDNet’s IP Telephony blog who has been a follower of Skype since our beginning,...... [view]

Posted By:  kangwat Posted On:  Mar 7, 2008	How well do you know Skype slogans?
Before you read on, let me remind you that it’s Friday. The fifth day of the week. The day some people like to thank God or goodness for. In other words, Friday. One of Skype’s enduring values has been the ability to not take ourselves too seriously. The method today:...... [view]

Posted By:  kangwat Posted On:  Mar 4, 2008	Say hi to the new kid on the blog
For quite some time, we’ve had bloggers sharing the Skype story in a number of countries — if you’re fluent in Portuguese or, say, Japanese, make your choice among the links on the right-side column on this page. But there’s been a certain gap in our otherwise toothsome...... [view]