Have You Got Something to Say? - Providing Online Social Networks With a Voice.

The web is evolving into a social environment. People like to speak to each other. At present the web does not cater to this basic human need. We believe that seamless integration of telephony with web and existing 2.0 content is inevitable.

This session will discuss the opportunities and lessons learned by Tim and his team at PhoneFromHere.com, whilst attempting to bring real-time, person-to-person voice communication to web-based social n etworks

Social networking sites have huge numbers of users requiring a more natural form of communication within the context of their online environment. It is our hope that innovative application of technology and an approach tailored to the requirements of each individual website, will enrich users online experience with instant, immediate person-to-person speech, within their web-browser.

We realise that as people adopt new technologies they change their daily routines, creating new opportunities for business and social interaction. Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Second Life are becoming increasingly important, now generally accepted as a vehicle for everyday communication. People are working and playing in online environments all the time, collaborating and networking via a wealth of social media and networking websites. However, verbal communication is strangely lacking within the context of these online meeting places, despite the fact that these people are here because they have something to say to each other. To date the Internet has failed to find its voice.Our aim is build upon the successful social environments already in the public domain and work to seamlessly add that vital missing dimension... real-time person-to-person speech, opening up the virtual worlds to new levels of discussion and debate.