There’s way too much to say about CommCon, it was successful beyond my expectations. Sponsors were amazing, the venue amazing, the people amazing, outdoor entertainment at night, the pub, the people of Surrey. But, to describe it? You had to be there.
We talk to Alan Duric, co-founder of Wire, on Wire and about Wire for Teams. This was our first view of the multiperson video chat. The production is a bit rough, as we ran into some of the kinds of issues you find when you do something like this stream with no safety net. Get on Wire and see how it works on Windows, OS X, web and mobiles.
Audio version is here.
Author and musician Ethan Winer joins to talk about a number of Visions! I first heard Ethan on the SGU podcast a few weeks ago, where he spoke about the myth of expensive speaker cables for audiophiles. When I contacted him for a guest appearance on VUC, I found out he is also a musician and has numerous other interests that we’ll enjoy sharing with the VUC community.He’s been an engineer, built his studio and wrote the book The Audio Expert. There’s much to discuss, but we’ve promised to keep it within the usual hour.
The audio version is here.
Ethan Winer’s The Audio Expert is in its second edition.


Commcon is the first UK-based conference for the RTC community (and the second in Europe). It’s a conference run by the community itself, which means that everyone is equal and no one is given any special treatment over their fellow delegates.
CommCon will be a little different to the conferences you’re used to attending; it will be a bringing together of the best RTC minds from all over the world in one residential setting in the English countryside near Gatwick airport – the first residential conference of its kind in the Open-Source RTC community. You’ll have the opportunity to meet with colleagues, friends and peers, as well as making new connections with people in the industry, in an inclusive, collaborative and friendly environment.
Event: Friday May 25th, 2018 at 12 Noon EDT, 4PM GMT
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One of the great moments of Kamailio World 2018 was seeing Olle Johansson speak. Although Olle truly needs no introduction to regulars, it may be best to give a short one here.

Olle has been active in software development, software distribution, consulting, training and conferences since 1987, with open networking, open standards and open source. He has been pioneer in his work with many different kinds of VoIP and IM projects, among which are Asterisk®, OpenSER/Kamailio and ejabberd on Linux and Freebsd systems. His company, Edvina was founded in 1987 and has worked in many areas of TCP/IP networking, including directory services, information systems and security. He is a co-founder of Astricon and contributed significantly to channel SIP in Asterisk.
Audio version is here.