What's been on my mind

It looks like internet usage in South Africa is on the rise again in 2005, with the latest figures estimated to be at 4,780,000 users (Internet World Stats). That's about 10% of South Africa's population.

I heard Chris Pirillo interviewing Michael Robertson of the Gizmo Project, on the Chris Pirillo podcast. It's a great interview, and provides a more in depth understanding of how Gizmo is different to Skype.

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From listening to the Daily Source Code, Adam Curry's podcast I've once again been entertained by mashups. A mashup is a mix of different songs combined into one, to hopefully create a piece of work that is greater (or at least equal to) the sum of it's parts.

I've been using Skype for quite a while, for both Skype to Skype calls as well as Skype to land line calls (mostly to the UK). I've recently come across an alternative to Skype called Gizmo which is pretty similar to Skype although it does offer some additional features. One feature that Skype currently does not offer is the recording of your Skype calls.