What's all the skype about...?
by Duncan O'Leary
You may have noticed that we're getting excited about Skype at the moment at Demos (i say 'we', i'm still holding out). Turns out we knew about it about a year-and-a-half ago, so why is everyone suddenly wearing headphones in the office in January 2006? It's not cheaper now and as far as i know the technology hasn't changed all that much. Well, i've asked a couple of people here and they reckon the real difference was that someone actually signed up for it - making it worth while for other people to sign up for it. Talking to yourself, however cool the headphones are, can get boring after a while. Talking to Kirsten and Paul in India is much more fun. Malcolm Gladwell would be proud...