All posts by Alan Quayle

How to Voxbone at TADHack-mini London 2016

By Sacha Nacar Torrey Searle and I participated in the TADHack mini hackathon in London this past weekend and we discovered some pretty cool things… Everybody loves Slack, there’s no denying it – we even tried mashing it up with our own APIs. However, what Slack lacks is the same ‘openness’ in voice/video communication. Yes … Continue reading How to Voxbone at TADHack-mini London 2016

Sacha Nacar on TADHack-mini London

This year’s TADHack edition was particularly meaningful to me as it marked a few great milestones. First of all, exactly a year ago I was participating in my first hackathon – being TADHack mini London 2015. Secondly, I discovered University College London at TADHack that year and it gave me the idea to apply for … Continue reading Sacha Nacar on TADHack-mini London

TADHack London Part 2

TADHack-mini London was larger that last year with 88 people through the door, 18 hacks, with more diversity of people involved, and many more hacks winning that required little coding. For example, using webhooks between Cisco Spark and IBM Bluemix. This is an important trend; the tools and platforms continue to democratize telecoms so more … Continue reading TADHack London Part 2

Quick Summary of TADHack-mini London 2016 and the Winners

TADHack-mini London was larger that last year with 88 people through the door, with 18 hacks, with more diversity of people involved, and many more hacks winning that required little coding. This is an important trend; the tools and platforms continue to democratize telecoms so more and more people can use it their applications, services … Continue reading Quick Summary of TADHack-mini London 2016 and the Winners

Why TADHack Works

TADHack is less than two years old.  The first event was in June 2014 across Madrid in Spain, Colombo in Sri Lanka, Chicago in the US, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Manila in the Philippines, and comfort of your own home (remote entries). Since that first event we’ve created over 200 amazing hacks, distributed close to … Continue reading Why TADHack Works

Democratizing Communication with Founders and Coders at TADHack-mini London

Rob Pickering (founder and CEO) and the IPCortex team have been at several TADHacks. They participated at the first TADHack in Madrid in the 2014, and won the Google prize for our RTCEmergency incident response hack. They’ve subsequently attended TADSummits and participated in last year’s TADHack-mini London event building Keevio eye, WebRTC on a drone, … Continue reading Democratizing Communication with Founders and Coders at TADHack-mini London

TADHack Stats

In a previous weblog post we listed all the hacks generated so far through TADHack-mini and TADHack Global since 2014. With a brief description and link to the YouTube video. This weblog examines some of the TADHack stats in all those hacks. Of the over 200 hacks created 40 (20%) are currently either commercial or in … Continue reading TADHack Stats

Special Offer from Mind Commerce to Telecom API and Communications Enabled APP Community

Mind Commerce, a leading providers of ICT research, is offering a no-cost copy of its 2015 report in return for your help. Telecom Network API Marketplace: Strategy, Ecosystem, Players and Forecasts 2015 – 2020   Please send to Dawn Stokes ( dstokes@mindcommerce.com ) information about your company including the following: Company Profile (including leadership, company … Continue reading Special Offer from Mind Commerce to Telecom API and Communications Enabled APP Community

TADHack Paris Part 3 on #vuc583, Friday 4th March 1800 CET

On Friday 4th March we’ll have part 3 of TADHack Paris winners on #vuc583. Rianne Goijarts (Goija), Steven Bakker (DesignTotal.nl), Adam Kalsey (Cisco), Tim Panton (Westhawk), and Johannes Ruetschi (Unify) will explain their hacks, share their experiences and discuss topics around telecom app development.  We’ll also give a quick update on TADHack Japan held over Valentines … Continue reading TADHack Paris Part 3 on #vuc583, Friday 4th March 1800 CET

TADHack Japan Pitches

TADHack Japan ran from the 13-14 February in Kawasaki. In previous weblogs we reviewed the pitches that won prizes from the sponsors; and reviewed the many firsts we achieve with TADHack Japan on Day 1. This weblog reviews the other TADHack Japan pitches, as you can see in this weblog the quality bar of the … Continue reading TADHack Japan Pitches