Dave Troy's Presentation at eComm 2008

Wild & Crazy Things YouCan Build with Asterisk and Open Source TelephonyDavid Troy

Digium Asterisk World 2008

Hi!My Name Is

Dave Troy

Likes DislikesPeople Cell Phones

Open Source Microsoft

Mashups .NET

Ruby PHP

E-Mail Voicemail

Asterisk Phones

Some Influences:Thomas JeffersonWalt Disney

This Guy

Not This

“Imagination is More Important Than Knowledge”

A Little Knowledge Doesn’t Hurt Though!

Imagination

Knowledge

What do we know?

Things We Don’t Need More Of

IVRs (In General)

FXO/FXS Interfaces

FAX Devices

Shared Voice/Data T1’s

Unified Messaging

extensions.conf

PHP

PBX Appliances

Hosted Voicemail

VoIP Phones

IAX vs. SIP Debates

X-Rated Chat Services

Termination Providers

Origination Providers

Imagine Instead...EngagedVoters!

TalkingRobot

Vacuums!

AccountablePoliticians!

ComplainingPlants!

Imagination

Knowledge

Distributed CallcenterEmpower an army of volunteers via Asterisk and the web

RoombaAsterisk“Press 1 to Start Sucking”

Calls to CongressInbound Calls Routed and Mapped

Bill CollectorPlace Calls at Random Intervalswith Random Caller ID

Alarm ReceiverDo Stuff When Alarms Go Off

Plants That BitchBotanicall’s Sensors Call You Out on Plant Abuse

The WebPhoneIdea for Dialing Websites via IP Address, rendered with Text-to-Speech

Live Election ReturnsAsterisk + Cell Phones = Field ReportingFor Election Night

Asterisk ConfiguratorDatabase-Driven Framework and UI for Asterisk

Contact Your PoliticianWeb-Based Tool Calls You, then Your Reps

1. Go to Website, Enter Your Phone Number2. System Calls You3. System Calls Your Representative4. All Interaction is Logged5. Caller is Recorded, Callee is Not

iPhone 2-Leg CallingMagic URL Calls iPhone, then Calls a Contacthttp://iphone.popvox.com/aGFoYSB5b3Ugc3Vjawo=

Imagination

Knowledge

Tools of The Trade

Solid Understanding

AMI & AGI

Ruby

Rails

Adhearsion

Distributed Callcenter

RailsApp Dialer

(DRb)

SQL Asterisk

Election Returns

RailsApp

Adhearsion

SQL Asterisk

RoombaAsterisk

ShellScripts

SIPPhone

Asterisk

Roomba

Imagination

Knowledge

TwittervisionRealtime Mashup of Twitter, Facebook, and Google Maps

FlickrvisionReal-Time Mashup of Flickr & Google Maps

Imagination

Knowledge

Thank Youdave@popvox.com

David Troy

blog: davetroy.com

twitter: davetroy

Facebook: David Troy

“The Willy Wonka of Twitterland” - Slate Magazine, April 2007

An eComm 2008 presentation –see eCommMedia.com for more details