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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 [email protected]
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
