Re: [lopsa-tech] Datacenter phone/headsets

2010-05-07 Thread Andrew Hume
i have been telecommuting seriously for 20+ years and follow eric allman's advice (offered 20 years ago, it might be different now). for headsets, the best in teh world don't cost a lot, so just get them. so i use plantronics st141 headsets (nowadays i use the wireless ones) with a noise

Re: [lopsa-tech] Datacenter phone/headsets

2010-05-07 Thread Allan West
On 5/7/10 9:11 AM, Brian Mathis wrote: On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Tracy Reed tr...@ultraviolet.org wrote: On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 10:44:23AM -0400, Luke S Crawford spake thusly: The other day at the hardware store I noticed noise dampening headphones; they looked like the enclosed ear

Re: [lopsa-tech] Datacenter phone/headsets

2010-05-07 Thread Jim Hickstein
Andrew Hume wrote: i have been telecommuting seriously for 20+ years and follow eric allman's advice (offered 20 years ago, it might be different now). for headsets, the best in teh world don't cost a lot, so just get them. so i use plantronics st141 headsets (nowadays i use the wireless ones)

Re: [lopsa-tech] Datacenter phone/headsets

2010-05-06 Thread Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade
On May 6, 2010, at 9:53 PM, Tracy Reed wrote: Does anyone have a lead on an inexpensive headset/mic setup good for talking on the phone in a datacenter? The standard bluetooth and even wired headsets are just not made for this kind of environment. Maybe something like this? I'm not sure