Tim,
Two semi-related data points...
My partner Wendy has been pleasantly surprised with how well Skype works for
her personal consulting business. Given that her work relies heavily on
non-verbal communication, she was impressed with how well it worked.
Another colleague, Rod, had a difference experience, though. He claimed that
the "vanilla" videoconference services were merely OK for his remote pair-wise
work with another colleague out of state. Once they both invested in better
cameras, with better optical and compression quality, and in a separate
service, he claims that the quality of their work relationship was as good as
being in the same room. He points to the subtlty of facial expression that our
animal body can sense but that our frontal lobes are not suited to describe.
One way to connect these data points is to say "to each her own". Another way
would be that Rod, the technophile, had greater discernment, and therefore
expectation, for a high definition experience, whereas Wendy, the
person-ophile, had her expectations exceeded.
Hope the stories help...
Michael
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