What's the protocol for scheduling personal video calls over Skype or iChat AV? I'm pretty new to this area and trying to understand whether it's okay to just call someone up on video. I can see the need to set up times for conference calls or video conferences in a business setting where you're trying to coordinate groups of people or book facilities, but the rationale seems less clear for communicating with friends or family. Is it rude to send an impromptu video request to a friend or relative who you know to be on Skype? What's the protocol? If you need to schedule it beforehand, why? How much time is appropriate and under what circumstances?
posted on Jul 22, 2008 - 11 answers

Urge to call ex [more inside]
posted on Jul 20, 2008 - 25 answers

Is it worth the time and effort to attempt to get a third-party collect call removed from my phone bill? [more inside]
posted on Apr 26, 2008 - 6 answers

I am using a computerized telephone management system called Advanced Call Center. One of its features is it emails me whenever I receive a call at my business. That feature needs and uses the Telephone Applications Programming Interface (TAPI) feature within Outlook to function. [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2008 - 4 answers

Need help identifying a bird with an unusual call. [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2008 - 9 answers

Is there a better option for international phone forwarding than Skype? [more inside]
posted on Mar 21, 2008 - 4 answers

Where can I find more information (and screenshots) about the motion graphic intermissions of Call of Duty 4? [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - 6 answers

MeFi actors/casting directors/people who have been extras before... any tips for what I should do at an "extras casting call"? [more inside]
posted on Feb 21, 2008 - 7 answers

Why would a cat wake you up between 4 and 5 in the morning when it has water and food and an accessible litter box? [more inside]
posted on Feb 15, 2008 - 40 answers

How do I get on a headhunter list? [more inside]
posted on Jan 14, 2008 - 12 answers

Trying not to be neurotic...I think my guy hung up on me, but maybe it was just a dropped call? Google won't help me distinguish between the two, although it seems obvious to me. The obvious being that he hung up on me. [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2007 - 34 answers

Advice on hiring an Indian call center to answer after-hours calls for a law practice? [more inside]
posted on Sep 23, 2007 - 19 answers

I'm aware this might be really obvious, but I need a quick answer - why are my gmail messages suddenly also coming to me in text messages on my cell? [more inside]
posted on Sep 13, 2007 - 8 answers

Does anyone have any experience or can recommend a live call answering service? Scads of details inside. [more inside]
posted on Sep 4, 2007 - 1 answers

I'm trying to host an open casting call for actors/models in NYC. Any ideas for somewhere professional, yet cheap or free? [more inside]
posted on Aug 6, 2007 - 2 answers

How do I call my wife in Sweden, Copenhagen, and Hungary while she visits for two weeks? I'm in the US and she will not have a cell phone or a computer. [more inside]
posted on Jun 17, 2007 - 6 answers

I have access to a conference bridge and sometimes I do presentations over the phone. [more inside]
posted on Nov 10, 2006 - 7 answers

Does anyone know of any good, one-time conference calling services with a local number in New Zealand? [more inside]
posted on Aug 21, 2006 - 1 answers

Where could I post a casting call for an online web contest that involves dancing? [more inside]
posted on Aug 9, 2006 - 2 answers

Bird call identification help please: a simple, slow melancholy three note call, then five - very clear notes, no warbles, chirps, trills etc. in descending pitch (eg. ti la so, ti la so-so-so) [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2006 - 9 answers

How do you perform a three-way call in toronto? [more inside]
posted on Jun 28, 2006 - 3 answers

The other night my wife and I heard a creature calling in the woods, near our house, for about half an hour. It was an alarming cry that neither of us have heard after a lifetime of living in the woods of central Virginia. Naturally, we recorded the sound (190k MP3) knowing we could just Ask Metafilter. Can anybody ID this critter?
posted on May 15, 2006 - 36 answers

Anyone placed a call from the US to a mobile phone in the UK? Or more importantly, been the recipient of such a call? [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2006 - 18 answers

How does a laddie get on the internet to phone people up ?
posted on Dec 28, 2005 - 7 answers

I'm in NYC next week and flying out of JFK right after I finish a conference call. I'm wondering about someplace at or near JFK that I might be able to take the call in relative peace and quiet. [more inside]
posted on Dec 1, 2005 - 4 answers

I need to setup a conference call for one of my freelance projects. Can you help recommend a conference call service that's affordable and reliable, and has record/playback features?
posted on Oct 26, 2005 - 6 answers

I've been given the task of locating an inexpensive, easy to use and reliable Conference Call Service. [more inside]
posted on Aug 30, 2005 - 7 answers

I am trying to identify a bird by its call. [more inside]
posted on Jul 3, 2005 - 3 answers

I want to work from home. The only thing stopping me is my damn office phone. I'd like to have that number forwarded through the Internet so I can answer it via my PC at home or wherever I happen to be (via wireless). [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2005 - 4 answers

Bzzzzz. You know those Radio Shack devices for recording phone calls? When I hook one up to a tape recorder, it works fine. But it's the damndest thing: hooked up to my computer, it buzzes. Is this an electric grounding issue, or is there something I'm doing wrong?
posted on Apr 1, 2004 - 3 answers