LiveKitis in the Enterprise Video Industry

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The Auction Events Platform is a Laravel PHP web application streaming live video from an auction event, using the LiveKit Open source WebRTC infrastructure. The Auction Events Platform for Creators The platform allows creators to run a live auction, a hybrid event, with bidders in the auction hall and online. Online bidders watch a live video and audio stream of the auction hall and bid via a web application. An auction event can be purely virtual with no auction hall. An auction may run for a few hours with items coming up for bidding in sequence. A creator runs the auction, streaming it from a camera and microphone attached to the creator's computer. The Platform Architecture The platform is a web application built with the TALL stack: Laravel Livewire Alpine.js Tailwind LiveKit LiveKit is an open-source platform for live audio and video. It works by creating rooms in which participants can join and then publish video and audio tracks. Other participants can subscribe to tracks published in the room and stream the track to an HTML and tags. video audio Running LiveKit First, you need to obtain the API key and secret and generate an initial configuration file, , by running: livekit.yaml docker run --rm -v$PWD:/output livekit/generate --local To operate a LiveKit in the simplest way possible, you run a docker container: docker run --rm -p 7880:7880 \
    -p 7881:7881 \
    -p 7882:7882/udp \
    -v $PWD/livekit.yaml:/livekit.yaml \
    livekit/livekit-server \
    --config /livekit.yaml \
    --node-ip <your local IP> Participants need to get an access token to interact with LiveKit in any way, such as to create a room or connect to a room. An access token carries certain permissions, such as creating rooms, subscribing to tracks, and publishing tracks. Using LiveKit for Live Streaming of Auctions In the Auction Events Platform for Creators, the platform generates the rooms a few hours before the auction. So the creators can get the setup right. The platform deletes the room a short while after the auction is completed. Creators publish video and audio, and bidders subscribe to the tracks and watch them. To integrate LiveKit into our platform, we use the On the server side - PHP Server SDK to LiveKit On the client side - LiveKit browser client SDK (javascript) We use the following LiveKit configuration: port: 7880
rtc:
    udp_port: 7882
    tcp_port: 7881
    use_external_ip: false
room:
    auto_create: false
keys:
    xxxxxxx: yyyyyy
logging:
    json: true
    level: debug
    pion_level: debug
webhook:
    api_key: xxxxxxxx
    urls:
        - <our webhooks url> Since the platform creates the rooms, we set to false, preventing a participant from creating a room upon joining it. auto_create Issue Access Tokens We have two types of users: Creators that publish video and/or audio Bidders that subscribe to the video and/or audio Consequently, we generate using the PHP SDK access token as: use Agence104\LiveKit\AccessToken;
use Agence104\LiveKit\AccessTokenOptions;
use Agence104\LiveKit\VideoGrant;

 // Define the token options.
 $token_options = (new AccessTokenOptions())
   ->setIdentity($participant_name)
   ->setTtl($key_expiry_seconds);

// Define the video grants.
$video_grant = (new VideoGrant())
  ->setRoomJoin(true) // TRUE by default.
        ->setRoomName($room_name)
    ->setCanPublish($is_creator) // only creators can publish
        ->setCanSubscribe(true) // TRUE by default.
        ->setRoomCreate(false); 


// Initialize and fetch the JWT access token. 
$token = (new AccessToken())
    ->init($token_options)
    ->setGrant($video_grant)
    ->toJwt(); Create and Delete Rooms On the server side, using the PHP SDK, Create Room use Agence104\LiveKit\RoomServiceClient;
use Agence104\LiveKit\RoomCreateOptions;

$opts = (new RoomCreateOptions())
    ->setName($room_name)
    ->setMaxParticipants(env('MAX_LIVEKIT_ROOM_PARTICIPANTS'))
    ->setEmptyTimeout(env('LIVEKIT_EMPTY_ROOM_TIMEOUT_SECONDS'));
$room = $svc->createRoom($opts); Delete Room $host = env('LIVEKIT_URL');
$svc = new RoomServiceClient($host);
$rsp = $svc->deleteRoom($room_name); Webhooks We use webhooks to listen to events in the room, such as participants joining and leaving, to control the room capacity. Routing The webhook part of the configuration points to a controller action through a file in : webhook.php routes use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\LiveKitWebhookController;

Route::post('handler', LiveKitWebhookController::class)->name('livekit_webhook'); Processing the Call We have a single action controller using the PHP SDK : WebhookReceiver <?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Agence104\LiveKit\WebhookReceiver;

class LiveKitWebhookController extends Controller {
    /**
     * Handle the incoming request.
     *
     * @param    \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return  \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function __invoke(Request $request)
    {
        $content = $request->getContent(); 
        $header = $request->header('authorization');
        $receiver = new WebhookReceiver(env('LIVEKIT_API_KEY'), env('LIVEKIT_API_SECRET'));
        $data = $receiver->receive($content, $header);
        $event = $data->getEvent();

        switch($event)
        {
            case 'participant_joined':

            case 'participant_left':
        }
    }
} Front-End The front-end is a close integration of Livewire components that run on the server and Alpine.js that runs on the browser. Alpine.js integrates the LiveKit Client JS SDK to connect to rooms and publish and subscribe. We import LiveKit into : app.js import {
  connect,
  createLocalTracks,
  createLocalVideoTrack,
  createLocalAudioTrack,
  Room,
  RoomEvent,
  RemoteParticipant,
  RemoteTrackPublication,
  RemoteTrack,
  Participant,
  RoomOptions,
  VideoPresets,
  RoomConnectOptions,
  ParticipantEvent,
  MediaDeviceFailure,
  MediaDevicesError,
  MediaDevicesChanged,
  RoomMetadataChanged,
  Track,
  VideoQuality,
} from 'livekit-client'; The video and audio elements container sets the LiveKit configuration in the browser in , then initializes the device list and emits a event. x-data rendered <div class="py-4 bg-white" 
    x-data="av(true)" 
    x-init="acquireDeviceList(); $nextTick(() => { Livewire.emit('rendered') });" 
> The Livewire component, on receiving the event, runs code to check permissions and status of the auction and only then gets the access token and LiveKit URL for the connection and sends it to the browser with : dispatchBrowserEvent $this->set_user_access_token($this->auction, true);
$this->dispatchBrowserEvent('connect-live', [
    'url' => $this->livekit_url, 
    'token' => $this->livekit_access_token
]); The Alpine.js, on receiving the event, connects the room. connect-live @connect-live.window="(event) => connectToRoom(event.detail.url, 
event.detail.token, false)" The works via the Client JS SDK. connectToRoom Because we need the Livewire component to check certain conditions, such as if there is a live stream, we do not connect to the room automatically. We use to ensure that the component is rendered before sending the event to Livewire. This way, when Livewire dispatches an event to Alpine.js, the listener is active in the HTML. nextTick Connecting to A Room in JavaScript async connectToRoom(url, token, forceTURN) {
  this.token = token;
  this.url = url;

  const roomOptions = 
      this.isPublisher ?
      {
        adaptiveStream: true,
        dynacast: true,
        publishDefaults: {
          simulcast: true,
          videoSimulcastLayers: [
            VideoPresets.h90, 
            VideoPresets.h180, 
            VideoPresets.h216, 
            VideoPresets.h360, VideoPresets.h540
          ],
          videoCodec: this.selectedVideoCodec,
        },
        videoCaptureDefaults: {
          resolution: this.selectedVideoResolution.id,
        },
      }
      :
      {};

  const connectOptions = {
    autoSubscribe: true,
    publishOnly: undefined,
  };
  if (forceTURN) {
    connectOptions.rtcConfig = {
      iceTransportPolicy: 'relay',
    };
  }

  try {
    await room.connect(this.url, this.token, connectOptions);
    this.currentRoom = room;
    window.currentRoom = room;  
  } catch (error) {
    message = error;
    if (error.message) {
      message = error.message;
    }
    console.log('could not connect:', message);
  } finally {
    if (message) {
      Livewire.emit('connectionFailure');
    }

    return room;
} Publishing a Video await this.currentRoom?.localParticipant.setCameraEnabled(true);

const videoElm = this.$refs.video;

this.videoTrack = await createLocalVideoTrack();
this.videoTrack?.attach(videoElm); Subscribing to a Track Once the track is published, we render it: renderParticipant(participant) {

  const cameraPub = participant.getTrack(Track.Source.Camera);
  const micPub = participant.getTrack(Track.Source.Microphone);


  if (cameraPub) {

    const cameraEnabled = cameraPub && cameraPub.isSubscribed && 
       !cameraPub.isMuted;

    if (cameraEnabled) {
      const videoElm = this.$refs.video;
      this.attachTrack(cameraPub?.videoTrack, 'video');
    } 

  }

  if (micPub) {
    const micEnabled = micPub && micPub.isSubscribed && !micPub.isMuted;

    if (micEnabled) {
      const audioElm = this.$refs.audio;
      this.attachTrack(micPub?.audioTrack, 'audio');
    }      
  }

}, It was Tricky The integration involved a complicated interplay of server and client code. And the client code was an interplay of PHP and JavaScript. We love LiveKit and hope to carry this into production. So far, it was a single Docker container in a local environment. We have lots of work to do on the production setup. Also published . here

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Click here to open your secure message inside a browser. That’s text taken directly from a email that’s sent out regularly by a major US bank to business customers. Can you see what’s wrong with it? Crazy right? Banks should take some of the blame when it comes to the phishing epidemic we face. Here’s another example of a poor security and privacy practice by the banking world: Hello Mr. Walsh, this is Sara from Bank of America. Before I continue with the call, I need to confirm some details with you. What is your date of birth and what are the last four digits of your social security? What the actual fuck?! Ok I’d never swear at them. But I do say: You called me. So why on earth would I give over such sensitive information to a complete stranger who just randomly called me?! Are you insane?! How is this a good security practice? How are non-technical, non-security aware people supposed to know when they are being scammed or not, when their trusted bank follows this outrageous practice. And it’s not just Bank of America. It’s all banks. Within the crypto world, we need to do better. By crypto world, I’m referring to the main stake holders within the ecosystem who are most likely to attract cybercriminals — wallets, exchanges, Token owners and ICOs. How we can do better than banks My Google alerts alerted me to a post about a “ ” this morning. There’s nothing new about this type of email. Phishing is an old, well known problem. But it inspired me to write this post and come up with a proposed solution to help reduce the risk of people losing their hard earn money through email phishing scams. None of the email security companies are able to stay on top of new crypto phishing sites, so don’t rely on them alone for protection. new coinbase phishing email I would like to call upon the crypto stakeholders to stop sending emails with t. By that I mean, look at the way I hyperlinked the text — you can’t see the URL. When you open the link where will it go? I’ll tell you, it goes to a wikipedia page that explains what hyperlinked text is. But you can’t know that until you open it. hyperlinked tex Please do this Crypto teams When writing emails, please provide the full link like this: livebitcoinnews.com/new-coinbase-phishing-email-rather-elaborate — instead of hyperlinking text to that URL. And instead of using https:// or www as that will automatically hyperlink the text when you send the email. I realize it doesn’t look as good. And it makes it more time consuming for readers to copy ‘n paste the link into their browser. It also means you can’t add link tracking to your emails. But I do believe this is a small price to pay. If you follow my proposed practice, crypto enthusiasts will most certainly trust you more and therefore more likely to invest more time and money in your brand. And they will respect the fact that you are doing your best to protect them from potential harm. It will also significantly reduce the risk of your community falling for a phishing scam as they will be less likely to open links from people who pretend to be you. And this means fewer people will get their fingers burnt — persuading their friends and family not to invest in crypto. Unless you’re using a browser add-on like , or your Slack community is protected by the security app, you can’t trust any hyperlink that purports to link to a crypto website. NEVER! Even with these products you need to remain vigilant at all times when opening links. Cryptonite MetaCert If just one company follows this advice I’ll be happy — as it will possibly save at least one person from losing their life savings. Writing this post is therefore a small price for me to pay in time and energy. ❤️ ** **👏” on the left side of the screen to ☞ Please tap or click “ let Paul and others know that you appreciated this post. We would like to see Crypto communities and other stakeholders promote this email best practice in order to help protect more people from phishing scams. Please share this post with your friends and colleagues on Twitter and inside your communities. 🔒 ❤️ The number of claps indicates how much you liked the post and support its content, so put those hands together as many times as you like.

Pro email tip for Crypto companies — how to reduce the risk of phishing attacks

A Decentralised Solution to Prevent the Threat of DDos (distributed denial of service) When it comes to making a decision on which ICO to invest in, one must place themselves in the problem the company is trying to solve. The most paramount concern for any company with an online presence is the security of their website and all the personal information contained within it. As technology advances and hackers become more experienced with each passing day, they become a serious threat for any website to deal with. DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks have become the number one threat to businesses with an online presence. There has been a dramatic incline in the volume and power of DDoS attacks over the last few years causing widespread panic amongst the online community. With an average cost of $2,500,000 ( ) per DDoS attack, it’s no wonder why! 2.5 Million USD A DDoS attack is a series of computers networked together to all connect to a specific website at exactly the same time. There have been multiple cases where tens of thousands of computers from around the world have all been networked to make powerful DDoS attacks. The server is subsequently over loaded and crashes, causing the website to malfunction. Attackers then extort information and value from the website by blackmailing companies, demanding money in exchange for the attacks to stop. One of the most happened on October 21st, 2016. A network of over 100,000 infected computers attacked an internet management company called Dyn. For a couple of hours high profile websites including Twitter, Spotify, Etsy and Github had major service interruptions or went offline completely. notorious attacks As we move forward with no real solution into how to combat the risk of DDoS attacks, blockchain technology has provided a solution. Gladius is a decentralised solution to prevent the threat of DDos. Creating a community of network pools which not only provide a block against DDos, but will also speed up content delivery in the online community. The future looks bright for everyone involved in the blockchain who are interested in earning a passive income. With Gladius you can now rent out your spare bandwidth to companies in exchange for GLA, the Cryptocurrency which is used within the Gladius network. With the application of bandwidth sharing it improves the speed and quality of connections between sites whilst also contributing to network protection. It’s described as a connection of nodes. With a connection between thousands of connected nodes, all renting out their spare bandwidth, provides superior connectivity and also faster loading times. Anyone looking to sell their spare bandwidth can do so via any Linux, Windows, or MacOS machine. Gladius automatically runs in the background, without causing undue stress to your computer. As an ICO Gladius has real promise. DDos attacks are costing companies Billions of dollars every year. By using the blockchain, Gladius has created a solid solution to combat the threat whilst bringing real value to their community. The team * Max Niebylski -Founder & CEO Max is the original founder of Gladius. Max is an enormous proponent of decentralization and blockchain technology. With over 8 years of experience in programming and entrepreneurship, he is the perfect person to lead Gladius where it needs to go for it to become a mainstay in the DDoS protection industry. Alexander Godwin -Co-Founder & Blockchain/Pools Alex is a co founder at Gladius. He has been interested in programming since a young age and wanted to be involved in a decentralized project recently as he believes it is the future of the Internet. Alex plays a key role in developing smart contracts and general system architecture. Marcelo McAndrew -Co-Founder & Backend Developer Marcelo is a co-founder and developer for Gladius. With a passion for web development and creating new technology he is determined to make Gladius a leader in the DDoS protection and CDN industries. Marcelo plays a crucial role in the development of the Gladius Desktop Client and Web Portal. Jeremy Epstein -Marketing Advisor Jeremy has 20 years of international marketing experience in helping to bring innovative technologies into the mainstream. He was VP Marketing at Sprinklr which grew from a $20 million valuation and 30 people to $1.8 billion valuation and 1400 people in 4 years. Jeremy is also the marketing faculty member for the prestigious Blockchain Research Institute, and the co-Founder of Crypto Explorers. Michael Terpin -PR & Advisor Michael Terpin is a serial entrepreneur in marketing and cryptocurrency. His bitcoin endeavors include BitAngels, Bitcoin Syndicate, and Coin Agenda. His PR firm, Transform, has worked with more than 30 cryptocurrency companies, as well as other tech companies. He also runs SocialRadius, one of the nation’s first social media marketing firms, and he founded and sold Marketwire, one of the world’s top three company newswires. Frank Bonnet -Technical Advisor Founder and Developer of Dcorp, having advised several other successful ICOS, Frank Bonnet comes with nine years of experience designing, as well as building countless enterprise .NET applications. With a deep understanding of solidity and smart contract development, he is an essential advisor to our team. Frank has a business view with a developer’s expertise. Mike Balagna -Marketing Communications Advisor Insightful and multi-talented, Mike has been phenomenal in giving shape to many innovative marketing ideas. A PR professional who has served as Marketing and Communications Manager for Dcorp, he brings value to Gladius from multiple angles. He’s advised and managed in several projects in the Blockchain space, playing a strong role in many successful ICOS. Hansko Leek -Operations Advisor Early Bitcoin adopter and investor, currently investing in Ether among others. Successful stockbroker, entrepreneur and business owner. Has had great success trading and speculating on many markets. A co-founder of Dcorp, and a valued advisor of several successful Fintech projects and ICOS, he is a strong supporter of Gladius and advises our team from multiple directions. Ori Levi -Marketing Manager Digital marketer with over 10 years of experience in PR, SEO, and content marketing. He is a cryptocurrency enthusiast who has been trading altcoins for several years. Ori has been involved behind the scenes in a countless number of successful marketing and business development ventures, and has advised many ICOS and blockchain startups in 2017. Rubin Stranders -AI Advisor Dr. Ruben Stranders studied Computer Science at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands and holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Southampton, UK. He is a co-founder of FireServiceRota, a company specialized in planning and dispatching software for emergency services. Ruben lives in Mexico (and enjoys the food!), where he teaches AI at Técnologico de Monterrey in Querétaro. Konrad Seweryn -Web Developer Full-stack Developer and Founder of CracSoft. Big fan of Neural Networks and Machine Learning. He has been involved in many international projects. With Master’s Degree in Computer Science and 10 years of experience in programming he is very good supporter of Gladius Web Application. Roi Dalal -UX/ UI Designer Roi is an experienced graphic designer focused on UX/UI and data visualization. He has been involved in many innovative projects in the field of IoT, AI, E-Commerce and more. Social statistics * -2,444 Likes Facebook -1,896 Followers Twitter -208 Followers Medium -1,611 Members Telegram -74 Readers Reddit -5935 Reads Bitcointalk -4 Repositories Github News * September 29th, 2017 - Inc.com By leveraging the blockchain, Gladius eliminates the middle man between bandwidth providers and those needing it, and eliminates the need to buy bandwidth other than during an actual attack — so, businesses buy only the bandwidth that they actually need. September 30th, 2017 - Cointelegraph.com The decentralized platform provides a system whereby pooled bandwidth can be accessed and utilized in ways far superior to single-server centralized models, where bandwidth is limited. October 2nd, 2017 - Investopia A unique offering in the world of blockchain, aims to help users increase the security and speed of their websites. Participants can “rent” their computers’ spare bandwidth and processing power in exchange for tokens, and then use these tokens to pay for a private, decentralized hosting solution using the network’s collective power. This solution will render DDoS attacks and other threats harmless, and create a fast, safe environment for people to operate online. Gladius October 2nd, 2017 - NewsBTC.com Gladius utilizes the best parts of traditional DDoS protection software–comfort and usability–while at the same time offering better protection and CDN service at much lower costs. October 2nd, 2017 - Cio.com The benefits are threefold. First, blockchain utilization in fighting DDoS will translate into safer security. Since the network has no one single point of failure, the attackers have to shut down thousands of separate components. Second, it’ll be much cheaper by cutting down the centralized middleman, as you can only rent what you actually need to protect yourself. Last, individuals could participate in a worldwide-like-CDN, empowering and boosting speed of websites by caching content in a distributed CDN. October 3rd, 2017 -[Livebitcoinnews.com](http://The benefits are threefold. First, blockchain utilization in fighting DDoS will translate into safer security. Since the network has no one single point of failure, the attackers have to shut down thousands of separate components. Second, it’ll be much cheaper by cutting down the centralized middleman, as you can only rent what you actually need to protect yourself. Last, individuals could participate in a worldwide-like-CDN, empowering and boosting speed of websites by caching content in a distributed CDN.) , is getting substantial public interest by providing a CDN (content delivery network) and DDoS protection together. Gladius’ blockchain platform offers a cheaper, faster and more secure alternative to traditional cyber security programs like Cloudflare and Akamai. Gladius The ICO * When: The Gladius ICO starts on November 1st, 2017 and will run until November 30th, 2017. The ICO will finish sooner if the hard cap of $12,500,000 (12.5 Million) USD is reached. You can participate via their website Gladius.io Token name: Gladius (GLA) Total supply: 96,320,000 (96 Million) GLA Distribution: 60% -ICO 15% -Operations 15% -Team 10% -Founders Token price: 20% bonus for the first 24 hours -600 GLA =1 ETH 5% bonus if you buy in week 1 -550 GLA = 1 ETH 3% bonus if you buy in week 2 -515 GLA = 1 ETH 1% bonus if you buy in week 3 -505 GLA = 1 ETH 0% bonus if you buy in week 4 -500 GLA = 1 ETH Important links * A link to the . Gladius whitepaper If you would like to participate in the . Gladius ICO My Ethereum address -0xD9e835E886E4257F775c83F54f332d0a07E9eA83

Gladius -The double edged sword

Warning! Don’t do it… don’t pick up your phone… don’t login to your computer… don’t do it! Next thing you know, you’ll be with me, in the depths of . With all the email accounts, calendar invites, text messages, Facebook messages, LinkedIn messages, and everything else — I just can’t keep up with it all! inbox hell Zero Inbox Have you heard of the ‘Zero Inbox’ idea? It’s a great approach to getting yourself organized that’s been around for years. The goal is to get your email inbox, or whatever your inbox is, down to zero items every day. Zero. Kaput. Nada. Nothing left to do. Nirvana. Sounds great, doesn’t it? It is, when you can actually do it. And there’re a bunch of systems that can help you get to zero items like the . I’ve used a few of them and have made decent progress staying on top of things. Well, I thought I was… GTD method Just a short time ago, I had only my work and personal email account inboxes to pay attention to. That, plus a never-ending to-do list. It was all fairly manageable until I noticed the total number of inboxes I use increased. Increased a lot. I took a few minutes to look at all the ways I communicate with people, email and other ways, and the total number of inboxes, added up for each system, is ridiculous. Seriously. Ridiculous. According to my cursory count, I have at least 15–20 separate systems to check, each with their several inboxes and notifications totaling over 200 separate inboxes! Crazy, right? Don’t believe me? Let me show you. Let’s start with the usual suspects most of us use every day. Email Personal, work, the non-profit I volunteer for, and a few more email accounts. Almost ten in all. Fortunately, I configured email on my computer and iPhone to be able to see all these inboxes at the same time so not much slips through the cracks. A single pane of glass to see all my emails. Phone Home, work, Google Voice, cell. Also the text messages that come across each. Oh, and there’s WhatsApp and Signal as well. They have their own inboxes too. That’s another six. Task Management I use for managing my tasks for everything in my life; work, personal, the non-profit, etc. This system is about as efficient as it gets and it interfaces with all of my technology. It’s also based on the GTD method mentioned earlier. My one task inbox, thankfully. OmniFocus Facebook Yes, Facebook. If you thought social media like Facebook was just for catching up with friends from school, you’re in for a rude awakening. More people are connecting with me personally and professionally via all social channels available. They’re contacting me via my personal Facebook account as well as my professional Facebook . And all those contacts need attention. They’re also chatting with me via Facebook’s Messenger. Time is also spent responding to people’s comments on my posts, participating in all the groups that I’m in such as my condo’s Facebook group, or the groups about the LiveLit, storytelling, and improv scenes in Chicago as well as groups from college and graduate school. With a quick check of my groups listing on Facebook, I belong to 68 groups. I also manage twelve Facebook pages. Attending to all that chews up and insane amount of attention. page Twitter I manage twelve Twitter accounts, though only a few of them regularly. Each Twitter channel requires attention to not only the direct messages that I receive, but notifications of activity on each channel, and finally any Twitter conversations I’m engaged in. LinkedIn Like most people in the professional world, I have a LinkedIn account which serves as my . Additionally, I manage four company pages on LinkedIn plus seven groups, and I’m a member of over 50 groups and sub-groups. LinkedIn’s email system, InMail, is another place for me to receive spam from sales people who tend to live mostly in India and Ukraine who are trying to sell me cheap software development. Although there can be a high signal to noise ratio with InMail, there are, on occasion, important job and networking connections that do come through. Additionally, if you decide to share anything on LinkedIn there’re the notifications you get from people liking or commenting on your posts that also call for attention. LinkedIn also has it’s own publication platform called Pulse that goes beyond the standard sharing of posts where anyone on LinkedIn can write an article. It’s possible you’re reading this on as I often cross-post my articles on , , , and other professional platforms like . If you like this article or comment on it, I’ll get notified. on-line professional résumé Pulse, LinkedIn my blog Medium CIOWaterCooler Think we’re done yet? Nope. Not even close. Here are several more inboxes that we probably have in common… Dating Apps Yes, there are the dating apps… all of them. Let’s face it, we all want to find love and it can get pretty lonely out there. Want to connect with someone new? Looking for someone to date, to marry, something else? There’s an app for that… of course, lots of them. Most people use a bunch of dating apps at the same time, each with an inbox that regularly calls for your attention. And it’s often on a timer. Seriously, you’re timed on how quick you respond. If someone likes you, you may only have a day or two to respond so you better get on it if you want to find the love of your life… or something else. You don’t want to be on potential dates you matched with in lieu of another dating app or another inbox in yet another app. ghosting Fitness & Social Speaking of connecting with other people outside of work, how about ? Meetup’s great for connecting with people with similar interests and/or if you just moved to a new city. Looking for people in your town you’d like to connect with who have the same interests such as; hiking, writing, movies, softball, or finding an Euchre group? Meetup is great for this… also with its own inbox. I’m a member of 75 Meetup groups. I have no idea how that number got so high, and I only regularly go to a few of the groups, but there they are, all waiting for my attention. meetup.com Have a Fitbit or Watch? If you do, you’re probably invited to with your friends for the most amount of steps in a week or you get updates from your friends that met their standing today. Tons of fitness apps have these community connections. After all, it works better when you’re getting healthier with a friend than trying to go it alone. challenges goal More Apps Do you use Google Apps for Business? Hangouts? Have a Google Voice number? An Office365 subscription? They all have inboxes for events in their systems too. As if that’s not enough, I also use Instagram, Pinterest, Swarm, Foursquare, Snapchat, Tumblr, WeChat, Shapr, Yammer, Skype, Facebook for Work (Workplace), and Slack. All of them have inboxes and notifications. Calendars Finally, let’s not forget the calendar. This is one of the most important systems for me. Fortunately, it has its own inbox for meeting invites but invites don’t always automatically appear in my calendar. For example, when someone sends me a place and time via text for a meeting or just to grab a beer after work next week. That stuff doesn’t just appear in my calendar. I have to take some extra steps to make sure those appointments get set. Fortunately, many invites that come via email do appear in my calendar automatically, sort of. I still have to accept the invitation. Then there are the calendar subscriptions that I have from Facebook, Meetup, or the shared calendars from work. Those just appear in my calendar — at least when everything is working correctly and I have a connection to the internet. I have twelve different calendars in my calendar app that tell me where to be and when. Tending to all these calendars and meeting invites requires a prescriptive care and feeding manual akin to that of a rare species of jungle wildcat. Inboxes and inboxes from apps, calendars, phones, texts, etc. See what I’m talking about? It’s just nuts. That’s like a million different inboxes!! Alerts, alarms, and phantom vibrations… When I pick up my phone and look at all the notifications on the screen from all the different apps, most of which I haven’t even addressed here, it’s no wonder that people and to-do items fall through the cracks. Connections get abandoned, tweets don’t get responded to, and emails orphaned somewhere in the deep recesses of my gazillion inboxes. And if, on one of those rare occasions, I’ve left my phone behind… I get in my pocket. It’s like my body has become so accustomed to getting notified, I feel the vibrations as though the absent phone is a lost limb. phantom vibrations All those notifications chew up a nauseating amount of attention and time. That constant interruption isn’t in one big block of time either, but in the many tiny, constantly interrupting spurts of time by all the dings, pings, and vibrations of notifications I get on my computer, iPhone, and Watch. Some days, I feel like I walked into a pachinko parlor in Tokyo with a kid constantly tapping my wrist for attention from all the notifications I get. This, is inbox hell. It may sound like utter and complete chaos, and in a way, it is. Yet, I kinda make it all work. Well, sort of. Is there a better way? Probably. Will that method get screwed up when a new hot app comes out? Likely. There’ll be a new way to communicate or to merge our contacts, calendars, and email accounts with one another. It’s a never-ending moving target to manage this ethereal eco-system of one of the most important parts of my life; my personal information management system. Without this system, that lives in the , my life would virtually fall apart. And even though it’s so infuriatingly complex and disparate, it’s just amazing it works at all. cloud So if I don’t get back to you in a timely manner, it’s not that I don’t think you’re important to me. It’s just… well… your message may have gotten lost in the ether. Ping me again… I promise I’ll get back to you. Do you have a different perspective on this? A different solution that’s less chaotic, you know, other than burning all of our tech in effigy. Let me know in the comments. I’d love to hear from you. Really, I would. Connect with me: Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog | Google+ © Brian Greenberg and briangreenberg.net 2017. 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