Skype and email come in handy when the webmaster is in China

My husband, the webmaster, is in Shanghai for a conference, but we're actually emailing each other about as often as when he's in his office or on the couch beside me (yes, it's funny how we do that). Skype is also coming in handy. We have cameras set up, so we can have a family meeting daily. Our little girl loves it because he got software that makes him look like a cat, a dinosaur, and even a princess.

The good thing about all this technology is that he's keeping up with my listings and links even though it's tomorrow morning when it's 4 pm here. A young couple that I helped buy a house a couple of years ago are now putting it on the market, so they can move closer to family. My husband told me to go ahead and email him the info and the photos, and he'll put a page up for them. I'll have to tell them that it was done in China, but that it wasn't outsourcing!

I haven't had a chance to use Skype yet with clients, but I look forward to the possibility once more people start using it. It sure beats emailing back and forth endlessly, only to have questions pop up that were already answered in a previous message further down the queue. One quick conversation can be worth a dozen emails.

Of course, it isn't a perfect system. We had a rough connection today: the video kept freezing up, and the sound was way behind. So we went back to email. But when it does work, it's fantastic, and it's free...

To read up on Skype, you can go to their website by clicking on the link below:
skype.com