Free Web Conferencing – A Web Worker’s Dream
I spend most of the day sitting behind a computer. Even though gas prices are down, who knows when they will go back up… I used to use GoToMeeting software – which was really nice. It’s just that $50 a month gets a little expensive when you go through a couple months in a row that you don’t use it much.
A good friend of mine, John, pointed me to Dimdim. Dimdim is entirely web based. You manage your web conferences inside their admin panel with nothing to download. You can host meetings, join meetings or schedule events.
For the true technophile, they have a compiled version of the web conference hosting software that lets you keep all the stuff on your own server. That’s nice for someone like me how tries to keep as much data in-house as possible.
I’ll probably mess around with the Dimdim open source edition this weekend – but until then have fun with the free conferencing!

Hi Jason,
Would you be interested in checking out a free desktop sharing tool, Mikogo, for NetHackz?
Mikogo is an easy and cool app ideal for online meetings, Web presentations, remote support, online trainings, and other forms of group online collaboration. Very easy to use and get started – no configurations or changes to firewalls/networks required. Just start a meeting with 2 mouse clicks from your desktop, and then you can share your screen with up to 10 participants.
Free features include: screen sharing, switch presenter, remote keyboard/mouse control, meeting scheduler, file transfer, recording & playback, whiteboard, back monitor, application selection, and more.
Check out a website http://www.mikogo.com and feel free to drop me an email if you have any questions. I’d be happy to send further info to you. Btw, you can find screenshots etc on the Mikogo Blog.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Andrew
The Mikogo Team
andrew(at)mikogo.com
http://www.mikogo-blog.com
I tried it out. Its brutally slow. The refresh rate from slide to slide or site to site is the worst I’ve ever seen. I liked everything else about it, but I can’t demo or present to a client with that sort of crappy refresh rate. Tried it out on two different machines and it blew… gotomeeting and webex are way more reliable.