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Just received some feedback today from Kevin about our Online Training Room software Chatterbox.

Recently I've been receiving some stability and accessibility issues with the platform, and we've been looking at other possible alternatives. The web conferencing space is very competitive, and we've looked at seemingly endless platforms.

Our needs are pretty heavy, though (integrated chat, voice, white board, and ideally real-time screen share), so it's not easy to find a solution we can be entirely comfortable with.

I've appreciated the feedback, and I appreciate Peter Carlson at Chatterbox who has always been responsive to our needs and is always willing to remedy any potential issues. Peter has been super, and out of loyalty we have tried to and continue to see if Chatterbox can be a more viable solution moving forward.

Right now, though, we are coming to an important juncture where we are listening to our subscribers. You want less hassles in your online experience, and I apologize for any frustrations the technology has been causing some of you.

We just might have the ultimate solution with the Adobe Connect platform which we use for a variety of presentations, including Trading Post Tuesdays.

I just wanted to say that it's important to us to fix and we are working on potential solutions. 

As an outsider looking in (aka as a Canadian looking at Americans), I wonder how the United States manages to function - it always seems that one thing or another are at polar extremes.

The Federal Reserve and Ben Bernanke see worse economic problems ahead, and without using the "R" word (recession), when the Fed lowers its economic growth forecast for the year and at the same time raises its projections for inflation and unemployment - it's not a good sign.

I won't touch the subprime mortgage mess. Or the natural disasters - such as the most recent California wild fires (no this is not a recording).

Then there is the extreme of joy as evidenced by David Cook winning American Idol last night. In sports, 18 months after completing cancer treatments Jon Lester of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter a couple of days ago.

Then there is something I can't understand, and frankly I'm just sick of it. I watch CNN and some of the Seattle affiliates we get on TV here, but when do Americans say NO MAS to the US presidential election.

Scratch that, ALL that has been going on is to determine who between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are going to be democratic nominee? As this pace, if I had the choice, I would have a hard time voting for either of them.

The bottom line is, there seems to constantly be things going on in the United States - or the center of the universe as some might admit.