As Twitter Takes Over IM, We Need Clients with Friendly Nicknames
It used to be Yahoo, MSN or AOL chat. Then Skype took over – it is my default IM system now, despite it’s obvious flaws. But nowadays the fastest way to reach most of my contacts is DM on Twitter. That is if I can remember their Twitter account names. While @firstnamelastname has become a [...]
Syncronicity, Availability and the Perils of Instant Gratification
I came across a TED presentation the other day that discussed our “culture of availability” and our obligation to that availability. It’s an interesting presentation and worth a watch (see below): It got me thinking about synchronicity and reflecting upon some example of Google Wave that were showcased a few months ago at the San [...]
Skype is not Only VOIP: It Reigns in IM But How Long?
Nowadays the only context we hear about Skype is the legal fight (care to bet how long it will take for the previous Net Celebs to become the Hated Greedy Ones who try to sc**w all of us?) – I would much rather read about new features, improvements. After all, Skype is the single most [...]
Twitter is IM (and Why the Limit is 140 characters)
This is the second posting in a series I’m calling Twitter 101 for all those that say “I don’t get it?” The first post is here and if you want to see the outline it’s here. In the first post I talked about how Twitter is a real-time news source where by subscribing to the [...]
The Skype Beta Downgrade – First Impressions
First, kudos to Skype – for listening to customers, many of whom considered the first Skype 4.0 beta’s full-screen a deal-breaker. Yes, they listened and gave us a compact view, somewhat similar to good old 3.x, which is why I installed it in the first place, but after an hour or so I am ready [...]
Email is Still Not Dead, Thank You.
Yet-another-email-is-dead article, this time on SocialMediaToday, originally on OnlineMarketerBlog. The author adds Microblogging's increasing popularity to the standard "reusable" arguments: people using IM, or increasingly SMS, and most recently Facebook instead of email which they find cumbersome, slow and unreliable – hence email usage will decline. I beg to disagree as I did before and [...]
