Presence for Mobile Phones?
How often do we see mobile phones ringing/vibrating in a meeting? I see this in almost every meeting. We have an option to set our online presence to ‘Busy’ to avoid any IMs, Skype calls etc. But sadly, we don’t have a similar option for our mobile phones. I like working late and more often [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
