19 month ago
plasticbag : I'm having some fun playing with IMified, a range of IM bots that perform productivity tasks for you... - I can't help but miss Matt Webb's Googlebot IM search interface. That was really nice. I've rather missed that.
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20 month ago
43folders : Choose instant messaging for increased productivity - My "collaboration" preference? If we can't say what we need to say in 5-7 IM volleys, we abandon the game, and pick up the goddamned phone.
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21 month ago
jimray : Twitter / jimray - I keep seeing Twitter bubbling under the surface, giving it a go to see what all the hype is about
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29 month ago
Andy Baio : Sabifoo - IM bot that turns all incoming messages into an RSS feed and web page
deusx : sabifoo - "By combining instant messaging with RSS (Really Simple Syndication), a whole new publishing infrastructure has been born."
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31 month ago
jimray : AOL to let others customize AIM - Opening up AIM to third parties, which is awesome
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35 month ago
jimray : Zeroconf/Bonjour messaging comes to gaim - Thanks to Google's summer of code project, linux nerds can pretend like they're Mac geeks
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35 month ago
Andy Baio : Microsoft, Yahoo to link IM networks - to compete against AIM, of course [via]
Nelson Minar : MSN / Yahoo IM - Interop agreement. (via Waxy)
jimray : Microsoft, Yahoo to Link IM Networks - Next will come Google, AOL and then, finally, everyone will realize the IDIOCY of non-interoperable IM
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36 month ago
plasticbag : meebo.com - bloody astonishing multi-platform IM client in your browser - Doesn't seem to work so well on Safari - or at least not with the amount of tabs I have open normally, but still.
deusx : meebo.com - Really nifty browser-based IM client.
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37 month ago
Andy Baio : Credible rumors on the IM war - Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL may be conspiring against Google Talk in the IM space [via]
plasticbag : "1,2,3,4, I Declare IM War" - an interesting theory about MSN, AIM and Yahoo conspiring to keep Google out of the multi-platform IM game... - If it's true, it seems to me it'll have the opposite effect - as a real boom happens with Jabber clients that are interoperable instead led by Google. This could be about the platformising of the IM space for other people to build upon...
gleuschk : 1,2,3,4 -- I Declare IM War - what AOL, MSN, and Y! think about Google Talk
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plasticbag : Buddy Bugs - Buddy Bugs is an ambient peripheral physical interface that represents Windows® Instant Messenger contact list, where people are represented by glass bugs on a leaf.
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