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Instant Messaging: outside the Social Loop

IM (Instant Messaging) is for most people a vital part of their work flow. Social Networkers like me rely on Skype and MSN Messenger to stay in touch with clients. Problem is, IM falls outside what I call Social Loop…

Facebook ventures into Instant Messaging

Facebook have officially entered into the IM (Instant Messaging) space as of today. Here’s my initial thoughts…

The social communication generation

When we talk of great inventions, the written word is probably in the top five. Today, communication isn’t just a prerequisite, it’s big business. And with the proliferation of services like Pownce, Twitter and Jaiku, words are those intangible threads that draw the far-flung corners of the world closer together than at any time in the past…

Prologue the last word in group micro-blogging?

Prologue is a new template by WordPress that allows collaborative groups to keep each other up to date Twitter style. In fact, Prologue is very similar to Twitter — including its flaws…

Hi, BTW: the Net as our virtual office

You chat via something like Microsoft Messenger, or Skype. You talk about stuff, then you go. You don’t say goodbye. You come back on-line, you see a friend and you ask a question, followed with: “Hi, BTW!”
This happened for the umpteenth time on Thursday while IM’ing with David Bradley over at Significant Figures, and he [...]