Apr 17th, 2008Instant messaging has come a long way in the 10 years or so I’ve been using it. At first you were locked into a single messaging network, like AOL or Yahoo. Then IM clients like Trillian came along that bridged those networks, letting you message between networks. But there’s always been a lag between when a new messaging network comes out, and when the messaging clients would implement support. For instance, Trillian still doesn’t support Google Talk, which a couple of people at my company use (notably my CIO, and it’s important to be available to him). About a month ago I discovered Digsby, which is a new IM client which not only supports Yahoo, AIM, MSN, and Google Talk (big plus right there), it also integrates with Facebook and even a POP email account. If you use Facebook and have friends/colleagues on multiple IM systems, I highly recommend it.
Alex Dunne
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Tweets- Monday to-do list: Have car break down - check. Forget gym padlock combo and get lock cut off - check. Waiting for #3...
- Pulled an intercostal muscle (ribcage), and it hurts like crazy, especially when I laugh. No jokes please, unless they're not funny.
- @jsnell Yeah, excellent. Storyline's a bit complicated, so we'll see what the Hollywood meat grinder does to it.
- Just powered thru "Watchmen" -- can't wait for the movie in March now.
- Stood up by a Craigslist buyer tonight. Release the hounds of bad karma!
