Comments on: Invisible Friends http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/09/30/invisible-friends/ A Technology and Business Weblog provided to You by a Global Group of Friends. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:29:11 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marc Duchesne http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/09/30/invisible-friends/#comment-3253 Marc Duchesne Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:18:20 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2007/09/30/invisible-friends/#comment-3253 Ooops, apparently some bug into the WordPress system. here's my original comment : Speaking of IM, I'm putting together a comprehensive yet extensive list of FRENCH acronyms used in IM language on MSN, Yahoo!messenger, Skype and the likes. Please feel free to add your own usual expressions here : http://wikikidi.jottit.com/ Thanks in advance, _Marc Ooops, apparently some bug into the WordPress system. here’s my original comment :

Speaking of IM, I’m putting together a comprehensive yet extensive list of FRENCH acronyms used in IM language on MSN, Yahoo!messenger, Skype and the likes.

Please feel free to add your own usual expressions here : http://wikikidi.jottit.com/

Thanks in advance,

_Marc

]]> By: Marc Duchesne http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/09/30/invisible-friends/#comment-3252 Marc Duchesne Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:15:48 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2007/09/30/invisible-friends/#comment-3252 http://wikikidi.jottit.com/ http://wikikidi.jottit.com/

]]> By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/09/30/invisible-friends/#comment-3249 Vincent van Wylick Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:55:01 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2007/09/30/invisible-friends/#comment-3249 I think it's very clear that everyone acts differently. There are introverts and extroverts, and behaviour is somewhat connected to that. And there are different situations: work, play, love, which also determine behaviour. But there is no one-all for every single situation or person using IM. <strong>Edit:</strong> you could probably plot a chart among all these uses and come up with interesting rules according to personality and situation. I think it’s very clear that everyone acts differently. There are introverts and extroverts, and behaviour is somewhat connected to that. And there are different situations: work, play, love, which also determine behaviour. But there is no one-all for every single situation or person using IM.

Edit: you could probably plot a chart among all these uses and come up with interesting rules according to personality and situation.

]]> By: Marc Duchesne http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/09/30/invisible-friends/#comment-3250 Marc Duchesne Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:45:42 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2007/09/30/invisible-friends/#comment-3250 A few months ago, Web Worker Daily has posted a comprehensive list of Do's & Dont's with IM and all that stuff. See here : http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/14/how-to-annoy-people-using-instant-messaging/ A few months ago, Web Worker Daily has posted a comprehensive list of Do’s & Dont’s with IM and all that stuff.

See here : http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/01/14/how-to-annoy-people-using-instant-messaging/

]]> By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/09/30/invisible-friends/#comment-3251 Vincent van Wylick Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:45:08 +0000 http://techiteasy.org/2007/09/30/invisible-friends/#comment-3251 "Is the reality that this only still appeals to the geeks?" No, I don't think so. My brother, definitely a non-geek, has his whole high-school (it seems) in his friend-list on msn. His default setting is invisible. And there are plenty of other non-geek examples I can mention. For myself, I very rarely use messaging anymore, except if someone asks me really. I prefer the "asyncronosity" of email and facebook, because it allows me to take my own sweet time to answer. And I also don't check my mail more than a few times a day (using a quicksilver-trigger), because its too distracting. I'm still coming to grips about how I want to use twitter, more as an rss-reader than anything else. But, as always, its up to everyone how they decide to communicate with the world. Invisible, busy, away doesn't matter. Just do it for the right reasons. “Is the reality that this only still appeals to the geeks?”

No, I don’t think so. My brother, definitely a non-geek, has his whole high-school (it seems) in his friend-list on msn. His default setting is invisible. And there are plenty of other non-geek examples I can mention.

For myself, I very rarely use messaging anymore, except if someone asks me really. I prefer the “asyncronosity” of email and facebook, because it allows me to take my own sweet time to answer. And I also don’t check my mail more than a few times a day (using a quicksilver-trigger), because its too distracting. I’m still coming to grips about how I want to use twitter, more as an rss-reader than anything else.

But, as always, its up to everyone how they decide to communicate with the world. Invisible, busy, away doesn’t matter. Just do it for the right reasons.

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