Comments on: Five Ways to Get IM Under Control http://gigaom.com/collaboration/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/ Fri, 25 May 2012 08:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Don’t kill the “messenger” « Free advice from Jensen Consulting Pte Ltd http://gigaom.com/collaboration/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61173 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:21:43 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/05/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61173 [...] be 100% available all the time, but we also have to secure a better working life with a messenger. Here are some online advice, of how to work with this technology and how to proceed enjoying [...]

]]> By: Get your IM under control | Smart Pastor http://gigaom.com/collaboration/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61172 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:29:53 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/05/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61172 [...] Link: FIVE WAYS TO GET IM UNDER CONTROL [...]

]]> By: nyco http://gigaom.com/collaboration/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61171 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:27:59 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/05/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61171 The best is, if you can, to use only and encourage the use of open standards, in order to keep the internet open. Jabber/XMPP is the only open standard over there, and it is normalizd by the IETF, the organization that normalized TCP/IP, HTTP? SMTP, etc.

Use Jabber !

]]> By: del.icio.us links for 2007-07-06 | SoulSoup: e-learning blog, elearning blog, knowledge management, e-learning strategy, learning experience design, usability http://gigaom.com/collaboration/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61170 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:37:50 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/05/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61170 [...] Five Ways to Get IM Under Control from Web Worker Daily. ..same tools that help us be connected from anywhere also act to interrupt and destroy this concentration if we’re not careful. (tags: im productivity) [...]

]]> By: Crowe http://gigaom.com/collaboration/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61169 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:32:50 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/05/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61169 I agree with Dan. Pidgin is awesome.
Also, if you’re an MSN Live Messenger user, turn off the video advertisements on the bottom of your buddy list. I was suckered in to watching MSNBC videos nearly daily!

]]> By: Links Roundup: July 5, 2007 « Youth Hacks http://gigaom.com/collaboration/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61168 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:22:12 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/05/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61168 [...] Five Ways to Get IM Under Control – IM is fantastic for communicating with students, but it’s also profoundly distracting and intrusive. This article wasn’t written with youth workers in mind, but there’s lots of good stuff to glean here. [...]

]]> By: Dan http://gigaom.com/collaboration/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61167 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:44:28 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/05/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61167 Another multi-protocol client:
Pidgin (was GAIM) – http://pidgin.im/pidgin/home/

Adium and Pidgin are fairly closely related.
Pidgin is *nix and Windows.

Using a multi-protocol client was the most beneficial for me at work.

]]> By: » Blog Archive » links for 2007-07-06 http://gigaom.com/collaboration/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61166 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:33:03 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/05/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61166 [...] Five Ways to Get IM Under Control from Web Worker Daily. ..same tools that help us be connected from anywhere also act to interrupt and destroy this concentration if we’re not careful. (tags: im productivity) [...]

]]> By: Elwyn Jenkins http://gigaom.com/collaboration/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61165 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:39:55 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/05/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61165 Great ideas. I will certainly be recommending my readers to read this article.

I use IM to communicate with business associates, friends and family. So rather than just having “Business Hours” whereby I can be connected, I have three advertised times for being available on IM: Business Hours where customers and partners can contact me, Friend Hours which are times I allocate to talk to friends, and family hours where I am available for family.

]]> By: Lee http://gigaom.com/collaboration/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61164 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:55:42 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/05/five-ways-to-get-im-under-control/#comment-61164 Instead of having one account that you’re only available on during certain hours set up multiple accounts for yourself for the different groups of people you want to be accessible to at different times. Use one for people you want to be available to at all times (spouse, children, etc) another for business contacts you want to be available to part of the time without them eating up your whole day, and another account for personal contacts who you don’t want bothering you at all during business hours. Then either log off or set your status appropriately on the accounts you don’t want to be available on at that time. And don’t forget to add yourself to your buddy list so you have a visual reminder of what status you’re appearing to others as.

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