Skype is not Only VOIP: It Reigns in IM But How Long?
Technology October 19th, 2009
Nowadays the only context we hear about Skype is the legal fight (care to bet how long it will take for the previous Net Celebs to become the Hated Greedy Ones who try to sc**w all of us?) – I would much rather read about new features, improvements.
After all, Skype is the single most popular voice and video calling application. But let’s not forget it’s also an IM system – in fact as this Infoworld article points out, it has become the reigning IM system.
And therein lies the rub: it is less and less suitable for text chat.
The Risk of Starting Your Tweet with @name
Social Networking September 30th, 2009
This is so obvious, yet little known – and although Mark Suster warned us all, I keep on falling in this trap. Just today as I wanted to announce yet another great post by Mark, I tweeted this:
@msuster discusses how the Ice Age is thawing for Venture Capital
Big mistake. Had I written “great discussion by @msuster”, a lot more people would have seen it. Why?
Read on to find out…
Tags: chat, microblogging, Twitter, xref
The Skype Downgrade Experience
Collaboration, Personal Productivity October 1st, 2008
First, kudos to Skype for listening to customers, many of whom considered the first Skype 4.0 beta’s full-screen a deal-breaker. Yes, they listened and gave us a compact view, somewhat similar to good old 3.x, which is why I installed it in the first place, but after an hour or so I am ready to uninstall.
In a nutshell: the new Skype is great for single-channel communication, long video calls with one person, but if you’re a multi-tasker (aren’t we all?) who usually has several chat windows open at a time, you’ll be disappointed.
Read more…
Tags: beta, chat, communication, IM, instant messaging, multichannel, multitasking, skype, skype beta, trillian, video chat, videophone, voip
Zoli Erdos
