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Games
Tilt, described in programmer Joe Hewitt’s blog:
…Christopher introduced me to a very talented video game designer, Nicole Lazzaro, who had an endless stream of ideas for games that would use the iPhone’s accelerometer. Nicole’s ideas quickly ran into the limitations of the phone, as we discovered that the browser doesn’t rotate when you hold it [...]

Posted July 12, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: aim, applications, chat, games, im, iphone, IRC, remote control. 2 Comments.

Brian Mann calls Adium “one of the best multi-network [IM] clients ever.” Tim Bray says it has a “wonderful user interface,” while also naming IM generally “an essential business tool.” Eric Meyer, meanwhile, exclaims “Adium is my new chat buddy.”
What’s so great about Adium? Gaim is the engine behind the scenes, but the face of [...]

Posted October 5, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: adium, aim, GAIM, im, instant messaging. 2 Comments.

I happened to stumble back onto the Pew Internet Report on teens and technology from July 2005 that report that told us “87% of [US children] between the ages of 12 and 17 are online.” But the part I’d missed before regarded how these teens were using communication technology:
Email, once the cutting edge “killer app,” [...]

Posted April 10, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: aim, aol instant messenger, communication, im, instant messaging, instant messenger, short message service, sms, Technology, teens, the death of email, youth. 4 Comments.

Just when you thought I was done talking about how the internet really does touch everything, Lichen posts some details from the most recent University of New Hampshire Res Life student survey and it gets me going again. In order, the top three activities are:

• socializing (15.8 hours/week)
   
• studying, excluding in-class time (12.5 hours/week)
   
• instant messaging, (9.3 hours/week)

Posted March 13, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: aim, campus computing, computer use, im, instant messenger, online activity, social networking, social software, student life, survey, unh, university of new hampshire, usage survey. 4 Comments.

I noted Aaron Schmidt’s points on IM in libraries previously, but what I didn’t say then was how certain I was that popular instant messaging clients like AOL Instant Messenger or Yahoo!’s or Google’s are far superior to the so-called virtual reference products. Why? They’re free, our patrons are comfortable with them, and they [...]

Posted February 14, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: aim, aol instant messenger, change, changing modes of communication, communication, communication technology, future libraries, im, instant messaging, lib20, libraries, library, library 2.0, modes of communication, reference, reference desk, virtual reference. 4 Comments.

There’s a bit of discussion of AIM’s role in personal communications over at Remaining Relevant. I mention it here because I’ve been thinking about this lately.
We’re seeing some great shifts in our modes of communication. Take a look at how “webinar” technologies have changed sales forces. The promise is lower costs and faster response time, [...]

Posted February 2, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: aim, aol instant messenger, change, changing modes of communication, communication, communication technology, im, instant messaging, modes of communication. 3 Comments.

My Treo rocks. Part of my love for the new gadget is how I can now AIM on the run without SMS. Sure, I risk frostbitten fingers as I walk across campus and I’d probably be a lot better off if I just called the person, but…but…
Anyway, Everything Treo was near the top of my [...]

Posted December 16, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: aim, aim client, cellphones, chat, communication, im, instant messaging, mobile communications, mobile phones, palm, treo. 17 Comments.

Aaron Schmidt’s 10 points about IM in libraries include:

Instant Messaging is free (minus staff time)
Millions of our patrons use IM every day.
For some, not being available via IM is like not having a telephone number.
There are three major IM networks (AIM, Y!M, MSN)
Y!M and MSN will be interoperable at some point.
Trillian is a multi-network IM [...]

Posted November 21, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: aim, im, im client, im networks, instant messaging, libraries, library, point of contact, public relations, reference, reference services, relationships, telephone, telephone number, trillian. 2 Comments.