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.
I’m quite taken with my new Bluetooth headset, despite the little hiccup I encountered. So, naturally, I’m thinking about how it would work with the VoIP softphone that’s promised for the Pepper Pad soon. I’ve become a super-fan of Gizmo Project on my PowerBook, but that loaner Pepper Pad was a capable enough and more [...]
Posted October 14, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Photoblog, Technology. Tags: bluetooth headset, communication, communications, desktop mac, gizmo project, mobile, mobile communications, mobility, pepper, pepper pad, powerbook, softpphone, telephone, telephony, voip, voip service, voip softphone. Be the first one.
