Clearly AOL had to do this since both Yahoo and MSN had developed similar agreements. Even free IM is ligitimate within the business world now, so by adding these are a core requirement. Of course only fairly larger American companies could afford to take advantage of these services. Small businesses and consultants will need to source other less expensive alternatives.
And I though the Intel commercial with the Everst climbers watching video of the family on the beach was hooey. I guess not. Wi-fi in Nepal. I think it's great. Not from the business standpoint, but as the article says, from the point of hepling people communicate better and faster. “Hey Tenzing, I forgot my…
Although some say that IM spam (spim) is becoming a problem, I haven't seen it and Dina Mehta makes good points at why the IM model, for example Skype, works. The default setting is to require permission to contact you and you can deny permission at anytime. Sure, this would make e-mail a little more…
Kinda hiatus, but more like life got in the way A beacon cutting through the crap I realized this morning while I was sending out my “portfolio” for a job application, that I haven’t published here since June. Hmm. While I have been dormant here, I have been doing some freelance writing for Vonigo. So not totally…
Blogging Renaissance Blogs are experiencing a renaissance lately. If you're not familiar with blogs here's the short explanation. Blogs (short for weblogs) were developed as an online diary or journal about five years ago. Bloggers, as they are commonly known, would post entries on their blogs on what ever topic the blog was about or…
Here's the official post on the Groove blog about v3.0. As I write this I'm applying the updater to move from v2.5 preview to v3 (preview I assume). Stay tuned…. It's here: Groove Virtual Office v3.0. We also launched this updated web site; we certainly hope you find this site easier to navigate than the…
Steve Gillmor's latest article makes the claim that because MS has been focused on fixing IE's security holes they unwittingly paved the way for RSS. Hmm, I'm not sure. But I'll say one thing for sure, because MS has been abcent from this space there has been some great devlopment in this area. Gillmor cites…
