Interesting article by Irwin Lazar
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IM 2.0 - He discusses how Instant Messaging could be considered "the grand daddy" of realtime collaboration. He also mentions how he has recently been using IM to do his work and he also describes IM as the "least invasive way of communicating with someone" which I'm sure would raise an eye brow for many people.
It got me thinking though, how do people reading my blog using IM? Doing any crazy strange things with it? How do you see it being used in the future? Is IM the death knell for email? Feel free to comment.
IM 2.0 - He discusses how Instant Messaging could be considered "the grand daddy" of realtime collaboration. He also mentions how he has recently been using IM to do his work and he also describes IM as the "least invasive way of communicating with someone" which I'm sure would raise an eye brow for many people.
It got me thinking though, how do people reading my blog using IM? Doing any crazy strange things with it? How do you see it being used in the future? Is IM the death knell for email? Feel free to comment.
Comments
Posted by Julian Robichaux At 04:58:34 PM On 03/05/2007 | - Website - |
On the subject of SMS vs IM the operators in the UK at least aren't that keen on IM as it could seriously dent their SMS revenues, many remove MSN Messenger from Windows Mobile builds for example, but as with all things if users take to IMing on handsets, and some do today we could see a trend away from SMS. Just don't hold you're breath if you live in Blighty.
As an aside, I use MS Communicator on my HTC S620 and it's great.
Posted by Tony C At 09:37:43 AM On 03/06/2007 | - Website - |
There are two factors differentiating IM and SMS: (1) cost to the end-point, and (2) synchronous vs asynchronous delivery. Often, the latter difference is nearly zero as most SMS are delivered very quickly but there is not SLA to this effect. If SMS were ubiquitous for all end users, then the there is another reduction in differentiation.
I will admit, when I have nearly free SMS *and* a device that makes text messaging easy, I tend to use SMS as an extension of IM. The "cost" is the driving factor. When I changed cellular service and SMS was no longer "free", I stopped connecting to IM services from my SMS enabled phone. (I said "free" in quotes because when I have T-Mobile, I had a cheap text messaging package.)
Posted by Glen At 11:26:42 AM On 03/06/2007 | - Website - |
In my opinion email will become more of an out-of-region method of communicating with others to ensure that the client you are attempting communicate with gets you message as soon as his business day begins. Other than that IM is the best "Real Time" tool. With IM and the features available today I believe that awareness will revolutionize the way that people keep in touch.
Posted by Reggie At 03:07:21 PM On 03/06/2007 | - Website - |
Posted by Rupert At 05:04:37 AM On 03/07/2007 | - Website - |
IM might even be replacing phone calls more than it replaces e-mail. When i wrote that it was less invasive, I meant that it is much less of a interruption to get an IM as opposed to a phone call. I spend much more time collaborating with my colleagues via IM than I do via a telephone.
Posted by Irwin Lazar At 09:29:58 AM On 03/08/2007 | - Website - |
I took this in the "open standards direction ... http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2007/03/07/multi-protocol-im-clients-and-client-frameworks/
Posted by Glen At 12:06:30 PM On 03/08/2007 | - Website - |
I think it is a a factor of "common denominator" - i.e. when a community of users only has telephones as the common medium, they default to telephones, when the commonality is email, then they use email. IM and SMS are similarly a factor of commonality.
Posted by Glen At 02:20:49 PM On 03/08/2007 | - Website - |
MySpace and Facebook are also moving in the same direction with their communication tools.
I open GMail in the morning at the same time I open my work email, I communicate with all the other analysts who are my age through the Gtalk IM and then senior members through Email.
Posted by Josh At 08:46:27 AM On 03/14/2007 | - Website - |