Category Archives: Instant Messaging
So maybe this is why no one uses our Skype Reference Service
In his latest column in Time Magazine, Joel Stein writes why people don’t like video phones. Even though Skype is the only one of all the cool gadgets that cartoons promised me would exist by 2010, people don’t seem nearly … Continue reading
Filed under Instant Messaging, Technology
The chocolate and peanut butter are mixed again: Using Trillian Astra with Meebo Widgets
A while back I wrote about how Meebo and Pidgin are like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. In that blog post I described how to use a plugin for Pidgin that would allow you to connect to your Meebo widgets through … Continue reading
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It’s a small world after all
Last night I got an IM question from a student while staffing our IM reference service. She was in the stacks, but “was totally overwhelmed” with how many books we had and was very confused about how to actually find … Continue reading
Filed under Instant Messaging, Instruction, Libraries
Harassment via Meebo
Long story short, a small loans outfit in the UK wanted me to post a link to their site on my Business Blog. “Kelly” was pretty persistent, to the point of being a pain. Here’s part of the transaction: (4:37:26 … Continue reading
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The occasional problem with Meebome widgets
I’ve had a meebo widget running for about a year and a half now, and for the most part, it is an incredibly useful tool. The widget is wonderful because you can embed it in a variety of places. Like … Continue reading
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