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Make Your Own Google Bot

September 4, 2009 by Mark Andrews Leave a Comment

Chat bots can be fun or useful, but until now, deploying and maintaining a chat bot for Google Talk was difficult. Google has announced a new XMPP API that makes it easier to build your own chat bots with the Google App Engine. The XMPP support lets you create apps that exchange messages with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Google Talk Tagged With: API, bot, chat, Google Talk, jabber, xmpp

50 Ways to use Skype at School

June 30, 2009 by Jeff Hester 2 Comments

Skype is a terrific, free program for voice chat (and text or video chat, for that matter). I've used Skype to stay in touch with my son as he travels overseas in the Navy (Skype-to-Skype calls are free!) and to stay connected with my granddaughter on the other side of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Instant Messaging Tagged With: chat, education, skype, VoIP

drop.io adds real-time chat

March 14, 2009 by Jeff Hester Leave a Comment

drop.io promises simple, secure, real-time file sharing and collaboration. It's easy to setup a drop.io "box" -- you don't even need to register. Once you've setup a drop.io space, you can send files, share and retrieve files from that space using almost any method imaginable. Web uploads/downloads, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Social Networks Tagged With: chat, collaboration, jabber, sharing, social networking

Chat Lingo

February 8, 2009 by Jeff Hester Leave a Comment

Instant messaging and chat communications are often more informal than email, and you'll see people using acronyms to quickly express emotion or just to communicate a lot of information with less effort. They can be intimidating and confusing to the newbie, so keep that in mind when chatting with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Instant Messaging Tagged With: chat, instant messaging, SMS

Office Hours: Saturday and Sunday

March 8, 2008 by Jeff Hester Leave a Comment

The office will be open this weekend! I'm opening office hours Saturday from 1-3pm, and Sunday from 2-4pm (Pacific time zone). What in the world am I talking about? You can join me in our BigBlueBall chat room to say hello, ask a question, or find out what's coming at BigBlueBall. I'll be in there … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Site News Tagged With: chat, IRC

Instant Messaging

March 1, 2002 by Jeff Hester 2 Comments

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What is Instant Messaging (IM)? Instant messaging allows you to detect when your friends are online and send them short messages in real-time. People just like you and I are finding instant messaging a great way to keep in touch with friends, family and business associates. In fact, Jupiter Media … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Instant Messaging Tagged With: chat, instant messaging

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I am a technology geek, yet I gladly leave it behind to spend more time hiking the local trails or traveling the world. I am constantly experimenting, in search of new ways to improve my life. I believe in living out loud, and sharing what I learn with you.

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