Business networking through IM
charukesi June 14th, 2005
The social software weblog has an interesting piece on IM as a business networking tool
I work from home as a consultant and this line from the post describes my feeling for IM best - I fall squarely into the IM at work category, and I love the efficiency, the searchability, and the ease with which I can multitask 10 or more conversations simultaneously. I’m also a big fan of the way IM mediates presence — my “presence” there doesn’t require my full, undivided attention the way a phone call does, yet I can be instantly available for real-time discussion as needed (a clear advantage over e-mail).
Real-time, convenient and moderately personal - perfect…
And on a personal front, I find friends from all over the world updating me on the latest in their lives - from a new job to a recent break-up - and all without exchanging a word - sanam bewafa as IM status is enough, don’t you think - for me to reach out and say - split again? And I write this, I see ‘Crashed lap-top’ from Korea and ‘Beer is hard work’ from a friend working in a liquor company in Dubai…
Another thought I have been having for a while - I find most bloggers using a gmail account for their blog correspondence - maybe because of the huge storage space - it would be interesting for google to launch an IM service - how would that connect bloggers - would it add a different dimension to blogging interactions?
Er, my msn handle says - Say NO to deadlines - excuse me, I need to go change that now - or restrict clients to yahoo…