http://www.chrishambly.com/category/tags/im The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.chrishambly.com/content/facebook-chat <p><img src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2194/2436480056_9c34a7432f.jpg hspace=10 vspace=10 align=left><strong>Facebook chat will aid in the reduction of publishing on the platform: Discuss</strong></p> <p>So Facebook rolls out a chat application this morning, I log in to find a list of "online friends" ready as potential victims for me to pounce on for synchronous chat!</p> <p>I don't know about you, but I do like live chat, I mean hell I've used it as a business platform for about 8 years, chatting with clients and students all over the world, it's always been my office. I remember using Yahoo! extensively with students for 4 years, as our "virtual classroom", and even added away messages like "this is my office knock first", or "I'm in the garden making fireworks", poor attempts and installing a sense of go away I am busy right now.</p> <p>So I'm comfortable with chat.</p> <p>Already today I chatted with <a href=http://jeffpulver.com/ target=_blank>Jeff</a>, <a href=http://mazphd.googlepages.com/mazhardey%27swebsite target=_blank>Maz</a>, Daniel, Ben, <a href=http://www.saeuk.com target=_blank>Matthias</a>, <a href=http://pravdam.com/ target=_blank>kfir</a>, <a href=http://pcmcreative.typepad.com target=_blank>CJ</a>, </p> <p>I do prefer though the time one has in email, the reflection time, to ponder and to measure, chat removes that and of course demands immediate attention.</p> <p>Regardless of how you feel about chat itself, do you think it might actually decrease the amount of publishing on the platform itself? If you can instantly contact and ask a friend something, why would you publish, notes, forums posts and various bits and bobs? </p> <p>What's your thoughts?</p> http://www.chrishambly.com/content/facebook-chat#comments chat class facebook friends IM synchronous Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:17:53 -0400 chrishambly 257 at http://www.chrishambly.com