23 Things, Week 10, Part Uno

This is one of the funniest library videos I've ever seen, but then I'm a big Mr. Bean fan, right down to owning a yellow Mini. Look! A Card catalog! Books! and White-Out!!

23 Things, Week 9

I have mixed feelings about IM. It can be a very efficient way to keep in touch and a quick and dirty way to conduct business. Or it can reduce conversations to truncated silliness with too many LOLs and OMGs. My chat experience to date is with Facebook, Google Talk, various webcasts, and all those "live help" windows on websites that I order from. I believe IM is most effective if a person takes time to learn a little of the standard texting lingo and then keeps comments concise. I sometimes feel like I'm interrupting people in their work when I knock on their chat door. And when the IM gets fast and furious, the conversation can get a little chopped up and confusing. However, if I become more conversant with the technology, and assume that others will make use of their status indicators, my comfort level should increase.

I set up a Meebo account and imported my Facebook friends as buddies. I've also tried adding a few buddies who have Google accounts, but they keep disappearing from my buddy list for some reason. I have sent several Meebo IMs and am awating replies. I did visit the #23thingsks IRC channel and had a fun short "talk" with wizzyrea et al. IM hasn't changed my life or the way I work yet, but I'll give it some time and see what happens.