{"id":8054,"date":"2004-10-14T14:03:34","date_gmt":"2004-10-14T12:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/14\/on-instant-messaging\/"},"modified":"2005-04-18T01:32:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-17T22:32:00","slug":"on-instant-messaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/14\/on-instant-messaging\/","title":{"rendered":"On instant messaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/20041014-icq.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>Pretty often I get complains from certain people that it is impossible to chat with me online in real-time.  The thing is, I do use only two protocols for instant messaging: ICQ and IRC. <\/p>\n<p>IRC is by far my favourite one.  I like joining a channel or two for a topical discussion.  Lately though I&#8217;ve been pretty busy and that changed.  All I do now is get on the channel with some specific subject, like #perl or #fedora, ask my question, get a set of answers, and leave.  Quick help so to speak.  IRC is best for real-time discussions, but it needs an agreement on time and place beforehand.  If you want to talk, I&#8217;ll be all ears.<\/p>\n<p>ICQ is different.  ICQ is good for passing a couple of messages back and forward.  Also it is pretty indicative about the status of the person &#8211; if he or she is open for talk, or busy right now, or totally disconnected from the web.  Keeping a serious and time consuing discussion with several people via ICQ is a headache.  Also my personal problem with ICQ is that I always forget to switch it on or to switch it off.  Popup messages are annoying and distructing, so I switch them off.  Taksbar notifications are useless, since my taskbar is a hiding thing.  This all makes it pretty difficult to notice when new messages are coming.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, since I was begged to get online so many times, I &#8216;ve slightly reconfigured my desktop and I am trying to get used to ICQ.  I am using it now for three days in a row.  If you don&#8217;t want me to quit it once again, now is a good time to message me.  My Unique Identification Number (UIN) is 14956994.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Pretty often I get complains from certain people that it is impossible to chat with me online in real-time. The thing is, I do use only two protocols for instant messaging: ICQ and IRC. IRC is by far my favourite one. I like joining a channel or two for a topical discussion. Lately though I&#8217;ve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/14\/on-instant-messaging\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On instant messaging<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62],"tags":[2416],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-8054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-thoughts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10949,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/04\/im-interface-idea\/","url_meta":{"origin":8054,"position":0},"title":"IM interface idea","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 4, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"For this or that reason, I'm chatting (ICQ\/Google Talk) to a lot of people recently.\u00c2\u00a0 Often I do a few chats simultaneously.\u00c2\u00a0 It's easy to get used to after some time.\u00c2\u00a0 But one thing I noticed that annoys me, is that chat windows take a lot of screen space and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8432,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/06\/kopete-saga\/","url_meta":{"origin":8054,"position":1},"title":"Kopete saga","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 6, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I have spent a good part of today trying to configure Kopete to my likings. 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