PUBLIC MARKS from sbrothier with tag "instant messaging"

When you send your friend a message through Somebody, it goes — not to your friend — but to the Somebody user nearest your friend. This person (likely a stranger) delivers the message verbally, acting as your stand-in. The most high-tech part of Somebody is not in the phone, it’s in the users who dare to deliver a message to a stranger.

What does a business do to stay in touch and share documents with its people when those people – industry specialists based (in the target country) abroad– are spread across the globe? CINETIQUE Translations, a company that provides expert translation services faces just such a challenge and turned to Yuuguu to solve the problem. Founded in 2002 by Laurence Auffret, a biologist and translation lecturer at Manchester University, CINETIQUE Translations was set up to combine the two specialist skills of science and translation to produce a thriving business that specialises in offering translation services to the technological, scientific and engineering communities. CINETIQUE Translations’ work includes: websites and user interfaces; conference publications, presentations and training modules; installation, operating, and maintenance manuals; and patents, claims, EU compliance documentation and tender documents. All this kind of work requires the utmost accuracy but a key issue in terms of translation in general - and technological, scientific and academic translation in particular – is to generate translations that do not just do the job in literal terms, but are able to translate the exact sense, meaning, and phrasing of any work. In other words, all translations must mean precisely the same ‘thing’ as in the original document. In CINETIQUE Translations’ fields of expertise this means it is essential that translators are fluent, not just in the requisite languages, but also the information contained in the original documents, as well as how that same information needs to be communicated in the target market. To help achieve this, CINETIQUE Translations uses ultra-specialist translators, they live and work in their home territory and in the specific industry. It also researches any documents that it produces thoroughly, often running them past focus groups, which are themselves based in the target territory. That all means that effective sharing tools – like web conferencing – would be vital. But, they are also expensive, complex to set up and time-consuming. CINETIQUE Translations is using Yuuguu to contact its in-country consultants – and sample groups – simply. It also uses Yuuguu to share documents and enable live document editing and note-making through the screen-sharing and control features. The benefits, says Laurence Auffret, are obvious: “Our translations are done by industry experts who live in the country where the translated document is going to be used. Firstly, it’s really important for us to be able to discuss documentation as a team - publisher, client, translator, editor, project manager - in real-time”. “Also, team meetings always take place online and we need to share our views on certain aspects of the documents, in real-time. So, we screen-share and one person can add on another linguist’s work – it’s a great tool.”

Pibb combines the best features of instant messenger, chat, email, and bulletin boards.

• Messages are delivered instantly, or can be retrieved later
• New threads are stored and searchable like email or bulletin board
• Start public channels about your favorite subjects
• Use private channels to communicate with groups or your social network
• Send private messages to your friends
• Pibb will notify you when you have new messages

You’ve discovered MoodBlast, yet more software to help you stay on top of your web life by simultaneously updating multiple chat clients and web services. MoodBlast is a standalone menubar app with a user-configurable system-wide hotkey that pops up an input window for your “blast”. The list of clients will probably continue to grow as APIs improve. I’m trying to avoid as much roundabout hacking as possible, making as much use as I can of available APIs. Therefore, MSN Messenger is currently off of my list, as is Pownce. We’ll see if either come around.

Everyday we all share images, ideas and have fun with friends online - this should be easy... right!? With an innovation packed user interface and the mySkitch webservice to instantly upload your images, Skitch cuts out all those tedious and tricky middle steps. Get your images where you want them to be, on the web with a single click or drag and drop to any application.

See together. Be together. * Screen share * Remote desktop control * Instant message * High quality low cost conference calls All you need is Yuuguu and the internet. Work or play, on the same screen, at the same time, with anyone, anywhere, for free.

Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, and Zephyr networks.

Free, uncensored, customizable, kick-ass AIM Buddy Icons. Members can change colors AND text. Also, plenty of top quality standard buddy icons to choose from.

compatible with AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, and MSN and we’re pretty well tested on IE and Firefox. We’re mainly a Windows and Linux bunch, so we don’t have a lot of Mac access…

They say talk is cheap. Google thinks it should be free. Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free–anytime, anywhere in the world.

Yahoo rachétera-t-il Skype ? Ou alors Yahoo proposerait-il à Skype un model de partage de revenus ?

Go and experience spontaneous high-quality video communication as easy as placing a voice call.

A multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client

Gush is a free, professional grade, cross-platform, instant messenger and newsreader contained in an aesthetically pleasing environment.