[PRL] irc 2.0?

[Paul A. Steckler]

I use pidgin, a Jabber/XMPP client, using my Google account as a login
credential.

That has the odd side effect that my conversation reflected in almost
every Google app. So if I'm in my
Google Mail tab, I see my words in a widget on that page.

-- Paul

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Doug Orleans <dougorleans at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've used an XMPP MUC (aka Jabber Group-Chat) for both work and non-work
> purposes.  It has the advantage of nearly everyone having a Jabber account,
> since you get one for free with a Google or Facebook account.
>
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Mitchell Wand <wand at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> What do the cool kids use nowadays for real-time group conversations?
>>
>> Us old guys used to use irc for this.
>>
>> Do young folks still use irc?  Is there something else that everybody
>> below the age of 40 uses?  Google+ hangouts?  Something else?
>>
>> --Mitch
>>
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