do you use an IM program for work?

[rudeguy]

If so, which one?

 

[JohnCU]

Msn

i think it's msn anyway, it's office communicator or something

 

[nageov3t]

jabber

infinitely superior to the phone, especially when dealing with my colleagues in China and London.

 

[dighn]

skype. we use it for conference calls sometimes so we use it for IM too. it works OK.

 

[dbk]

MSN Messenger

 

[Narse]

Sametime

 

[GeekDrew]

Spark (client) and OpenFire (server)

(using XMPP / Jabber)

 

[GeekDrew]

jabber

Which client(s)?

 

[nageov3t]

Which client(s)?

miranda

 

[rh71]

Sametime

& also a proprietary one.

 

[mugs]

Jabber (Adium client)

 

[cirrrocco]

adium. we use aim at work and so i use msn, icq, my 2 aim accounts , 2 yahoo accounts etc in one IM client.

 

[Gunslinger08]

We use MSN at work. I don't IM at home.

 

[SandEagle]

Spark (client) and OpenFire (server)

(using XMPP / Jabber)

yes, Spark.

 

[Tiamat]

gchat for my friends

nortel (instant messenger that is setup for our computers that also takes care of phone calls and other stuff) for coworkers

 

[dawp]

one produced the the company I work for, and it gets used everyday.

 

[Printer Bandit]

ichat

 

[Linflas]

POS Groupwise Messenger.

 

[eakers]

office communicator (msn of some type)

 

[FoBoT]

jabber is on the corporate computers, but i don't use it

 

[esun]

Technically we have Sametime (part of Lotus Notes) available, but I don't use it since a) Lotus Notes blows, and b) most people I have to talk to are sitting pretty close by, so I might as well just walk over and talk to 'em if I need to.

 

[rudeguy]

office communicator (msn of some type)

Good to see ya!

This is what we use too. For some reason we call it POD though. I have no idea why.

 

[Born2bwire]

I've used MSN at a job before. Rather useful since Intel is so friggin huge, saved me a lot of walking.

 

[Colt45]

I don't trust the IT dept; and for in-house stuff we just use email.

 

[rh71]

Technically we have Sametime (part of Lotus Notes) available, but I don't use it since a) Lotus Notes blows, and b) most people I have to talk to are sitting pretty close by, so I might as well just walk over and talk to 'em if I need to.

It can be used to paste pertinent screenshots and URLs, etc. If you're wondering why not email for that, the purpose is to solicit instant response - something you're working on right now (I hate jumping to other things while unfinished). Or... you could just email them and yell over at them to check it out and respond to you. Your choice. 😉