IM in the office
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We are not allowed IM, but amongst our 'team' we installed a freeware network chat client. This is useful, not least of all when we want to talk about someone in the office without them hearing or want to use language blocked by the email system. It is useful for work too.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
what is the name of the chat client you use? if you are allowed to tell me of course. We are currently using the Mdaemon chat client but are soon to migrate to exchange server and I need to find a replacement for internal network chatting.
Let's face it, after Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF! Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow. You can't scare me, I have children.
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We've been using Google Talk in my company to pass information around for a few years now, but it has been suggested that we remove it completely and revert to using the phone. Do you think that's a good thing? Are you allowed to use IM where you work? I need strong arguments against the neo-Luddites!
We use MS Office Communicator and I think everyone thinks it's great. It's used togheter with mail and phone calls, depending on how important/urgent it is. The best part of it is showing peoples statuses, as it links directly to Outlook (sets your status to "In a meeting" or whatever) and our telephone system (so if they call on the regular landline number they go directly to voicemail if in a meeting). On important part for us is that no information leaves our company, everything is handled within our firewall and the server is maintained by us.
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I have long lobbied for a model railway network to be installed all around the office and we can take turns being conductor for a day, making sure everything gets to where it needs to go. I don't care what anyone says, model railways are ace.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
I have some N-gauge rolling stock and track stored in the loft against the day when I can make up a good enough excuse to get it out again.
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We've been using Google Talk in my company to pass information around for a few years now, but it has been suggested that we remove it completely and revert to using the phone. Do you think that's a good thing? Are you allowed to use IM where you work? I need strong arguments against the neo-Luddites!
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what is the name of the chat client you use? if you are allowed to tell me of course. We are currently using the Mdaemon chat client but are soon to migrate to exchange server and I need to find a replacement for internal network chatting.
Let's face it, after Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF! Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow. You can't scare me, I have children.
We use Vypress Chat. I lied when I said it was freeware, I think it is free for an evaluation period, but like TextPad or WinRAR you just close the prompt on startup and it works forever. Of course if it is an official thing then you might even consider paying for it.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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I have some N-gauge rolling stock and track stored in the loft against the day when I can make up a good enough excuse to get it out again.
My mum and dad got all my old stuff out of their loft a few months ago to see if it would work for the grandkids. They were having some trouble when I called round so I got it working. Of course the grandkids had long got bored watching me faff about with it and moved outside or into the other room to do something else.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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We've been using Google Talk in my company to pass information around for a few years now, but it has been suggested that we remove it completely and revert to using the phone. Do you think that's a good thing? Are you allowed to use IM where you work? I need strong arguments against the neo-Luddites!
Where i am, (I've not long started - three weeks or so), we've got MS Lync up and running and it seems pretty useful as we're spilt between a number of buildings in the northern quarter of Manchester. I haven't looked into it much bit I believe you can set it up to record 'conversations' as well.
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We use Vypress Chat. I lied when I said it was freeware, I think it is free for an evaluation period, but like TextPad or WinRAR you just close the prompt on startup and it works forever. Of course if it is an official thing then you might even consider paying for it.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
this would be an official thing. I will check it out, I am resisting writing one from scratch but do not want to blow the budget on one either. Thanks
Let's face it, after Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF! Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow. You can't scare me, I have children.
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We've been using Google Talk in my company to pass information around for a few years now, but it has been suggested that we remove it completely and revert to using the phone. Do you think that's a good thing? Are you allowed to use IM where you work? I need strong arguments against the neo-Luddites!
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this would be an official thing. I will check it out, I am resisting writing one from scratch but do not want to blow the budget on one either. Thanks
Let's face it, after Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF! Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow. You can't scare me, I have children.
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We've been using Google Talk in my company to pass information around for a few years now, but it has been suggested that we remove it completely and revert to using the phone. Do you think that's a good thing? Are you allowed to use IM where you work? I need strong arguments against the neo-Luddites!
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good one. seized the moment. ;)
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We've been using Google Talk in my company to pass information around for a few years now, but it has been suggested that we remove it completely and revert to using the phone. Do you think that's a good thing? Are you allowed to use IM where you work? I need strong arguments against the neo-Luddites!
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Do you think that's a good thing? Are you allowed to use IM where you work?
Whether it is a good or bad thing, depends on the type of business your company is doing. I can imagine i.e. defense contractors not wanting to use Google Talk for internal communication. Where I work, we use internally set up Lync[^] for voice, video, conferencing and IMs.
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We've been using Google Talk in my company to pass information around for a few years now, but it has been suggested that we remove it completely and revert to using the phone. Do you think that's a good thing? Are you allowed to use IM where you work? I need strong arguments against the neo-Luddites!
There are good alternatives, like Jabber or Yammer, where you are only exposed to others on the same company network, in the IM space, minimising distractions and idle social only chatter.
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My mum and dad got all my old stuff out of their loft a few months ago to see if it would work for the grandkids. They were having some trouble when I called round so I got it working. Of course the grandkids had long got bored watching me faff about with it and moved outside or into the other room to do something else.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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"... having only that moment finished a vigorous game of Wiff-Waff and eaten a tartiflet." - Henry Minute "...who gives a tinker's cuss?" - Dalek Dave "Let's face it, after Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!" - gavindon
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We've been using Google Talk in my company to pass information around for a few years now, but it has been suggested that we remove it completely and revert to using the phone. Do you think that's a good thing? Are you allowed to use IM where you work? I need strong arguments against the neo-Luddites!
I suggested that we don't have any phones or IM in my office and let people communicate face to face by talking with each other - the old fashioned way.
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We've been using Google Talk in my company to pass information around for a few years now, but it has been suggested that we remove it completely and revert to using the phone. Do you think that's a good thing? Are you allowed to use IM where you work? I need strong arguments against the neo-Luddites!
We use something called Spark, which I have never used before, and which I am not at all impressed with because it is highly buggy and doesn't seem to play too well with Outlook and/or the VOIP system that they use here...
"... having only that moment finished a vigorous game of Wiff-Waff and eaten a tartiflet." - Henry Minute "...who gives a tinker's cuss?" - Dalek Dave "Let's face it, after Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!" - gavindon