Comments on: Work-specific IM accounts http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/ Jon Jones is an Art Production Manager at NCsoft Austin, one of the most respected and successful video game studios in the world. He's hellbent on learning to be a better artist, manager and human being, and has a penchant for writing about it. Here he shares his thoughts and advice on personal development with the world at large! Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:16:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rick Stirling http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/comment-page-1/#comment-29246 Rick Stirling Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:29:08 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/#comment-29246 Anonymous was me. Doh! Anonymous was me. Doh!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/comment-page-1/#comment-29245 Anonymous Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:28:02 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/#comment-29245 It's great! My contact list is now within GMail, I can choose which ones appear in GTalk. It's jabber, so it runs in iChat. It’s great! My contact list is now within GMail, I can choose which ones appear in GTalk. It’s jabber, so it runs in iChat.

]]> By: Jon Jones http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/comment-page-1/#comment-29229 Jon Jones Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:20:15 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/#comment-29229 NateE, yeah, it's been a bitch. I wish I could go back in time and do it all differently. Meebo's a great suggestion, btw. GBGames, man, I hadn't thought about all the problems that kind of thing would generate. That's funny, and it sucks. hahah stahr, I use Pidgin and I do that a little bit, throttling back and forth, but not to the extent that I could be. I hadn't thought of it as being agenda-specific, though... I like that. And how weird that people would be angry about the work IM. Some people! Rick, nice job! How is that continuing to work out for you? Mangled Poly, poke this! Dwayne, maybe an eBook sometime? :) NateE, yeah, it’s been a bitch. I wish I could go back in time and do it all differently. Meebo’s a great suggestion, btw.

GBGames, man, I hadn’t thought about all the problems that kind of thing would generate. That’s funny, and it sucks. hahah

stahr, I use Pidgin and I do that a little bit, throttling back and forth, but not to the extent that I could be. I hadn’t thought of it as being agenda-specific, though… I like that.

And how weird that people would be angry about the work IM. Some people!

Rick, nice job! How is that continuing to work out for you?

Mangled Poly, poke this!

Dwayne, maybe an eBook sometime? :)

]]> By: Dwayne Broughton http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/comment-page-1/#comment-29130 Dwayne Broughton Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:51:29 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/#comment-29130 HA!!! good idea. :) Write a book for us Jon!!! ;) HA!!! good idea. :)
Write a book for us Jon!!! ;)

]]> By: Mangled Poly http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/comment-page-1/#comment-28648 Mangled Poly Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:35:12 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/#comment-28648 Do not ignore me! I will "poke" you all I want Mr. Jones. Do not ignore me! I will “poke” you all I want Mr. Jones.

]]> By: Rick Stirling http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/comment-page-1/#comment-28437 Rick Stirling Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:59:25 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/#comment-28437 I've just ditched MSN for Jabber (Google Talk, iChat compatible), but kept some of my old MSN contacts (pumped through a Jabber service). Details here: http://www.rsart.co.uk/2007/08/11/goodbye-msn-live-messenger/ I deleted over 100 contacts, then emailed a dozen people. Most people who responded basically said they are sick of IM interruptions. So now I have a nice, lean contact list. I’ve just ditched MSN for Jabber (Google Talk, iChat compatible), but kept some of my old MSN contacts (pumped through a Jabber service).

Details here: http://www.rsart.co.uk/2007/08/11/goodbye-msn-live-messenger/

I deleted over 100 contacts, then emailed a dozen people. Most people who responded basically said they are sick of IM interruptions.

So now I have a nice, lean contact list.

]]> By: stahr http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/comment-page-1/#comment-28427 stahr Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:47:26 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/#comment-28427 This is why you use IM client programs that can handle additional connecitons at the ame time, like trillian and miranda. Some time ago I did the same as Jon and started up an IM for just work contacts, and it makes things much easier in the ways Jon points out, and using both accounts at the same time with trillian, onnceting/disconnecting them to fit my agenda. Just a warning to people who want all their customers on their IM, there is customers that get angry on you for just mentioning them to add your work IM to theirs, I've noticed this. This is why you use IM client programs that can handle additional connecitons at the ame time, like trillian and miranda.
Some time ago I did the same as Jon and started up an IM for just work contacts, and it makes things much easier in the ways Jon points out, and using both accounts at the same time with trillian, onnceting/disconnecting them to fit my agenda.
Just a warning to people who want all their customers on their IM, there is customers that get angry on you for just mentioning them to add your work IM to theirs, I’ve noticed this.

]]> By: GBGames http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/comment-page-1/#comment-28381 GBGames Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:54:13 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/#comment-28381 When I was on AOL dial-up, and I wanted to play games online, I found that my connection would drop more often when people IMed me. It can be really frustrating playing a fullscreen game only to hear a chime and notice that the game looked stalled. So I created a second account. I added my friends to it so I could notice if they are online, but I never told them about it. I was still dropping connections during gameplay, but as far as I could tell, it happened less often. When I got to college, I didn't see a need for the second account...until I went to work. My main account would always be online, and rather than connect to the same account, possibly losing any messages sent to me while I was away, I signed onto my second screenname. Unfortunately, people think I am never online now, and so never IM me. I am online. I'm just away. Leave me a message. It doesn't stop you from calling me, so why stop IMing me?!? B-( When I was on AOL dial-up, and I wanted to play games online, I found that my connection would drop more often when people IMed me. It can be really frustrating playing a fullscreen game only to hear a chime and notice that the game looked stalled.

So I created a second account. I added my friends to it so I could notice if they are online, but I never told them about it. I was still dropping connections during gameplay, but as far as I could tell, it happened less often.

When I got to college, I didn’t see a need for the second account…until I went to work. My main account would always be online, and rather than connect to the same account, possibly losing any messages sent to me while I was away, I signed onto my second screenname.

Unfortunately, people think I am never online now, and so never IM me. I am online. I’m just away. Leave me a message. It doesn’t stop you from calling me, so why stop IMing me?!? B-(

]]> By: NateE http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/comment-page-1/#comment-28370 NateE Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:32:22 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/08/03/work-specific-im-accounts/#comment-28370 Warning: This is not easy. I tried this in grad school (which is why my current AIM name is all... "sciencey") and ran into a couple snags. One of which was people switching to email to contact me - because they were worried why I wasn't on IM. Granted, the benefits are huge, but still tricky. I suggest if you do this to use an application IM for the one your dedicated to (work at work, home at home) and use something like Meebo for the other. This way you can check in on the other IM but can just as easily close it. Warning: This is not easy. I tried this in grad school (which is why my current AIM name is all… “sciencey”) and ran into a couple snags. One of which was people switching to email to contact me – because they were worried why I wasn’t on IM.

Granted, the benefits are huge, but still tricky. I suggest if you do this to use an application IM for the one your dedicated to (work at work, home at home) and use something like Meebo for the other. This way you can check in on the other IM but can just as easily close it.

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