NET11 Module 2 Newsgroups and Chatting
With my current studies, the mailing lists I’m signed to, all the feeds that I follow, before even mentioning work and social life, I’m just not interested in joining any specific newsgroup.
With chatting and instant messaging, I’m signed up to MSN Messenger and Gmail Talk. In the past, I used to also use Yahoo, AOL and ICQ. I even still have my ICQ number: 222234966. Don’t know if it’s still valid. I used to use Trillian as the IM user agent to help with all the different accounts.
Since then, I gave up most of accounts and just stuck with MSN-not because it’s better but because I had a Hotmail account as many of my friends. Hence, even when I changed my email from Hotmail to Gmail, I stayed with MSN Messenger. And I have been IM with a few of the other students lately.
I now use Adium as my IM application. It is set up with my MSN account. Should set it up with my Gmail one as well. I also have been thinking of getting an imac email account but haven’t made up my mind. Why should I bother with yet another email? Furthermore hardly any of my friends use a mac. Maybe. Maybe not.