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Chatting

Clark Quinn

It’s more sophisticated, but then it’s another application I’m running in parallel (what with iChat , Adium , and Skype all running, and now TweetDeck , Mail , and Firefox, before I’m working in any apps, I’ve got a lot of RAM and CPU cycles being sucked up. You couldn’t do it in video or audio.

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Webcam Video: Now Available in Snagit

TechSmith Camtasia

The webcam helped people working in other parts of the building avoid pointless trips to the coffee pot by providing a live 128×128 grayscale picture of the state of the coffee pot on their computers. It’s often emphasized that video is in a different league compared to phone calls, emails, or IM when it comes to corporate communications.

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Come Together

Jay Cross

Proprietary videoconferencing packages transmitted video back and forth, but most people stopped watching the pictures once the novelty wore off. Skype gives people the ability to place free video calls over the Net. For example, bloggers may not communicate well with IM users. Then, along came the Internet.

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Product Review: Saba Social

eLearning 24-7

No Skype nor Google+ icons and thus direct connections to, under your profile (although I understand with Google+ because it is so new). IM icons under profile – who is still using these things anyway? the Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, External blog, IM connections – Yahoo, AIM, etc., icons listed under profile.

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Great FREE Software Downloads

The eLearning Coach

Jing works on both Mac and PC, to capture single pictures or to record video of screen activity. You can also paste the video into an IM chat, email or Twitter. Skype is the software of choice for talking to people over the Internet, using a headset and mic. It doesn’t have video or audio chat, though. SCREENCASTS.