http://wave.google.com/

IRC needs to die imho… jabber/wave ftw.

KDE stands on the threshhold of being able to bring different classes of communicators together without having to manually remember which media contact X prefers and check with the relevant client – the equivalent of

QObject::connect(contact_who_likes_mail, SIGNAL(newItem()), this, SLOT(checkMail()));

I’m talking about Akonadi (with a sprinking of PIMO from Nepomuk). By basing our communication apps around Akonadi, and using Nepomuk’s ability to record how different identities relate to real people, it becomes possible to code a single view that ‘Shows me everything from X’ – emails, IM/IRC msgs, tweets, dents, blogs.

This is what Kopete has been doing for disparate IM systems for years with its metacontacts (a first for KDE) taken to its logical conclusion.

Ok, balloon inflated, stand by for take-off!

Remind me to tell you about it when we’re using some real-time communication, heh.

/me doesn’t like talking about vapourware in public.

E-mail is my central place which I check regularly. If someone tries to contact me on e.g. Facebook or identi.ca, I get a mail notification about it. These mails don’t disturb me because they get filtered and put under the right label automatically.

If it’s something important, I reply immediately. However, if it’s just chit-chat, it might take some time before I respond (depending on how busy I am).

For IMs, I’m pretty often online but with the “away” status. I always check my backlog and pong back if the person still is available.

Sometimes, e.g. when traveling, I pretty much disappear from the internet for a while. I try to check my mail from time to time, but you won’t see me on IRC etc. Of course I inform people that might wonder where I am before I vanish.