I've got Trillian running right now, which manages multiple messaging services at once... which is nice, giving me one program running instead of many, and less strain on my computer.
At this precise moment, I'm connected through it to four services, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, and MSNIM, the last being a requirement for work. Out of those four services, and I don't want to think about counting the number of total people there, 17 people are listed online. 2 of those are actually just one person. 5 of those, including my double-listed friend, are listed as away.
One of those people is my best friend, and we talk daily. Me being in Colorado in him in Manitoba, IMs are a godsend. Another one is more local, and we don't talk so much via IM, but he uses it as a low level barometer... so long as he sees me online, he knows I'm doing moderately okay. Another one is a friend I dated back before I dated Blair... and though I see him online daily, we usually only talk about once or twice a week, as our schedules don't always mesh. After that, there are maybe two or three others that I talk to with any consistancy, and the rest are just... there. One of those has no memory tag coming to mind.
The ones for work I didn't count, as they are required.
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Date: 2007-03-01 07:00 pm (UTC)At this precise moment, I'm connected through it to four services, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, and MSNIM, the last being a requirement for work. Out of those four services, and I don't want to think about counting the number of total people there, 17 people are listed online. 2 of those are actually just one person. 5 of those, including my double-listed friend, are listed as away.
One of those people is my best friend, and we talk daily. Me being in Colorado in him in Manitoba, IMs are a godsend. Another one is more local, and we don't talk so much via IM, but he uses it as a low level barometer... so long as he sees me online, he knows I'm doing moderately okay. Another one is a friend I dated back before I dated Blair... and though I see him online daily, we usually only talk about once or twice a week, as our schedules don't always mesh. After that, there are maybe two or three others that I talk to with any consistancy, and the rest are just... there. One of those has no memory tag coming to mind.
The ones for work I didn't count, as they are required.