Now that I have gained control over IM and am getting work done, I have discovered a few ways to make IM more productive.
Keep Your Availability Accurate
Each IM client has the ability to set your availability: Available/Online, Away/Idle, Busy, Invisible, DoNotDisturb, etc. If you simply leave your availability set to the default of "Available" or "Online" and do not adjust it all day, people will not actually know if you are available or not. Another step would be to establish Availability or IM Office Hours so that people know when to expect you to be available for chatting. By efficiently using your status, you can help people contact you only when you are truly available for chatting.
Cut the Chatter
Unless you are using your IM for HelpDesk, Sales, or some work that requires contact by people you do not know, set the options in your IM client to not allow messages from people not on your contact list. People wanting to chat with you can always request to be added, but it gives you the power to control the interruptions to people you already know.
Clean the Clutter
Go through your IM buddy list and remove the people with which you do not communicate on a regular basis or have only chatted with a few times.
Twitter ( twitter.com )
Twitter has been compared to the online version of the water cooler. It is a service that allows users to, by way of entries resembling SMS-style messages of up to 140 characters, keep up with their friends in an asynchronous manner. Twitter can be sent and send updates using IM, mobile devices, or the web. Users can select other people they wish to "follow" and receive updates on their activities.
Twitter proposes to provide an answer to the question, "What are you doing right now?"
IMified ( www.imified.com )
IMified is a service to provide access to web-based widgets via IM. By setting up an account, a user can create a customized list of accessible widgets available through an IM chat session, such as accessing their Google calendar, posting to their blog, setting reminders, todos, saving short notes, etc.
By the use of Twitter and IMified, I have increased the productivity of my GoogleTalk IM client. I can now post to my blogs, generate urlTea links, save word counts in notes, set reminders/todos, receive Twitter updates from my friends, post to my Twitter account, and even do some chatting if I find the time - all without having to open a browser.
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