As many will agree, Instant messengers are the mostly widely used tools/gadgets in this internet age. These tools bring people closer and a way for those who aren't good at face-to-face communication ;-)
Well, keeping the benefits and advantages aside now, I would like to mention about one thing in IMs which is not followed in the right manner -- yes, few might have guessed it -- Status message option. Before proceeding let me tell you, this is just my personal opinion and not any standard specification :)
Status message option in IMs should be used to mainly show your current state(Busy, Available, Do Not Disturb etc) or to pass on some relevant information about yourself(Blog links, details about self, current stay etc) or something which helps to get some attention or information from your friends in the list.
Few status messages from my friends list which I feel are appropriate and interesting ones are:
- "I want my hour back!" Quite understandable during Daylight saving adjustment
- Link to their employer's website featuring them in headlines with a nice snap. Well, who doesn't want to do this if in headlines :)
- Link to their webpage or blog. Yes, this gives way to know them better
- Link to some interesting articles or cartoons Ex. http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2096/sarkozy.jpg
- "YooHoo.. I voted!! Awesome feeling!!" Quite timely as this being the election time in the country
- "Its a baby boy!!" Happy to know dear..
- Current music track. Talks about their taste and mood!
And now coming to what I hate to see in status messages is some famous, thoughtful quote; which will be borrowed from a website or from daily subscribed mails or from those thousands of floating mails. Whats more, the quote changes every single day like the change in date in your PC. Yes, I simply detest reading a quote though its quoted by some great philosopher or a great scientist. For that I can simply browse the net and get from the websites. And besides what really does the person wants to prove by having it mentioned there?!! This remains a mystery to me.
My status message reads about the track - Viva forever Spice-girls
Whats yours??
Well, keeping the benefits and advantages aside now, I would like to mention about one thing in IMs which is not followed in the right manner -- yes, few might have guessed it -- Status message option. Before proceeding let me tell you, this is just my personal opinion and not any standard specification :)
Status message option in IMs should be used to mainly show your current state(Busy, Available, Do Not Disturb etc) or to pass on some relevant information about yourself(Blog links, details about self, current stay etc) or something which helps to get some attention or information from your friends in the list.
Few status messages from my friends list which I feel are appropriate and interesting ones are:
- "I want my hour back!" Quite understandable during Daylight saving adjustment
- Link to their employer's website featuring them in headlines with a nice snap. Well, who doesn't want to do this if in headlines :)
- Link to their webpage or blog. Yes, this gives way to know them better
- Link to some interesting articles or cartoons Ex. http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2096/sarkozy.jpg
- "YooHoo.. I voted!! Awesome feeling!!" Quite timely as this being the election time in the country
- "Its a baby boy!!" Happy to know dear..
- Current music track. Talks about their taste and mood!
And now coming to what I hate to see in status messages is some famous, thoughtful quote; which will be borrowed from a website or from daily subscribed mails or from those thousands of floating mails. Whats more, the quote changes every single day like the change in date in your PC. Yes, I simply detest reading a quote though its quoted by some great philosopher or a great scientist. For that I can simply browse the net and get from the websites. And besides what really does the person wants to prove by having it mentioned there?!! This remains a mystery to me.
My status message reads about the track - Viva forever Spice-girls
Whats yours??