{"id":7739,"date":"2005-08-24T10:29:37","date_gmt":"2005-08-24T17:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/08\/24\/googley-moogley.html"},"modified":"2005-08-24T10:29:37","modified_gmt":"2005-08-24T17:29:37","slug":"googley_moogley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/24\/googley_moogley.html","title":{"rendered":"Googley-moogley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has (as everyone is reporting) started up its own Instant Messaging system<\/a>. Nobody’s terribly excited about it, largely because it’s “only” a nice, clean, straightforward IM client, and everyone knows that if your IM client doesn’t give you traffic, weather, and\/or the latest results from The Great Race<\/em>, it’s not nearly sexy enough to get excited about.<\/p>\n

I’ve downloaded it<\/a>, though the last thing I need is another IM client (already running, gack, three of them). Google Talk uses the Jabber standard — but none of my others do. (And, yes, I know there are other IM clients out there like Trillian that take care of that automagically.)<\/p>\n

Sign-in is via your Gmail<\/a> account — and as of today, Gmail has become “open” to all, not requiring a special invite. That’s probably more exciting news to some.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Google has (as everyone is reporting) started up its own Instant Messaging system. 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