IM will destroy communication
This is a continuation to my previous post entitled: What is email and how quickly should I reply?
I quite honestly think Instant Messaging will be the demise of my future. Like I had said before, email has its time and place, its prioritized. IM isn’t however, when you get an IM you’re obligated to reply instantly. So it really ticks me off to see people talking about how IM will replace email as a form of communication. IM has its time and place; it shouldn’t be used as a replacement to email. With email you leave a digital paper trail of everything previously said so that a large group of people can review it quickly if necessary, this does not apply with IM however, you need to have a client that supports logging and always be in a group conference so everyone gets everything. This of course is never the case though.
I agree, IM is nice, I use it religiously which is probably why I get next to no work done on a daily basis. I could go on about VoIP and video chat, but that would be a whole new post, which is why I will stop here.