Paul De Sousa

We live in an age where technology binds all, where we are in a constant state of communication.

We are in contact with everyone around us, we receive news and updates on happenings around us in a myriad of different ways, through mobile devices, laptops, pc’s, cell phones.
We are never anywhere without some device or communication tool which allows us to keep in touch. Facebook status updates and twitter allow us to let the world know what we are up to.

Back in the day ICQ was “THE” IM client, then along came yahoo, aim, msn, jabber, googletalk and then someone once showed me pidgin – an IM client that allowed you to plug into msn, aim and yahoo all at the same time.

To be honest I was not very impressed – then more recently shebee told me about digsby

I was expecting something like pidgin but after installing it and playing about I realized that it was far more than JUST a multi IM client.

Digsby also plugs directly into twitter, facebook, facebook chat, Myspace and any imap or pop mail as well as MSN messenger, Aim, , Yahoo, Jabber and ICQ.

The actual chat client is 1 interface with the ability to tab additional chat sessions with other people, even across different protocols and networks.

Much like outlook’s mail notification that pops up with a small window at the bottom of your monitor (you can choose which corner of your monitor you want it to pop up in)  with a preview, you get a popup of notifications from facebook feeds, twitter, email, etc etc

Digsby also allows file  transfers, its skinnable and has many various options to tweak.
You can voice chat, video chat or text chat.
It works on Mac OS, Windows or Linux.

The other cool thing about it is that you can have a widget on your website or blog that plugs straight into digsby and allows visitors to your blog to chat directly to you if you’re online.

I was going to try it but then thought of how insanely not productive I would be if I spent the day chatting to people I didn’t know.

There’s also a facebook widget which allowspeople who visit your profile to say howzit to you.

To say that I am impressed with Digsby would be incorrect, I am more than impressed with it and I reckon that this is the future of communication.

All they need to do is get a mobile application working and hook up skype into the mix and thats all you will ever need.

Give it a try and let me know what you think.

www.digsby.com