IRC and Mobile Phones
Submitted by Taran on Sun, 01/07/2007 - 12:03
Making a cup of coffee in the kitchen, my thoughts drifted to SMS - a method by which one cousin and I keep in contact regularly since it tends to get through even when the infrastructure in Trinidad and Tobago doesn't quite come up to par.
Then I thought about the people I work with, and how we all stay in touch on IRC.
So then I thought - well, wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to use IRC on a mobile phone?
A search, and a find - jmIrc. Instead of just texting and waiting, texting and waiting - and even texting one person and relaying what someone else texted you... an IRC ability might be pretty handy for quick meetings between more than one person.
I'll have to play with this sometime this week. Of course, I probably should pay my phone bill before they cut off my service. :-)
This is definitely MobileActive fodder - and may even have implications when considering something like SecondLife. Sure, the full graphics interface might suck - but meetings in SL might be attended in an IRC fashion on a mobile phone... and that could be a step toward other things...
Definitely something worth discussing.
irc + sl + disaster relief =
irc + sl + disaster relief = unending possibilities... especially not that the client has been open sourced, ngos and aid agencies can take the client apart, ply in crisis related info and take it on for relief response training ;)
in fact the mobile jmirc...+ sl = wow!
/me leaps about excitedly, like a cat on hot bricks..
Maybe...
More than likely, it's overkill - IRC requires internet access (such as GPRS), which means more load on infrastructure... SMS is still the best for that.
But where internet connectivity is available for mobile phones... it could be pretty darned handy.
Instant messaging may be the way to go
I understand that IRC is the preferred form of chat for IT types, but these days most people use IM like AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Jabber and Skype. Mobile phones are starting to include IM, so I think this might be the space to watch.
Now that the client is open-sourced I hope we see some interesting interactions between traditional IM programs, SL and mobile phones.
There was a guy experimenting with sending messages between SL and mobile phones - http://slwho.com/ - but he didn't seem to get far.
Proprietary
The problem with most of these - except Jabber - is that they have their own special format, whereas IRC is standard. On top of that, IRC logs *can* be used in a court of law - that is, they are credible.
IM might be nice for people who use specific services. I'd suggest going after Jabber, though.
Interesting about the SL<->SMS. I think with the last release in September 2006, that project may have gone as far as it was planned to. Have to look into that, though.
SL?
What is up with the fascination with SL - and SMS? Explain, please?
It isn't fascination...
It's a matter of connecting people in another way; you know SMS, but you have to experience SL to understand I think.
Sounds evasive, I know, but the potential of SL is subjective.
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