AOL AIM and Facebook now compatible?

Last week, AOL announced that it is letting Facebook into the AIM ecosystem and allowing users on either network to chat across with users on the other. This is a major outreach for AOL, since it has historically been reticent with outside contact.  I think this is a result of AOL being spun off from parent Time Warner.

The AOL AIM version (7.2) that makes it possible is still in beta, and is available for download here. Users can click on the "Facebook Connect" button on top of the buddies list and set up the chat. Once you do that, your friends on Facebook will appear as buddies on AIM, along with their status. Facebook users can chat with AIM users using an application from the web-based Facebook interface.

San Francisco Days :o)

This video was posted on Brian Setzer's Facebook Page, and it is awesome. I am very fortunate to have seen both performers live, Chris Isaak in Walnut Creek CA in 1989 and Brian Setzer in Chicago in 2001 (the proposal weekend to my bride :o).

The timing of this was so cool, because we just got the new Chris Isaak CD, Mr. Lucky, and I listened to it on the way home from work last night. It was pretty good, not quite as good as some of his earlier ones, but definitely has four or five songs that are really good.

Social Media and Personality Disorders :o)

I love the graphic, and think that the intersection with twitter (I like to call it tweeter) in the middle is about right.

Which personality disorder do you frequent? :o)

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