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Turn off g-mail chat!The 7 deadly sins of instant messaging By: Chanpory (9 replies) November 9, 2007 - 8:02am
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Turn off g-mail chat!
The other day it finally occurred to me that seeing friends on the g-mail buddy list window was causing a tiny stress response in me. I would feel obligated to say hello to people every once in a while, which would involve keeping track of when I’d last talked to whom…an “open loop” if you will. Especially since I’m logged into g-mail for long periods of time sometimes (another habit I should break.) For now I think I’ll just keep it signed off by default and peek in if I feel like it. I don’t need a web leash.