CONSUMER IM: THE SOCIAL BACKDROP
Instant messaging (IM) has entered the global culture over the past few years, transitioning from its humble beginnings as a tool for systems programmers into a pop phenomenon.
Executive Report
Instant Messaging Goes Corporate
By Stowe Boyd
Posted September 30, 2002 | Leadership | Leadership |
About The Author
Futurist, researcher, and writer. Stowe Boyd leads Work Futures, an exploration of critical themes of the ecology of work, and the anthropology of the future. He coined the terms “hashtag,” “social tools,” “work management,” and “publicy.”
Mr. Boyd has worked with dozens of companies in the past decades, including Microsoft, Google, IBM, and many startups. Earlier, he was a computer science researcher/educator, led a software startup, and… Read More
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