Bummer
Even though I have been down in Florida for over 3 years, I have been able to stay more or less current with my buddies up north thanks to using instant messenger. It is super convenient and helped keep my day moving along. Recently, Sovereign Bank (where I used to work and where most of my buddies are) declared instant messhenger stuff as a security risk and banned it from desktops. As a result my contact with those people is much less frequent. Bummer. 🙁
Joe
I know what you mean. Banking has taken a big twist since we both worked at Sovereign. The days of playing Quake are now gone too. At Bar Harbor Bank, we have the same strict IM rules because of GLBA (glee-ba), which is Federal Rules on security.