Comments on: Instant Message Organization http://kevnull.com/2004/11/instant-message-organization.html Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:19:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Audiophile http://kevnull.com/2004/11/instant-message-organization.html/comment-page-1#comment-415 Audiophile Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://kevnull.com/?p=328#comment-415 I use a hybrid of function/geography. For the most part it's function, but I occasionally do things such as look for someone to go eat with. The "!Austin 1" and "!Austin 2" groups work well for that. wrt ordering, I always prefix the group names with a 2 digit code. That seems to be the best protocol/client-independent way of sorting my groups. I use Miranda, but I occasionally fall back on the "official" clients. I use a hybrid of function/geography. For the most part it’s function, but I occasionally do things such as look for someone to go eat with. The “!Austin 1″ and “!Austin 2″ groups work well for that. wrt ordering, I always prefix the group names with a 2 digit code. That seems to be the best protocol/client-independent way of sorting my groups. I use Miranda, but I occasionally fall back on the “official” clients.

]]> By: Joshua Kaufman http://kevnull.com/2004/11/instant-message-organization.html/comment-page-1#comment-416 Joshua Kaufman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://kevnull.com/?p=328#comment-416 I have two groups. One is "Frequent," the other is "Infrequent." So my system is almost the same as yours except I use words that make sense. ;) However, I guess when you have more than two groups, it becomes more difficult to use semantic labels. "More Infrequent" seems kind of long. I have two groups. One is “Frequent,” the other is “Infrequent.” So my system is almost the same as yours except I use words that make sense. ;) However, I guess when you have more than two groups, it becomes more difficult to use semantic labels. “More Infrequent” seems kind of long.

]]> By: mfk http://kevnull.com/2004/11/instant-message-organization.html/comment-page-1#comment-417 mfk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://kevnull.com/?p=328#comment-417 When I was on IM, I used (funny enough) an almost identical scheme, just labelled: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary. I think I was inspired by computer architecture. For frequency based methods, I think the optimal number of tiers depends heavily on the structure of your communication space (for lack of a better term). At the time, if I grouped the contacts by frequency, it followed an exponential distribution -- as I suspect most people's communication space would. From this I could assign two thresholds, which partitioned by contact's list accordingly. I remember briefly considering KC's additional subcategorizations, but felt it took away from the mathematical purity of the original scheme. :) When I was on IM, I used (funny enough) an almost identical scheme, just labelled: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary. I think I was inspired by computer architecture.

For frequency based methods, I think the optimal number of tiers depends heavily on the structure of your communication space (for lack of a better term). At the time, if I grouped the contacts by frequency, it followed an exponential distribution — as I suspect most people’s communication space would. From this I could assign two thresholds, which partitioned by contact’s list accordingly.

I remember briefly considering KC’s additional subcategorizations, but felt it took away from the mathematical purity of the original scheme. :)

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