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Talkin’ 2.0

Posted on July 16, 2007 by C Johnson
Advertising, Culture, Design, Tech

Chat Maker brings web 2.0 technology to the rather neglected chat room arena. (Hello, haven’t chat roomers ever heard of AIM?) Created by AJAX, it is an incredibly simple client that allows you to create a private chat room in five seconds flat with a simple click of a button which is a terribly cliché, I know, but in this instance it just happens to be true. Chat Maker is intended for communication with people who don’t have instant messaging clients, but it yields some interesting possibilities for the workplace too. If you don’t want to hassle with calling a meeting, you can pull your peeps into a chat room for a quick tête-à-tête. Sure it doesn’t have the pizzazz of IM avatars or sound effects or video cams and you can’t import your contact lists…but most of the intended beneficiaries of Chat Maker probably think AJAX is just a cleaning agent anyway so, no harm no foul.