:: Intrepid Spaniel ::

Google just added video chat to webmail application. Might make it easier to keep in touch, doing video chat without having to fire up Skype or something else. Once you’ve loaded the plugin below you can video chat with others right in your gmail or google apps (nickell.org, pccs.k12.id.us, physics.isu.edu) webmail interface. In my testing it works well but uses quite a bit of CPU, so it might be most useful on a newer computer. But anything that make communication easier and more efficient is a big step forward.

More info here

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/say-hello-to-gmail-voice-and-video-chat.html

There is a plugin you have to load (mac and windows only, but I imagine that will take care of most of you for now) Download the plugin here:

http://gmail.com/videochat

Looking forward to “seeing” you soon,
Ben