Still need to finish reading it ’cause it’s looooong.
In the author’s own words : “Ultimately, I can’t offer a solution that will magically and perfectly
bridge the gap between IM lovers and IM haters, but I hope I can at
least shed some light on what the situation looks like from both sides.”
TidBITS Opinion: Instant Messaging for Introverts
‘Back in the day’ (some 8 years ago give or take) I helped translate TidBits to Dutch for a while, so this was a surprising encounter (I’ve since moved to generic hardware & Linux, though I’ve been pondering on the MacPro the last few months so that might change yet)