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In the News (Mon 28 May 12)

  
  USATODAY.com - Students have 'away' with words
The subject here is "away messages," the aptly, albeit clunkily named instant-messaging innovation that has captured the fancy not only of Cheung but also of tech-savvy college students everywhere.
An away message, for those not up on online culture, is the instant-messaging (IM) equivalent of the telephone answering machine — it pops up when somebody sends you an IM and you're not available to reply.
While AIM requires users to click on messages one at a time to view them, their program (which works with AIM) lets users read all their away messages in one fell swoop.
www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2004-03-28-away-messages-usat_x.htm   (0 words)

  
  St. Edward's University - Web Mail Instructions
You can set an away message that automatically replies to people who send you messages when you are away from checking mail for an extended period of time.
That message is sent to each recipient only once, regardless of how many messages that person sends you during the designated away period.
In the Away message text box, enter the away message to be sent, such as "I am currently out of the office and am checking voice mail but not email.
www.stedwards.edu /it_dept/computer/email/webmail_awaymessage.htm   (100 words)

  
 Get the (Away) Message: A Popular IM Tool Lets Buddies Communicate Without Connecting - Technology - RedOrbit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Away messages are so prominent, they've become a more popular IM method than real time "talking," says Naomi Baron, a linguistics professor at American University in Washington, D.C., who has done extensive research on computer-related communication, including IMing.
More than messages: For people not looking to wow the online community with their witty writings or quippy comments -- or for those who don't want to tell people where they actually are -- lyrics, book excerpts or literary samplings and movie quotes are most common.
So, unlike the answering machine message that are funny the first time, and maybe even the second, the away message is ever-changing and ever-entertaining.
www.redorbit.com /news/technology/808626/get_the_away_message_a_popular_im_tool_lets_buddies/index.html?source=r_technology   (992 words)

  
 AIM Away Message Art - Picture Away Messages, AIM Profile Pictures, AIM Away Art, Profile Art, ASCII Away Messages
Away Art are colorful pictures you can use with AIM in a Profile, Away Message, or Convo.
Most Away Art is customizable by the user supplying words and pressing create.
Not all Away Art will work as an Away Message due to length limitations.
www.awayart.com   (98 words)

  
 Wiki: Away Messages
It is incredibly annoying to send a message to a group list and have some number of emails send to you from folks you've never heard of telling you how they're not in their office, but they'll be back on such and such a date.
When we are engaged in a chat, we might step away from the computer-to get a cup of coffee, inspect the plumbing, or unexpectedly wash the cat-and would like the computer to notice our general inactivity and respond to an instant message with a stepped-away message.
Away messages should work with chat sessions or instant messaging as well, perhaps as a quick check off that says the respondent is temporarily occupied and perhaps by the machine noticing that the respondent is inactive after some period.
c2.com /w4/apl4tec/wiki.cgi?AwayMessages   (0 words)

  
 away messages
I didn't explain in the away message why it was I wasn't able to hear IMs, but the reason is this: I turned off their sound.
What I like about this away message is how calling my room would in fact surprise the hell out of me. I don't think anyone has taken me up on this for the sake of calling me, but I encourage it.
There exist away messages I have used maybe once that I just happened to have saved, and there are some which may have had their use more than once but I care not to put them here.
mason.gmu.edu /~jrusbasa/away_messages.html   (0 words)

  
 Status menu - BitWise DocuWiki
Away: indicates that you are away from the computer, with an optional away message.
Messages below the line are messages that you have entered and saved.
Simply select a message to indicate that you are away with that message.
www.bitwiseim.com /wiki/index.php?title=Away_menu   (189 words)

  
 dEan&bEn present: anatomy of the away message
when this message is used, the aim-er wants people to know what they are doing, and keeps you in suspense until they return to their computer so you can find out how that class went, or how many reps they did at the gym, or how the food was at the dining hall tonight.
the most basic of all away messages, it is also the most user-friendly, which is evident because 99.99% of aim-ers use this one on a daily basis.
this type of message is often used by high school students and really immature teenagers, but dont think that college students are immune either.
www.angelfire.com /scary/awaymessages/main.html   (0 words)

  
 Away messages keep users in touch - Washington Post - MSNBC.com
Away messaging, a function of instant messaging, is this generation's automatic way of telling online buddies, when the sender's not online, where he or she is, or is not, 24-7.
Young people, says deSouza, were the first to catch on to the general concept known as "presence," and away messaging is now as common on campus as sagging dormitory couches.
Once they are wired into a college's Internet, away from parental controls, young people often step up their use of away messages, changing them three, four, even 25 or 30 times a day.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5404762   (0 words)

  
 Feed The Away Message Addiction
People use showering as an excuse to change their away message, and every time someone showers, they apparently feel the need to tell the whole world.
Another away message faux-pas is when people put up away messages for just one person to see.
Away messages that explain what you are doing are good, as it keeps everyone in the know.
www.personal.psu.edu /users/p/t/ptg110/FeedtheAwayMessageAddiction.html   (0 words)

  
 Away message - BitWise DocuWiki
An away message is an optional message that you can include when you are in away status.
The usage of away messages is arguably a society to itself with a wide range of common uses:
BitWise also offers extended away messages that are stored while you are offline.
www.bitwiseim.com /wiki/index.php?title=Away_message   (155 words)

  
 Winston-Salem Journal | Some like to tell it all to buddies in IM land
Away messages are so popular that they have become a more popular IM method than real-time "talking," says Naomi Baron, a linguistics professor at American University in Washington.
If you look at the character of away messages, says Baron, you'll see that they are fairly long and well-edited - often because you use them more than once - and take time to write them.
So, unlike the answering machine messages that are funny the first time, and maybe even the second, the away message is ever-changing and ever-entertaining.
www.journalnow.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149192870812   (821 words)

  
 Away Messages: A Lost Artform
That is why I have devised a four-step process that should boost your away message status from geek to GEEK in no time flat.
What separates the good away messages from the great ones are their ability to link the readers into a dreamland of pure imagination.
In 2002, famed away message theologian URAQTPi12345 was three votes shy in receiving a Nobel Peace Prize on his away message Mini-Dissertation “On the cultural discourse in Middle Eastern Policy.” His away message was a poignant 730 characters (including works cited).
mysite.verizon.net /res74rt9/id1.html   (0 words)

  
 Away Box - Away Messages,AIM Away Messages,AIM Smileys
Use a back timer away message that will count down how much time is left until you are back.
The Back Timer Away Message will display exactly how much time is left until you will be back from being away.
Set the back timer to the number of minutes that you will be away for (5 min, 15 min, 30 min, etc.), and the back timer will automatically count down every minute and update your away message until you come back.
www.awaybox.com   (0 words)

  
 IMHut.com - AIM Away Messages and Funny Away Messages!
Below is a categorized list of AIM away messages that you might want to use, if you think you have one that belongs on this site, send it to us.
These away messages can be used when you go out somewhere, go to the bathroom, go to class, when you are at work, when you are sleeping, and throughout your other daily activities.
Random - Away messages that make you say "What?" or just plain didn't fit in one of the other categories.
www.imhut.com /aimawaymessages/index.php   (0 words)

  
 Electric Pi Journal: The Art of the Away Message
The standard roster of away messages (the ones most often offered by IM services) include, “I am away from my computer right now,” “I am not available because I am playing a computer game that takes up the whole screen,” “Eating,” “Sleeping,” and other such trivialities.
In addition to the standard fare, users are given the option of creating customized away messages, either for one-time use or to be saved in a catalogue for frequent display.
Away messages have become vehicles for personal, social, religious, and political expression, not just your run of the mill “gone for apples” note on the fridge.
www.wap.org /journal/awaymessages/default.html   (0 words)

  
 Using AIM on Windows
You can use the Away message feature to let others know that you are away from your desk or that you don't want to be disturbed.
The away messages for each screen name are stored in the Windows Registry.
To restore the Away messages to the new machine, double-click on the exported file on the new machine.
www.aim.com /help_faq/using/win/away.adp   (0 words)

  
 E-mail: Time Away Responder
If you will be away from your e-mail for more than a few days, people who send you messages may wonder why you haven't responded.
All messages will continue to be delivered, and will be available to you at any time.
Both of their messages to you are delivered as usual.
www.cit.cornell.edu /computer/email/timeaway/index.html   (0 words)

  
 AIM | FAQ | "I'm Away" Message
When users send you messages while you have this option set, your Away message is sent to them automatically, indicating your unavailability.
To back up the messages or copy them to a different computer, you need to export the appropriate registry "key" into a file.
Now on another machine, you can double-click on the.REG file that you saved, and the Away messages will be imported into your screen name on the other machine.
site.aol.com /aim/faq/away.html   (0 words)

  
 Don't become the next victim of away message addiction
The only reason we sign on anymore is for the sole reason of getting to put up a little sticky pad to let everyone know that we have something better to do than talk to them.
If someone’s away message just says “here” I can’t help but ask myself why they even have to tell me that.
When it comes down to it, I realize that it shouldn’t matter if the words that we fill the away message box are deep or witty.
www.collegiatetimes.com /news/2/ARTICLE/6775/2006-03-30.html   (0 words)

  
 AwayHumor.com - Funny Away Messages
If you want to make a contribution to help save their life, please leave a message with the amount you are willing to contribute.
This away message has been abducted by mutant cows...
This away message is almost as exciting as my life.
www.awayhumor.com /categories.php?catid=31   (0 words)

  
 /corman/blog/: The Anywhere Away Message, Twitter.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
People who didn't blog, who didn't have any interest in blogging would share information, nightly plans, interesting links and funny quotes through their away messages.
Everyone seemed to be checking each other's away messages but no one wanted to take steps to institutionalize that sharing through a better platform.
I don't use AIM anymore, but even in Google chat people leave messages for me in their away messages.
corman.rudiusmedia.com /archives/2007/03/the_anywhere_away_message_twit_1.phtml   (0 words)

  
 Remote Control your AIM Away Message from the Internet! - Clone AIM, Scheduled, Hot Key, Countdown, and Random Funny ...
Plan ahead and schedule your away messages it will let you leave your computer and be able to tell people where you are.
Before you run Remote Away you need to have any version of AIM running, and the buddy list viewable in order for the program to run.
Clone AIM now works for 98 and ME. Added ability to schedule your computer to be taken off idle to scheduled away messages, countdown away messages are now customizeable.
remoteaway.com /index.html   (0 words)

  
 Awesome Away Messages
This is an away message and I am away...
I am away from my computer right now, so please leave your Name, Address, and Phone # and I will STALK later.
Don't get mad at me! Just think of all the times you had your stupid away message on and I wanted to talk.
www.awaymessages.com /cat/general/3.htm   (152 words)

  
 Away Messages: A Lost Artform
That is why I have devised a four-step process that should boost your away message status from geek to GEEK in no time flat.
What separates the good away messages from the great ones are their ability to link the readers into a dreamland of pure imagination.
In 2002, famed away message theologian URAQTPi12345 was three votes shy in receiving a Nobel Peace Prize on his away message Mini-Dissertation “On the cultural discourse in Middle Eastern Policy.” His away message was a poignant 730 characters (including works cited).
home1.gte.net /res74rt9/id1.html   (574 words)

  
 JDennis.net Software Support :: View topic - Edit Away Message   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
When an away message is up it would be convenient to have another button on the window allowing you to click it and edit your current away message.
I suppose I could just copy the away message and paste it into a new away message to make the changes, but this would cut that step out.
Note: This is different from the ability to edit the away message in your preferences.
www.jdennis.net /forums/viewtopic.php?t=1524   (431 words)

  
 Hit Away '94: Message Boards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
If necessary, a message will be sent to the webmaster of this site for approval.
You will be notified by the webmaster when you have been granted access.
You can also choose to be notified of eteamz news and updates.
eteamz.active.com /hitaway_94/messageboards   (187 words)

  
 Bored? - CollegeBoredom.com (CBC) : AIM Stuff: Away Messages: AIM Away Messages
"away messages, one of the many challenges in life.
If you aren't sure which category you fall in to, your best bet is to leave a message, because then you will know which type of person you are, depending on whether or not I respond.
However, if you would like to be transfered to another correspondent, please press the number that best fits your personality: ---If you are obsessive compulsive, please press "1" twenty-three times, delete the 3rd, 6th, and 18th one, and wash your hands.
www.collegeboredom.com /awaymessages.php?type=general   (1001 words)

  
 The Anatomy of the Away Message   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
when this message is used, the aim-er wants people to know what they're doing, and keeps you in suspense until they return to their computer so you can find out how that class went, or how many reps they did at the gym, or how the food was at the dining hall tonight.
The most basic of all away messages, it is also the most user-friendly, which is evident because 99.99% of aim-ers use this one on a daily basis.
Please, if you take anything away from this update, let it be this: people judge you by the caliber of your away messages.
www.tcnj.edu /~susek2/misc/awaymessage.html   (1643 words)

  
 Away Message Mania!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
When a new TV season rolls around, and new shows are on, everyone seems to put it in their Away message.
If there are 200,000 users on AIM who have away messages up pertaining to the TV shows, and the away message is bloated (because all of the colors, the tildes and asterick crap, and the funky font styles), then they are probably ~1KB each.
As you can see, I think it is rather annoying that people use the AIM Away message to provide up-to-the second data on their life.
cbll.net /articles/Away_Message   (604 words)

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