Lesson 8. Getting More Interactive with Google Chat

Google Buzz is all about communicating, and if you want to take it to the next level, you can also consider Google Chat. Sometimes I find when the Buzz conversation gets thick and fast, I want more immediate and private communication with someone. The options for that are picking up the phone (and possibly using Google Voice to connect with the other person—see Teach Yourself Google Voice in Ten Minutes), or using Google Chat.

More often than not, I use Chat, because I’m already at my computer. Chat lets you type text directly to someone else, who can see what you type—and you can see what he types. Chat is an immediate way to let you connect with someone.

Because Buzz conversations often seem ...

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