Aug 23rd, 2005

I’m on Google Talk right now.

Google is expected to announce a new service, Google Talk, tomorrow.

Talk has been launched. Go see it at http://talk.google.com. The Google pages include directions on how to get it to run with a variety of thrid party clients… or you can download their client.

I can say that I expect that this announcement will actually happen, because, you see… I’m already on it. And I am such a nice guy, I’m going to let you in on the secret.

First step? Get a Gmail address. I don’t think you need invites anymore, but if anyone does, drop me a line and I will get you one. I have 50 available.

Once you have your Gmail address, you need an IM client that is capable of doing the Jabber protocol. If you are on a Mac, you have a variety of choices. iChat will do it, so will Adium. On Windows, Trillian can do Jabber protocol if you have the appropriate plug in. I am sure there are other programs that will do it as well, but I don’t do Windows, so Google it for yourself.

Something close to these directions were found at: http://www.smashsworld.com/2005/08/im-on-google-talk-right-now.php. Smash’s directions did not actually work for me, but the ones below did.

For iChat, just enter:
Server: talk.google.com
Username: youremail@gmail.com
Password: yourpassword

Note: If you have trouble logging in, turn off â??Secure Messagingâ? and â??Encryptionâ? options.

For any type of GAIM client, including Adium on the OS X:

  1. Add an account, select â??Jabberâ? as the protocol.
  2. Your screen name is your Gmail address, including the â??@gmail.comâ?.
  3. Your password, oddly enough, is your Gmail password.
  4. Server is â??talk.google.comâ?.
  5. Find the option for â??use TLS if availableâ? and make sure it is on. Turn â??Force old SSLâ? and â??Allow plaintext…â? off. The connection port is 5222.
  6. Badda boom, badda bing… you should be able to login.

If you get this working, drop me a message. I won’t be on long tonight, but I should be on most of the day tomorrow. My Google Talk ID is matthew.cave at gmail.com

Hope to hear from you.

2 Responses to “I’m on Google Talk right now.”

  1. # Lizon 24 Aug 2005 at 2:20 pm

    Hrm. You said:

    “My Google Talk ID is

    Hope to hear from you.”

    Well? What is it?

    Mine’s liznorell (my gmail account). It looks cool, but I don’t have anyone to talk to. :(

  2. # mmcon 24 Aug 2005 at 2:55 pm

    Sorry. I use a Javascript to hide my e-mail address from spam harvesters, and while it’s working for me, it doesn’t seem to be working for everyone.

    I have edited the above entry, and the handle is matthew.cave at gmail.com (I’ll at least TRY to hide the e-mail address)

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