Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in Twitter chat series #socialmedia.   It’s been a one-hour  weekly chat on Twitter for the past 10 months  organized and hosted by Marc Meyer and Jason Breed.     The way it works is they invite a “host” to ask 3 compelling questions, 20 minutes each, that revolve around a topical subject within the business of social media, but that play to their strengths or backgrounds.

This simple hack will liberate you from the silly speech bubble that the google chatback gadget offers. You will be able to include the link in anything. Make it a tiny URL link, include it in emails, put it in your myspace, use it on your blog - in your design - whatever you want.

"A Google Talk chatback badge allows others to chat with you even if they haven't signed up for Google Talk or a Google Account. You can put the badge in your blog or website, and people who visit those pages can chat with you. The badge will display your online status (whether you're available to chat or not) and, optionally, your status message."

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PartyChat is persistent chat-rooming for Google Talk.