Skype

I used Skype for the first time yesterday and tried a number of things.

Text

The IM side of Skype works likes the other IM's I have used. My first chat was text based.

SkypeOut

I used SkypeOut to call my parents on their "landline" phone. The call was free due to a Skype promotion.

The sound was great but there was a slight delay in communication so we had to adapt. It reminded me of using radiophones and saying "over" at the end of each response.

I wondered if this was because of the distance called but a friend said it happened when he tested Skype by calling his own number and talking with a family member.

The frustrating part of the conversation was getting everyone to adapt to the delay. I will experiment more with SkypeOut

Skype To Skype

Talking to another person using Skype is a breeze. My third session was a conversation with one of my blogfriends. It was nice and it was just like talking on the phone. (Gee, that's two blogfriends in two days.) :)

Thoughts

I find voice to be a nice way to communicate online. I have to set time aside for it though because it can be distracting. I will use Skype again.