Chat Room Abbreviations & Question Re Chat & Blog Company Pkgs

07-07-2004, 05:06 AM

Abbreviation

Definition

AFK

Away From Keyboard

A/S/L

Age/Sex/Location

ASAP

As Soon As Possible

AKA

Also Known As

B4

Before

BAK

Back At Keyboard

BBL

Be Back Later

BRB

Be Right Back

BTW

By The Way

CUS

See You Soon

CYA

See Ya

EMSG

Email Message

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

FWIW

For What It's Worth

FYI

For Your Information

GAL

Get A Life

GMTA

Great Minds Think Alike

HUA

Head Up Ass

IAE

In Any Event

ICN

I See Now

IMHO

In My Honest/Humble Opinion

IOW

In Other Words

J2LUK

Just To Let You Know

JASE

Just Another System Error

J/K

Just Kidding / Joking

JMO

Just My Opinion

L8R

Later

LMAO

Laughing My Ass Off

LOL

Laugh/ing Out Loud

LTNS

Long Time No See

MSG

Message

NOYFB

None Of Your F#%king Business

OIC

Oh, I See

OTOH

On The Other Hand

P2P

Person To Person (Chat)

PIA

Pain In the Ass

PMSG

Private Message

PMFJI

Pardon Me For Jumping In

QT

Cutie

ROFL

Rolling On the Floor Laughing

ROFLMAO

ROFL My Ass Off

SNERT

Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude Teen

TILII

Tell It Like It Is

TTFN

Ta-Ta For Now

TTYL

Talk To You Later

WAG

Wild Ass Guess

WB

Welcome Back

Dear Bros & Sisters of Amma,

Forgive me for including this list.....but I must have been in a hole
when email was created.

I found this absolutely amazing language (see list above of
abbreviations) that seem to be somewhat universal for email etiquette.
So....it answered many of my personal questions...like the use of LOL,
which I had assumed meant lots of laughs....only to find that it meant
laughing out loud. I was too embarrassed to ask all of my brothers and
sisters what some of their abbreviations meant.

Amma has created a perfect position for me at the University assisting
Marketing and Art Directors. I was being offered full time , but due
to health limitations, I could only accept part time....and they (Amma
really) created a special projects position that will allow me much
creativity and I will not get bored. This is a stellar and professional
office that I am proud to be affiliated with.

My first assignment was to research online chat s for Higher Ed
environments.....so....I chuckled (knowing Amma was getting her two
sense in by letting me know I had some knowledge of what I was being
assigned yesterday)...as the director has never been involved in an
online chat room and Amma had me in training, thanks to all of you.

So my question to all my super geeky and computer geniuses out there in
Amma's Ciber world.......do you know of any companies who sell packages
to institutions of higher education, for the purpose of online chat,
blogs, etc. for use with student email communications.

I am looking for a high quality vendor, with experience, who might have
resources and demos for our management team to experience. Also,
included in a package offer would be the ability to create links to
major web sites, especially for the purpose of using after professional
presentations, academic lectures, visiting scholar , etc. I am working
with our reference librarians, academic educators and university
computer services....and of course, googling.....

Thanks so very much for your time. Possibly Amma has one of her children
who owns this type of business ....and then I would be proud to place
them on my high recommendation list for the directors.

ONS,

Amritavarshini

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07-07-2004, 05:57 AM

Dear Amritavarshini,

Blogger (now owned by Google and can be found at Blogger.com) sells
blog packages for business/corporate use.

I also know that Yahoo! Messenger offers a business option, however I
haven't used it myself so I can't attest to its greatness or lack
thereof.

Are you looking for an online classroom-type of all-encompassing
application/package?

Proud of her geekiness,
Erica

07-07-2004, 06:58 AM

We use Sametime from IBM for Instant Messaging(online chat) in our
corporate environment and it's compatible with AOL's AIM.

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:57:45 -0000, Erica wrote:
> Dear Amritavarshini,
>
> Blogger (now owned by Google and can be found at Blogger.com) sells
> blog packages for business/corporate use.
>
> I also know that Yahoo! Messenger offers a business option, however I
> haven't used it myself so I can't attest to its greatness or lack
> thereof.
>
> Are you looking for an online classroom-type of all-encompassing
> application/package?
>
> Proud of her geekiness,
> Erica
>
>
>
>
>
> Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

07-07-2004, 07:24 AM

Dear Niseema (Erica), Your High Geekness,

***Thanks for your fast reply.

Blogger (now owned by Google and can be found at Blogger.com) sells
blog packages for business/corporate use.

***Great news, I had not discovered if Blog was a company, a
product....a reference librarian suggested that I do searches with the
term blog...(something like a diary, I was told).

I also know that Yahoo! Messenger offers a business option, however I
haven't used it myself so I can't attest to its greatness or lack
thereof.

***Yes, thank you...was working on Yahoo this morning...very broad.

Are you looking for an online classroom-type of all-encompassing
application/package?

***Not sure ....I am not a techy...just the inquisitor..so I am running
into vocabulary issues..... online classroom....?

The university is currently using an online chat for the Admissions
Dept..and the Marketing Director for the entire university is wanting to
expand the use to all student and faculty discussion and online
communications. Therefore we would open up a new topic after huge
international lectures on campus, like when Gloria Steinhem was here and
she spoke for 2 hours...and we all were buzzing to talk more about her
speech...and it would have been great to have a chat to go to with
everyones opinions....there was much interaction and her speech...and it
got many individuals involved and thinking and processing. We are also
planning to use this email for individuals who have interest in learning
about certain topics, films shown on campus.

I guess, "all encompassing package"...yes, and it must meet the criteria
of being linked to the main gateway website...which supplies all 8
campuses across the state.

Proud of her geekiness,
Erica

Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!
Yahoo! Groups Links

07-07-2004, 07:25 AM

Namaste, Girish,
Thank you so much for the quick response.
Blessings
Amritavarshini

-----Original Message-----
From: Girish [mailto:girishsv@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 11:59 AM
To: ammachi (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
Subject: Re: [Ammachi] Re: Chat Room Abbreviations & Question Re Chat &
Blog Company Pkgs

We use Sametime from IBM for Instant Messaging(online chat) in our
corporate environment and it's compatible with AOL's AIM.

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:57:45 -0000, Erica
wrote:
> Dear Amritavarshini,
>
> Blogger (now owned by Google and can be found at Blogger.com) sells
> blog packages for business/corporate use.
>
> I also know that Yahoo! Messenger offers a business option, however I
> haven't used it myself so I can't attest to its greatness or lack
> thereof.
>
> Are you looking for an online classroom-type of all-encompassing
> application/package?
>
> Proud of her geekiness,
> Erica
>
>
>
>
>
> Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!
Yahoo! Groups Links