irc

bitlbee.md

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+# Bitlbee
+
+- By [[wilmer van der gaast]].
+- My go-to IM client for years, back when I was really into [[irc]] mostly.
+

eionrobb.md

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+# Eionrobb
+
+- A [[person]] on [[twitter]]: https://twitter.com/EionRobb
+- [[pidgin]] plugin developer.
+
+
+[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
+[person]: person "Person"
+[twitter]: twitter "Twitter"
+[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

irc.md

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+# Irc
+
+- Invented by [[jarkko oikarinen]].
+- A simple protocol at heart, yet extensible enough to be still going strong more than 30 years later.
+- My first taste of the "internet" (not really) came when I connected to a free account that an ISP in [[Argentina]] offered through a local number. With the free account you could only access a single website (the ISP's), and an IRC server. The IRC server had a tight community of people from around the country that were doing the same thing I was.
+  - [[satlink]].
+

jarkko-oikarinen.md

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+# Jarkko Oikarinen
+
+- A [[person]], [[programmer]]. Inventor of [[irc]].
+

journal/2020-11-18.md

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+# 2020-11-18
+
+ - [[eionrobb]] pointed out that [[pidgin]] now has support for multiple modern IM protocols: https://twitter.com/EionRobb/status/1328936735661826050

pidgin.md

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+# Pidgin
+
+- It was my go-to IM client in the early 00s, back when it was still called GAIM mostly. Then I dropped it in favour of [[bitlbee]].
+
+
+[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
+[bitlbee]: bitlbee "Bitlbee"
+[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

wilmer-van-der-gaast.md

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+# Wilmer Van Der Gaast
+
+- A [[person]] on [[twitter]]: https://twitter.com/Wilmer
+- Met him a few times face to face, in chat. He's very nice.
+
+
+[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
+[person]: person "Person"
+[twitter]: twitter "Twitter"
+[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"