Discussion board messages are to the site, and can only be retrieved while accessing that particular web page. Odigo is closer to ICQ in function and spirit. In fact, it even allows users to import their ICQ buddies and receive and respond to ICQ instant messages. Odigo is presented in a multimedia environment that conveys a sense of fun and play. To take advantage of either system, users need to download the software and encourage their coworkers and coplayers to download the software as well.
Cahoots accomplishes the same objective with scrollable lists of current users and popular websites.
Both demonstrate the kinds of innovation we can come to expect from the combinations and permutations of multi-mediated communication. Sloan School of Management give us another tool for understanding the nature of multi-mediation. There are many forms of communication genres. As we explore the nature of CoWorking, we find ourselves continually inventing new communication genre systems. We start a dialog in email and then decide we need use instant messaging, too.