Instant Messaging at work

There was an interesting article on Lifehacker.com today about instant messaging at work. In my experience at work, only the techies have IM applications running on their desktop. I could see this as a nice addition to the workplace. It would be an easy way to keep in touch and see the availability of colleagues in the office and around campus.

UPDATE: Since writing this we've adopted google talk in our office. The only problem I'm finding is getting everyone to buy into it's usefulness. A majority of the staff either, don't use it, or still use e-mail as their main method of communication.