Kickass Video Chatting

(The original title of this entry was going to be "Videoconferencing for the Rest of Us," but "kickass" seems to be the 2003 version of "for the rest of us". Also, "videoconferencing" seems to imply business use, so I prefer the term "video chat".)

I had my first real video chats using iSight and iChat AV today. I talked to Jason from his office at Apple, and Andrew from his apartment in California. Everything worked spectacularly. I just clicked the video camera icon next to their names, waited a few seconds for them to accept the chat, and away it went. Audio and video quality was excellent. I think Apple possibly has a real hit on their hands, especially if they can get iSight under $100 by the end of the year.