So I know this guy who graduated from UVM a couple years ago and has since moved to San Francisco to work in a bio-medical research lab. More specifically, he studies the effects of rubbing chili paste on peoples arms...

Today, he sent me a very interesting Instant Message via iChat that I think has a great applications to Higher Education.

He was set to interview for Medical Schools, via Video Conference! The reason he contacted me, was that I use the "same internet" as the people who would be interviewing him from UVM. Granted this may be more exciting to me than for you, one has to realize the potential that this free technology can offer us! Imagine, instead of using Horizon Live or some other video conferencing service, a professor teaches their class infront of an iSight or similar device, a student has a question and is able to then join that conference via video to ask it! Maybe you apply to a job out in California from Vermont and the company really wants to meet you, but doesn't want to fly you out. Just hook up the old internet camera and make magic! True, the hardware is not free, nor does iChat support more than 4 or 5 users on even the best machine - but as soon as you realize the limitations of software/hardware, you begin to see improvements.

So there you have it, evidence of iChat being used for interviewing at UVM.....