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I ran into a company who had a great idea of how to enhance instant message (http://www.thoughtslinger.com/).  They took the concept of contacts, presence, and chat and incorporated into a word processor.  This way users can write a document using a common word processor interface, but can get the benefit of an instant messenger.  The value proposition they propose is that now a team of people can write a document in real time and keep track of each other’s changes.   

 The program still appears to be in its beta stages.  Some additional features it should include before I could really use this:

1.  Program Stability - The program froze on me.  I was using a MacBook Pro
2. Email Invite - I would like to invite people that are not in your database.  Allow me to enter an email address and you send out the email.
3. Open Social Integration - Think about integrating with open social and leveraging my existing network.  
4. Instant Message Tool Integration - It would be great for you to integrate with an existing instant messaging tool so I can use my existing contacts.
5. Drag and Drop Page Content - I would like to drag and drop content on the page to organize my document.  This should be very easy to do and intuit.  

I look forward to seeing how this tool evolves.  Best of luck Thought Slinger