Instant messaging isn't just a new technology, it's also a new language.
Internet communities might provide similar support, but it often wouldn't be nearly as instant, and the lack of a face-to-face presence might make it harder for people to feel motivated enough to really craft their work.
She took only a small knapsack containing her satellite computer, some granola bars and a jar of instant coffee she said she couldn't live without.
But a durable peace agreement can't be rapidly manufactured like an instant, made-for-TV movie.
He came to Baker because he had a friend there, and despite near-instant success, scouts weren't convinced.
Most American buyers don't get exactly what they want but they do get instant gratification--they drive a car away immediately after deciding to buy it.
Other IM programs don't require that--users of AOL Instant Messenger, for instance, might have a totally different IM name than their e-mail address, or might not even have an AOL account at all.
Give the Arnage T some gas, swing out to pass and, in an instant, it will charge forward in a fluid surge, hitting 90 mph in seconds.
The first meeting between the two schools was an instant classic, a one-possession game in the final 30 seconds even though South Carolina didn't score again after Ashley Bruner's bucket with 2:52 left tied it at 69.
In an instant-response, social media era in which the slightest provocation and merits a reply, it doesn't react to campaigns or even polite queries.
You can't completely pigeonhole Skype when it serves both as a partial substitute for traditional phone service and an instant messaging service with voice and video on top.
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