If you are on a Mac, I would look into Adium [1]. It provides the multi-service functionality that you're looking for, which is probably the hardest part of the

If you are on a Mac, I would look into Adium [1]. It provides the multi-service functionality that you're looking for, which is probably the hardest part of the entire operation. Persistent logging and the ability to synchronize your edits could easily be accomplished by storing your logs in a Dropbox-synchronized folder. The logging changes that you are looking for could easily be done by modifying the Adium source code (it's an open-source project) to suit your needs. Unfortunately, this will require that you dive into the Objective-C yourself, as I do not know of any plugins that make this happen. 1: http://adium.im/ http://adium.im/