(Want to send me encrypted e-mail for added security? My PGP public key is here.)
I prefer Jabber/XMPP for IMing and IRC for chatting, but I also have AIM, Yahoo, MSN/WLM/.NET, and ICQ for those of you who don't have and refuse to get an XMPP account somewhere.
Please note: If you have a Gmail account, you have an XMPP account. Google Talk, the chat thing that you can use in Gmail, is XMPP. Also, if you have a Livejournal, you have an XMPP account. You just need a client that can handle XMPP! I recommend Pidgin for Windows and Adium for Macs. Linux users likely already have a favourite - if not, again, I recommend Pidgin.
If you don't have an XMPP account anywhere and you want one, get yourself a client and then just log in, telling the client that your server/domain is jabber.org, and picking whatever username you want. Your client will automatically create the account.
AIM:
Jabber/XMPP:
IRC:
.NET (often known colloquially as MSN or Windows Live Messenger):
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