Moin Planet!
Getting added to planet was only a matter of minutes thanks to Riddell. In consequence you can enjoy -- or have to live with :-p -- occasional posts from southern Germany now. KDE related I'm currently spending most time on Kopete, so look forward to some status updates here. One of them is already there, a visual changelog for Kopete in KDE 4.1.
Many questions frequently popping up in #kopete target the notification system and its configuration, so let's repeat two of them here:
Can I configure/disable those popups?
Sure, they're configured in "Settings" => "Configure Notifications". Some fine-tuning can also be done in "Settings" => "Configure" (like disabling animations or having chat windows open automatically).
I don't like the popup position! Can I have the yellow bubble back?
Nope, it's gone for good. For KDE 4.0, some bugs crept in that made it behave rather intrusive at times, but they're fixed now. Additionally, a promising Notify plasmoid is in the works that can fully replace the popup announcements. Besides stacking up notifications at the place where you want them to pop up, it'll add the usual plasma eye-candy and therefore quickly outreach that old yellow bubble.
Last not least: 
July 11th, 2008 - 00:11
Nice to see that kopete gets additional attention!
Kopete is great. Though, my biggest issue is, that it’s not possible to use a proxy with kopete. I know, this is something that has to be fixed in kdelibs for 4.2? Or is there another plan for kopete and proxies?
July 11th, 2008 - 00:24
Yes, global proxy support in KDE is the way to go. I think there was some activity on it recently, not sure how it turned out though.
July 11th, 2008 - 09:48
Great! A blog which covers kopete: I anticipated it badly on the planet