Like to learn a few Skype chat commands. Just type in "/help" the next time you are in a chat session. Skype displays a set of available commands:

/add
/help
/topic
/me
/history
/find
/fa or /
/leave
/alertson [text to match]
/alertsoff

/alertson is one of the more interesting. It will activate a bubble alert for any word(s) you associate with it. Useful in long multi-chats where you may just be searching or waiting for a particular topic to come up.