[guruz]

If you (still) think a IRC bouncer is a good tool then you'd be surprised by something like quassel :)

http://quassel-irc.org/

[nuclear_eclipse]

I actually looked into Quassel a while back, and although it looks interesting, the biggest issue I had with it was the apparent inability to mix existing IRC clients into a Quassel setup, not to mention it lacks a unified set of notifications.

With ZNC on my server, I can connect any standard IRC client to it, whether its Irssi or Weechat running in screen on my server, Xchat on my desktop machines, or AndChat on my phone. I also receive only a single push notification to my phone when I get mentioned or PMed, and can literally connect from anywhere to respond.