http://quadpoint.org/articles/irssi/
and
http://www.antonfagerberg.com/archive/my-perfect-irssi-setup/
should get you started
I am using auto away and hilight
this does send push away_messages to iOS
http://clockwork.fr/2012/04/push-irssi-away-messages-to-your-iphone/
however the push service cost $$$ and bittlbee is not what I want…
http://www.bitlbee.org
basically something that should trigger my pebble would be nice :)
like this:
https://irssinotifier.appspot.com/
now I only need an android phone

alternative for @work:
In irssi:
/set bell_beeps on
/set beep_msg_level MSGS NOTICES DCC DCCMSGS HILIGHT

And in putty:
Go to Terminal -> Bell in the settings, and set “Taskbar/caption indication on bell” to Flashing or Steady (whichever you prefer).

last thing: in screen session housing irssi: Ctrl-A > Ctrl-G (enable audible bell!)

then chose > flashing window or system sound

this is till I have an android phone

URL logger to mysql? > irssi_url_logger