[arg_discuss] Weekly Informal IRC Chats

[Gupfee]

Why is this option better than IRC on chat-sol?

Marie

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Wendy Despain <wendeth at wendydespain.com>wrote:


> One of the members of the Writing SIG set up this chat room:

> http://chat.zakelro.com/

>

> The Writers use it on rare occasions, and would be happy to share.

>

> Wendy Despain

> quantumcontent.com

>

>

> On Mon, August 18, 2008 11:40 am, Andrea Phillips wrote:

> > After the official SIG chat last night, which mainly dealt with Moo

> > cards, a few people expressed disappointment that there wasn't time to

> > just talk about stuff that's on our minds. While there is

> > off-the-record time to just chat after the agenda items are done, this

> > is a real, valid problem. So!

> >

> > I propose a rotating weekly chat on IRC (...or actually, Wendy has

> > said she has a better platform, if she'll speak up?) This time would

> > be good for the "Well, how do you price out your proposals?" and "How

> > much are you charging for X?" and "Say, what's the best freemail

> > provider for Y?" and "Which blogging platform has been the most

> > secure?" and "My GOD did you see what io9 said this time?!" kinds of

> > discussions that a lot of people want to have, but not so many people

> > want to have recorded.

> >

> > We could time-shift this chat to start three hours later every time,

> > to try to make it convenient for people around the globe. (Actually,

> > there's no reason we can't keep a chat open all the time, and just

> > remind people it's there every now and again. :) Not sure if weekdays

> > or weekends work better for more people, though.

> >

> > I arbitrarily say that the first of these informal chats will begin

> > Thursday Aug. 21, at noon Eastern US time. That's 9am/09:00 on the

> > West Coast, 5pm/17:00 in Britain, and 2am/02:00 in Sydney. (Sorry,

> > Christy...)

> >

> > If you miss it, there's another one next week... but these transcripts

> > will NOT be posted to the list, to allow people a little more latitude

> > in what they say.

> >

> > Pending a better idea than IRC for the chat, I'll post join

> > instructions again on Wednesday sometime.

> >

> > --

> > Andrea Phillips

> > http://www.deusexmachinatio.com

> > Words * Culture * Interaction

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> Wendy Despain

> quantumcontent.com

>

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