[arg_discuss] Weekly Informal IRC Chats

[David Flor]

Makes no real difference to me, I guess. I admit I'm still not 100%
sure how private or public these conversations are; it's been the
"secret cabal" as I described it for now... aren't we trying to get
away from that?

As for monthly or weekly meetings for me, it's a time consideration I
guess. I'd love to be part of all of them, but I'll have to approach
the schedule on a meeting-by-meeting basis.

And, if need be, I can provide our own meeting area under my vBulletin
forums so we can have threaded conversations, but that might defeat
the purpose of this list. :)

Tnx & Rgds...
David Flor ( dflor at dlimedia.com )
Darklight Interactive ( http://www.dlimedia.com/ )

"Omne ignotum pro magnifico"

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Wendy Despain <wendeth at wendydespain.com> wrote:

> Well, the Writing SIG uses this chat room instead of IRC for several

> reasons. You decide if they apply here or not. I'm just saying it's an

> option.

>

> 1) Compatibility. Sure, everyone can get to IRC - if they know how.

> Web interfaces are finicky and doing things the old-fashioned way

> requires some technical know-how. The chatroom requires pretty much no

> technical knowledge and thus there's a lower barrier to entry.

>

> 2) Simplified message. Instead of having to explain all the various

> ways of getting to IRC, getting to the right room, etc. all we have to

> do is distribute the URL, the date and the time (which can be

> confusing enough when working with a large group.)

>

> 3) Control of logs. Anyone can log the conversation on IRC. Only admin

> can log the conversation on the chatroom. While it's been more

> important for the Writing SIG to be able to have _reliable_ logging

> (which not all web chats have) in this case I can see where turning

> the logging off could be beneficial.

>

> 4) Control of the server. I have direct access to the guy who owns the

> server this chatroom is sitting on, so if I want changes or if

> something goes horribly wrong fixes are just a phonecall (or IM or

> email) away.

>

> So that's why we use it instead of IRC. Your mileage may vary.

>

> Wendy Despain

> quantumcontent.com

>

>

> On Mon, August 18, 2008 2:13 pm, Gupfee wrote:

>> 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

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>>>

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