[Coco] CoCo Talk #7 "For Beginners" Saturday, May 6th @ 2:00 PM EST

[Michael Brant]

Jim, I think I remember someone asking for some info to help out those who
are newbies. I definitely hope that Stevie continues with the tech talk on
other CoCoTalk sessions.

On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 10:10 PM, RETRO Innovations <go4retro at go4retro.com>
wrote:

> On 5/5/2017 8:48 PM, Steve Strowbridge wrote:
>
>> CoCo Talk #7 will be dedicated to newbies and beginners with the Tandy
>> Color Computer, we will try and void "highly technical" talk as much as
>> possible :)
>>
> I thought #6 was the non-technical talk? :-)
>
> Is there a concern you're trying to address?  Is it that people have asked
> you to tone down the tech, or is there a desire to create more variety in
> topics?  Do tech discussions not work well in the format?  Is there a cycle
> of topic detail and this is the month for these talks, whereas another
> month with be more technical?
>
> I ask because these notifications imply that the tech folks are not as
> welcome in the discussions, or that they are continuing to disrupt the
> discussions previously held.
>
> Perhaps it might be worthwhile to put more clarity in place?  If the goal
> is to rotate between tech and non tech, that's fine.  If the goal is to
> focus on non-tech, that's probably OK, but where do the tech folks go for
> their weekly dose of this?  If the discussions always end up technical,
> even when the host tries to steer away from that, why does that happen?  Is
> there something that needs to be done?
>
> I know, probably deeper than most folks care about, but as a "technical"
> person, the note about #6 and this #7 catering to the non technical crowd
> raised my eyebrows.
>
> Jim
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