I too prefer asynchronous communication. I often find being available online all day a distraction, esp. when i’m trying to concentrate on certain things (Corinthia related or otherwise) - the saying goes that every interruption costs 15 minutes of productivity, or something like that.
I’m often on Skype (id: pmkelly2) when I’m not doing anything that requires intense concentration, but I’m not enthusiastic about having to keep an IRC channel open, and I even close my email usually when I’m working. Having said that, I try to respond to (important) messages reasonably quickly. And I’m happy to come on IRC (or any other real-time communication mechanism) at pre-arranged times for meetings - in fact I think these are quite valuable. Perhaps we could organise a google hangout every fortnight or so. — Dr Peter M. Kelly [email protected] PGP key: http://www.kellypmk.net/pgp-key <http://www.kellypmk.net/pgp-key> (fingerprint 5435 6718 59F0 DD1F BFA0 5E46 2523 BAA1 44AE 2966) > On 23 Dec 2014, at 11:51 pm, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Concerning the desirability of maintaining an open IRC channel. > > My cyber-worklife is organized around e-mail and asynchronous communication > over mailing lists, blogs, and wikis. I do not keep any messaging > application open on my desktop and definitely not on mobile devices. (I'm > not really a "phone person" and use SMS as much as voice.) > > I use Skype and Google Hangout+ for text/tele/video-conferencing. These are > mainly scheduled events, not spontaneous and not for Apache Project purposes. > > I do have some regularly scheduled teleconferences, but I have ceased > participating on ones that, because of their international character, are at > times that work badly for someone whose civil time is at UTC-0800 and whose > working language is under the handicap of native en-US. > > I'm not objecting to the use of IRC. It is simply not anything I partake in. > > > I am also wary of IRC on a podling, and certainly among PPMC members, until > the process of working in public is well-established. I have no opinion on > its use for personal communications among project members. > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: jan i [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 02:56 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Apache Corinthia website is up and running > > On 23 December 2014 at 11:31, Daniel Gruno <[email protected]> wrote: > [ ... ] >> Shouldn't we also put our IRC channel on the web site? >> > > The IRC channel was a very fast decision. Not saying it was a bad decision, > it was not, but before promoting it, I would like to hear more opinions. > > I have no problem with having a IRC channel, provided someone is prepared > to hang in there...an empty channel or non-responsive channel is for me not > a good sign. > > Personally I use google hangout/skype/hipchat a lot more and do not have > IRC started 24/7. But that is just my view, how do the community feel ? > > rgds > jan i. > > > [ ... ] >
