On Tuesday, December 23, 2014, Peter Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. +1 to a google hangout, maybe not at fixed schedules but when we have themes......that way we can make an invitation based in a agenda and each of us can decide if we find it interesting. rgds jan i > > — > Dr Peter M. Kelly > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > 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] > <javascript:;>> 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] <javascript:;>] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 02:56 > > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > Subject: Re: Apache Corinthia website is up and running > > > > On 23 December 2014 at 11:31, Daniel Gruno <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> 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. > > > > > > [ ... ] > > > > -- Sent from My iPad, sorry for any misspellings.
