We had a great time on the FreeDOS virtual get-together this morning! A lot of great conversation on several topics. I loved hearing about Bernd's math/CS class that he's teaching; we shared a lot of ideas for a DOS-based student project. I always lose track of time - I "advertise" that the meeting will be an hour, but I plan for an hour and a half .. but we went for almost two hours today. :-)
I really do like getting together on video with folks. We're more than just an email address. Would be great to have more FreeDOS developers on the next video get-together (the next one will be "technical"). As I mentioned in my earlier email, this was the last get-together that will use BlueJeans. They are shutting down the service. I used BlueJeans to provide online/remote training and workshops for my consulting business, but I haven't had a client ask for an online program in quite a while. So I'm not in a rush to buy into a new meeting platform. I'm looking into options (not looking for advice) so that means the next video call will use something new. Might not be the final platform that I choose, maybe just something to try out. Since I need time to find a new video meeting platform, I don't think we'll have a meeting in October. I'm thinking about mid-November, to avoid the US Thanksgiving weekend. I'll send a "save the date" email well in advance so we can plan ahead. Jim > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 2:35 PM Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone! > > > > I wanted to share a reminder that the next FreeDOS virtual > > get-together is THIS SUNDAY, 11am US/Central. (Use your favorite time > > zone converter to find your local time, but it's the same time we've > > been doing it.) > > > > I'll share the meeting URL here shortly before the meeting starts. > > I'll also share it on the website and on Facebook and Mastodon. > > > > We alternate topics every month, and this month's focus is Social > > Time. It's a great opportunity to get to know each other as more than > > just an email address. (We may talk about tech topics too - we always > > do - but the focus is meant to be Social Time.) > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > *Also: We've always done these virtual meetings using BlueJeans. > > However, you may have heard that Verizon/BlueJeans is retiring the > > service. Initially, they said the end date was "sometime in the first > > half of 2024" but more recently, they sent an email that they plan to > > close it down sooner than that. > > > > So this will be our last get-together using BlueJeans. We'll see what > > we use for future get-togethers (but we will still have them). _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
