--- On Thu, 4/17/08, Brian Schott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Dan Bron wrote:
>
> + I really think a dependable, cohesive IRC community would
> + be a boon to J, particularly for garnering and retaining
> + new talent. But J IRC community didn't pan out.
...
> + But I think we can solve that. There have been websites
> + that serve IRC for years, but only with the advent of
> AJAX
> + have they become really useful (before AJAX, web pages
> + didn't lend themselves well as highly responsive,
> + interactive, desktop-type applications).
>
> So, I guess I am getting encouraged as I pen this
> message that if people will just set up the system on their
> computers, then if someone sets up a meeting time and a
> topic/time schedule, there might be some fun had. And then
> once enough folks get familiar with the medium, maybe other
> uses can be found for the JIRC.
I agree with Brian that it might be more participated
if there were some regular hours or topical discussions
scheduled like the NYC meeting--which I wish they could
set up a sort of net meeting to join remotely.
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