-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 22 October 2002 10:15, Jimen Ching wrote: > If you work on a large project, it helps a lot to have lots of > face-to-face time. Development moves a lot faster with face-to-face > communication than with email or IRC. Of course, I never did like IRC > that much. I prefer ytalk. Ytalk sends your keypresses to the recipient > as you type it. IRC and other instant messaging protocols are line > oriented. It only sends text after you hit enter or something. Ytalk > also gives you the same multi-user chat capability. Though after about 5 > to 7 people, you run out of space to display everyone's text.
Ah that reminds me of the bbs days. Playing a game of tradewars and the sysop would drop you into icechat. I agree, that way is better. > Another advantage for having a group is in brainstorming sessions. You > can throw out an idea and have instant feedback. Using email requires > lots of preparation. IRC helps a little. But trying to explain things > with IM is really annoying. Maybe it's just me. Very true. But until Hawaii gets some serious Java open source developers, that is how it will be for me :) Don -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBPbjZfAnBihDjfaO+EQIo1gCgluFhNZu2fST2CaEcVL6Mw33FNz4AoObu SNWw5Li9S2b1Y+yuwXx54ERT =nSyX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
