Dear all: An online forum has been opened to allow for praticioners that had not come to Berlin to keep in touch. For the time being it is still open, and I wonder if there it is not a problem to have this list and that forum to discuss the same subjects. In a short time I suspect that we can have two different virtual communities one in each of those spaces.
I have contributed to both spaces, but I prefer OSLIST for the following reasons: - I receive each message in my mailbox, without having to remember to go to the site and check every thread for new messages. - I can organise my mailbox, and reorganise it in many ways (by thread, by author, by date, etc) and, if it is needed, the messages are also on-line. - Different threads being the "equivalent" of different rooms, we all can be in all rooms at the same time maximising cross-pollination between threads. - As local telephone calls have to be paid in Europe, it is much cheaper to connect to receive the messages, answer off-line and then connect again to send them (except if you one happens to have a permanent connection or when one is searching the net). - Messages tend to be shorter online and some times a longer message is needed; and for longer messages I prefer to print them and read on paper than on the screen. I think the product used in the on-line forum is great, especially if we are running two parallel sessions (and we have many computers in each of the sites...) or for the purpose that we have used it during the Berlin meeting, but for an ongoing dialogue I prefer the mailing list. With the two simultaneous spaces I begin to get confused :-( And the flow of messages here is less than usual (but that can have other reasons). I would like to know what others think on that. Maybe there is an easy way to manage that confusion that I am not aware of? Regards Artur * * ========================================================== [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected] Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== [email protected] To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
