[Glastonbury] yucky communication modes

[Andrew M.A. Cater]

On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 09:44:40PM -0000, Sean Miller wrote:
> > Sorry folks.  The idea of poncing around behind a silly name and
> > indulging in the chat techniques of 14 year old schoolgirls really isn't
> > my bag.
> 
> Interesting perspective on IM
> 
IRC is the only sensible way to play - and even then it gets very silly.

I'm (almost) with Martin on this one, but can occasionally be found
on #debian-uk or #debian-devel on irc.oftc.org as AndyCater - using a 
text only client.

IRC does tend to get confusing when you're on three channels at once
but is otherwise extremely logical and relatively high S/N if you're on
the right channels.

I see no obvious reason to associate myself with AOL/MSN/Yahoo/Hotmail
type stuff - that's all for Windows users and I no longer really fit
the mould :(

HTH,

Andy

> 
> Sure beats e-mail.... I can log on at 8am in the morning and pretty much
> *know* that I can have a realtime conversation with people who can make
> decisions for me.
> 

write and talk also work :)  If you have an account on your colleagues
Linux box then an rwall also works fairly well :)

> My Mensa newsletter would not get published on time, take it from me, if I
> did not have IM contact with the important people. When you have about 36
> hours to turn a newsletter from idea into reality you *need* that instant
> contact.
How much content / markup?  I used to originate/edit/copy type up a four 
or eight A4 page newsletter using MS Word on a machine with no mouse 
and text shortcuts and then photocopy and manually collate 320 
copies and envelope them.  That shouldn't take longer than about 10 hours 
overall. 

[Before you ask, we didn't have a laser printer but had been 
given a surplus copier - my co-worker was deaf-blind so couldn't 
collate them in order. 

When I were younger it were uphill both ways to school and we had to 
walk 15 miles barefoot in the snow etc. etc. ...]

Andy