Re: irc Re: [seul-edu] Occasional re-announcement

[SteelHead <brk@slip.net>]

As well as being underutilized, it is a great way to learn of things you have only seen from the
corner of your eye.  There is a  fine sense of community that comes from the folks on irc
channels that are not over-run with the manic gossip-mongers.  a final bonus, you can bounce
random ideas at 3 am local time, and usually find someone around before the creativty fades into
sleep.

my 2pfennig

bill
(nice to see you again Hilare)

Hilaire Fernandes wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:01:14 -0400
> jeremy hunsinger <jhuns@vt.edu> wrote:
>
> jeremy> I actually agree.  I think that irc is underutilized in this area and
> jeremy> could posit a line of development in which irc could could tied more
> jeremy> directly into development efforts by implementing a shared window.
> jeremy> Imagine xtreme programming via an irc shared window, switching back and
> jeremy> forth from chat to a dev environment, mmmm the possibilities.
>
> These things are already happenning, for example in Gnome IRC and for sure
> in other ones. IRC is also useful to conduct meeting with people at differnent geographic
> location, however it is not good at all to transmit the 'gestuel' - informations
> transmitted by all your body - you have on a face to face meeting. However the good point
> with IRC is that all people fell equal, and even the timid people can express themselves more
> easily.
>
> Hilaire
>
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