[Olpc-uk] OLPC Meetings

[Emma Duke-Williams]

2009/5/6 Christoph Derndorfer <e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at>:
>>>
>> I also believe that an irc meeting is fine for the more technical
>> aspect of olpc-uk but probably not so much for the non technical side.
>
> I second that. Especially for the "Beginning Phase" face-to-face
> meetings are extremely important IMHO.
>
And I'd third that ... even though I can't always get to London. I'm
not that familiar with IRC, though I do know that I find the ability
to know when someone else is writing (as MSN lets you know) useful -
as I've found that online chat can get very disjointed, so at least if
you know "x" is writing, (especially if "x" hasn't contributed much so
far) - it's worthwhile waiting for their comment, rather than just
answering another one - to follow the thread of a discussion.
Face to face, people tend to interrupt less, so more of a single flow
of conversation, not several interlinking/ disjointed ones. (unless
there are only a 2-4 people in the chat)

Emma

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