04/29/2004 Meeting Notes
Posted by j, 4/29/04 at 7:07:44 PM.
2004/04/29 Meeting notes
These notes are a best effort.
Blog your corrections and commentary.
Attendees:
- JM: Jay McCarthy
- v: Vernica
- SR: Shimon Rura
- WK: Wendy Koslow
- RH: Rick Heller
- LW: Lisa Williams
- JA: Josh Ain
- BS: Bob Stepno
- MM: Matt May
- CJ: Critt Jarvis
- TL: Tara Liloia
- JN: John Norvell
- j: j Baumgart
There will be no Webcast.
Notes:
- RH: journalism lessons for bloggers
- LW: “When I do journalism posts, I label them.”
- blogs lack visual cues. This is problematic for many readers.
- Frassle fan #1 JA talked about some of the features of Frassle that distinguish when someone is quoting someone else and when someone is writing their own text.
- LW: What should we do with the group?
- RH: Are we meeting in the summer?
- JM: Can’t until July
- SR: Sure
- WK: no reason not to meet
- LW: blogging the convention?
- Should we evangelize the group? Or let people who feel an urge to blog blog?
- SR: We need to evangelize the group
- Talk about programming blogs
- What can be done with the software
- Feedback from users
- LW: Overarching project to focus the blog could be good.
- Tips about blogging could be nice
- Group blog, especially for helps and tips
- j: that’s part of this blog’s purpose
- JM: wiki might work better
- RH: second
- LW: How difficult is it to create a wiki?
- JN: I have one for my class (requires logon)
- It’s not the greatest thing because it doesn’t thread content
- BS: “The good thing about A-list parties is that the ‘A’ can mean ‘avoid.'”
- sending e-mails to the list is the best bet
- Look for the red and yellow restaurant on the same side of the street as the Middle East
