[PD] irc

Mark Danks mdanks at Stormfront.com
Tue Aug 27 02:57:39 CEST 2002


  The problem with IM/ICQ is that it is generally one-to-one, where as IRC
is one-to-many.  We use IRC at work for my programming staff and it is
great, since people just monitor the questions which go by.

  Of course, the mailing list allows for easier archival and I know that
most people just plain prefer it.  I have found IRC useful when you need
extremely quick answers and everyone is on the channel.

Later, Mark

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. Scott Hildebrand [mailto:jshildebrand at ucdavis.edu]
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 5:52 PM
> To: Mathieu Bouchard
> Cc: pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at
> Subject: Re: [PD] irc
> 
> 
> 
>       this IRC business requires people to know how to use 
> IRC/MIRC, and
> also go through the trouble of opening up the software and 
> getting into
> the right channel. to tell you the truth it might be 
> difficult for me to
> do. i've used IRC before but i don't think it's a very 
> efficient medium
> for the Pd userbase.
> 
>       how about IM or ICQ? i think that aol IM is the best 
> option because
> it's easy for anybody to use on any machine with a 
> java-enabled browser.
> however i've had some trouble using it in mozilla so i use it 
> in netscape.
> of course you can always install the software.
> 
>                    http://www.aim.com/other/quick_buddy.adp
> 
>       all you need to do is register a screen name, and then you'd
> probably want to create a buddy folder for Pd folks. it's extremely
> simple; if you can use pd you can definitely use instant messenger.
> 
>                         scott
> 
> 
> On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
> 
> >
> > i've just visited DalNet's #puredata and stayed there for a
> > while. There was only one user...
> >
> > ... and it was me.
> >
> > i invite puredata users to come join us on 
> IRC.FreeNode.Net, where there
> > are 1-5 users depending on the time of the day.
> >
> > ________________________________________________________________
> > Mathieu Bouchard                       http://artengine.ca/matju
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