FP Chat Room

[Laura Brody]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:45:51 -0500, Matthew Williams <matthew.d.williams at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just recently hopped on the list so I'm not sure how many
> suggestions have been tossed up in the air.  I made a quick attempt at
> running that iVocalize client on a machine here at work just to check
> it out and couldn't get it to run (windows 98 machine), i'm sure I
> would have no problem on one of the XP boxes.
>
	I installed the client on my win98 laptop last week. I
used Internet Exploder as my browser rather than my usual choice
of Opera - just to keep problems to a mimimum. Once I adjusted
my microphone & speaker volume levels and got the kids to clam up,
I had no problems.

> However, would setting up a IRC chat room be more structured?  I've
> seen lectures and Q&A sessions held quite well on IRC, not to mention
> it could be logged for those who cannot make it as well as there are
> clients available for anything and everything, heck, my PDA (Zaurus
> SL-5500) has many IRC client options!

	I think that just working on a topic rather than just
winging it would have made the meeting more structured. Typing
takes time, even for those of us who type quickly. Talking is
many times faster no matter how you slice it (unless you
stutter like Mel Tillis - in that case, sing your questions
or stick to typing ;-)   ).

	Ken & I will visit the fP Room during the week, but we
have no set schedule. We will both be there on Tuesday night
at 9PM EST, on January 18th to answer filePro questions.

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Laura Brody, Publisher of the filePro Developer's Journal
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