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@ucdavis.edu] Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 5:52 PM To: Mathieu Bouchard Cc: pd-list@iem.kug.ac.at Subject: Re: [PD] irc
this IRC business requires people to know how to useIRC/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 bestoption 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'dprobably want to create a buddy folder for Pd folks. it's extremely simple; if you can use pd you can definitely use instant messenger.
scottOn 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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