This Old Group

It is ironic that this 43 Folders group is still more active
than the
other one; Merlin was considering shutting this one down
back in Jan.
'06, when he started this (http://board.43folders.co
m/)

I'm glad he didn't; Google groups reminds of the simplicity
found in
Apple products.


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Email is still easier than any board forum software, this is
as true 
today as it was back in 87.

db wrote:
> It is ironic that this 43 Folders group is still more
active than the
> other one; Merlin was considering shutting this one
down back in Jan.
> '06, when he started this (http://board.43folders.co
m/)
>
> I'm glad he didn't; Google groups reminds of the
simplicity found in
> Apple products.
>
>
> >
>
>   


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On Jun 5, 2007, at 6:36 AM, db wrote:

>
> It is ironic that this 43 Folders group is still more
active than the
> other one; Merlin was considering shutting this one
down back in Jan.
> '06, when he started this (http://board.43folders.co
m/)
>
> I'm glad he didn't; Google groups reminds of the
simplicity found in
> Apple products.

I hate message boards/forums.  I prefer to do this in
email.

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On 6/5/07, John Mayson <johnmayson.us> wrote:
>
> On Jun 5, 2007, at 6:36 AM, db wrote:

> > I'm glad he didn't; Google groups reminds of the
simplicity found in
> > Apple products.
>
> I hate message boards/forums.  I prefer to do this in
email.

I'm on a couple of software development groups, and the
preferred
medium there is newsgroups!  That surprised me, because to
me, email
is a killer.  I checkout the DavidCo forums, but even now
usually only
when the RSS alerts me.  Web forums bad, email good.

Richard

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On Tuesday 05 June 2007, Stelian Iancu wrote:
> Yeah, and since it behaves like a mailing list

    It *is* a mailing list.  I never go to the Google site
to read this, it's 
just another L- mailbox in my mail client of choice.

    I hate and despise web forums.  I'd give them a go if
they supported some 
sort of offline reader a la the BBS era readers.  Basically,
I want to zip 
through messages.  Maybe a good RSS feed would work, but
mailing lists are 
already a known and mature tech that fits the bill.


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On 6/5/07, Evan Edwards <jabberwokkygmail.com> wrote:
>     I hate and despise web forums.  I'd give them a go
if they supported some
> sort of offline reader a la the BBS era readers. 
Basically, I want to zip
> through messages.  Maybe a good RSS feed would work,
but mailing lists are
> already a known and mature tech that fits the bill.

I'm exactly like that.  As I said when Pointcast was a
"new and
exciting" product: Email is all the push I need.  RSS
are finally
getting to places where they're almost usable, but I'd still
like them
to be autonomous enough to be taken online.  The
applications aren't
done (to my mind) before I can take my laptop on a plane and
continue
to read and write offline.

Or, put shortly: Forums suck.


 Konrad

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I have been in training the last two days with eight other
folks.  We 
are making up a group hand-picked by our CEO to lead change
in the 
business.  While I and another senior manager were flattered
to be there 
on the strength of our long experience, all the others are
bright young 
MBA, PMI and grad program folks with hugh potential.

After discussing how often we'd meet face to face and the
style of those 
meetings, the facilitor prompted us to think how we might
communicate 
and track trains of thought quietly amongst ourselves
inbetween times. 
I suggested a closed user group newsgroup.

"What's a newsgroup?" they all chorused with
quizzical looks.

While explaining that a newsgroup was liked a noticeboard of
threaded 
email conversations ("How do you mean
'threaded'?"), I realised that 
around 20 years has passed since I first used one.  Needless
to say, I 
didn't even mention other 'cutting edge' Windows 3.1
productivity apps I 
used then like WordPad, Netscape Navigator and the Card
Index app.

<sigh>

bnug

Richard Watson wrote:

> I'm on a couple of software development groups, and the
preferred
> medium there is newsgroups!  That surprised me, because
to me, email
> is a killer.  I checkout the DavidCo forums, but even
now usually only
> when the RSS alerts me.  Web forums bad, email good.
> 
> Richard
> 

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On Jun 6, 2007, at 4:33 AM, bignoseduglyguy wrote:

> I have been in training the last two days with eight
other folks.  We
> are making up a group hand-picked by our CEO to lead
change in the
> business.  While I and another senior manager were
flattered to be  
> there
> on the strength of our long experience, all the others
are bright  
> young
> MBA, PMI and grad program folks with hugh potential.
>
> After discussing how often we'd meet face to face and
the style of  
> those
> meetings, the facilitor prompted us to think how we
might communicate
> and track trains of thought quietly amongst ourselves
inbetween times.
> I suggested a closed user group newsgroup.
>
> "What's a newsgroup?" they all chorused with
quizzical looks.

Ah, yes.

This reminds me of a month or so ago, when an acquaintance
shared  
with me the revelation of a new, and exciting thing he had
found to  
download binaries, called "Youuuuu-senet."

--j

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