Re: twitter vs identi.ca

2010-01-28 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Arc Riley arcri...@gmail.com writes: I'd like to encourage everyone to choose the free software microblogging service http://identi.ca/ Twitter is proprietary, where Status.net (which identi.ca uses) is licensed under the AGPLv3.  Most of the free software community uses identi.ca instead

Re: twitter vs identi.ca

2010-01-28 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Joshua Judson Rosen writes: I guess this means that I have to figure out a different reason to curmudge on microblogging as a whole, now Thanks a lot, Arc... ;) {curmudgeon-mode=on} You could start by pointing out that the body of Arc's email took up at least 383 characters... (-:

Re: twitter vs identi.ca

2010-01-28 Thread Arc Riley
@Kevin ah but this is email, not microblogging ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: twitter vs identi.ca

2010-01-28 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Arc Riley writes: @Kevin ah but this is email, not microblogging Yes, I know. Kind regards, --kevin -- alumni.unh.edu!kdcGod, I loved that Pontiac. http://kdc-blog.blogspot.com/ -- Tom Waits GnuPG: D87F DAD6 0291 289C EB1E 781C 9BF8 A7D8 B280 F24E

Re: twitter vs identi.ca

2010-01-28 Thread Ralph A. Mack
One intriguing characteristic of short messages is that it forces non-live discussion into a give-and-take mode resembling live conversation rather than the lecture-followed-by-qa mode characteristic of blogs and most email. I've been playing with the notion of writing a plugin for Firefox or

Linux usable Live Meeting - like or Webex-like online collaboration

2010-01-28 Thread Jerry Feldman
I am looking for a way that the Boston User Groups board members can conduct an online meeting to include features like voice as well as a web interface where we can post an agenda, add elements to the agenda, and have the secretary prepare the meeting report. We can get Windows Live Meeting free,

[GNHLUG] Seacoast/UNH/Durham/SLUG - Mon 8 Feb - Sugar on a Stick

2010-01-28 Thread Robert E. Anderson
Who : Caroline Meeks What : Sugar on a Stick Date : Mon 8 Feb 2010 Time : 7 PM to 9 PM Where: Room 301, Morse Hall, UNH, Durham, NH Sugar on a Stick - Good for Kids Minds and School Budgets An introduction to Sugar on a Stick and what needs to be done to bring this promising technology to a

Re: Linux usable Live Meeting - like or Webex-like online collaboration

2010-01-28 Thread Dan Coutu
Jerry, you can try out Yugma. It will run on Linux, Macintosh and the dreaded Windows operating systems. There is a free version and commercial versions (for large numbers of people). They provide a non-toll-free phone number that you can use for your session and have in Beta a new AV release

Re: Linux usable Live Meeting - like or Webex-like online collaboration

2010-01-28 Thread Greg Rundlett (freephile)
There is dimdim. Works well in our limited tests using mac and linux On Jan 28, 2010 1:32 PM, Dan Coutu co...@snowy-owl.com wrote: Jerry, you can try out Yugma. It will run on Linux, Macintosh and the dreaded Windows operating systems. There is a free version and commercial versions (for large

Re: Linux usable Live Meeting - like or Webex-like online collaboration

2010-01-28 Thread Jerry Feldman
Thanks guys. All three of these look like they fit the bill. Basically, I can live with Windows Live Meeting running in a virtual as long as I have a barf bag handy. Both Dimdim and Yugma looks very good. Skrbl seems to have been having some downtime issues. In our specific case, we are only

Re: twitter vs identi.ca

2010-01-28 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Ralph A. Mack ralphm...@comcast.net wrote: I'm bracing myself to encounter widespread encouragement from those who have read my prior posts to this list or have the misfortune of being in my address book.  ;) And me -- you're cutting in on my territory! ;-)

Re: twitter vs identi.ca

2010-01-28 Thread Mark E. Mallett
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:19:42PM -0500, Arc Riley wrote: I'd like to encourage everyone to choose the free software microblogging service http://identi.ca/ http://identi.ca/%20 Gee, and you didn't even say who you are there. Not that it's hard to figure out :-) I've been there since July

Re: twitter vs identi.ca

2010-01-28 Thread Arc Riley
@arc I've been on for awhile, but only recently started using it regularly. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/