Hey Jon! That's nothing to worry about - In actual fact, all I know about people on IRC is their name and IRC nick! And that is why it's great to meet people face-to-face!
It would be great to see you there if you can make it! Joe O'Dell 9M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year 9 G&T Student at Samuel Whitbread Community College 09jod...@samwhit.org.uk samwhit.org.uk On 24 Mar 2010, at 16:50, Jon Reynolds wrote: > Thanks for that Joe, > > Would like to come along, depends on whether I am free from family > commitments and > also do not know a single person really from the IRC channel...so bit scarey > :) > > Cheers for the info > > Jon Reynolds > > . On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 04:47:19PM +0000, Joe O'Dell wrote: >> Hey Jon, >> >> It;s been floating around the mailing list ever since Isabell (aka issyl0) >> thought and started planning it, which must be a month or two back. >> It's also at fossevents.org, and plastered on some of the Ubuntu-UK members' >> blogs too. >> >> There is some info on the wiki at: >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ScienceMuseumVisit >> If you can come, do add yourself to the wiki! >> >> Thanks >> >> Joe O'Dell >> 9M >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Year 9 G&T Student at Samuel Whitbread Community College >> 09jod...@samwhit.org.uk >> samwhit.org.uk >> >> On 24 Mar 2010, at 16:43, Jon Reynolds wrote: >> >>> This is the first I have heard of this outing. >>> Just wondering how people would find out about such social gatherings? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Jon Reynolds >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 04:16:29PM +0000, Joe O'Dell wrote: >>>> That is very true, but I was thinking more of someone like yourself >>>> pulling out a laptop for a quick 5 minutes and saying "look at this [om >>>> nom nom explain here]" >>>> >>>> But yes, I can understand - It was more of a "its there if you need it" >>>> rather than a "we have to use it". >>>> >>>> As you said yourself, it's just my 2p >>>> >>>> Joe O'Dell >>>> 9M >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> Year 9 G&T Student at Samuel Whitbread Community College >>>> 09jod...@samwhit.org.uk >>>> samwhit.org.uk >>>> >>>> On 24 Mar 2010, at 14:08, Alan Pope wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 24 March 2010 13:55, Joseph O'Dell <09jod...@samwhit.org.uk> wrote: >>>>>> Alan - I can understand, but i'm sure there is going to be something that >>>>>> makes us go "I wish we'd bought laptops", so it's just a safe guard! >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sure, I just have experience of attending a fair few events. At 'geek' >>>>> events where computers are intended to be used such as install-fests >>>>> or Bug Jams it's common to see people with their heads-down not >>>>> talking to each other because they're on IRC/IM/twitter on their >>>>> laptop. Indeed at many geek fests people sit _next_ to eachother and >>>>> talk on IRC rather than talk in real life. It's quite sad. >>>>> >>>>> At social gatherings - such as this - it makes less sense to provision >>>>> such facilities because it stops people talking to each other. Part of >>>>> the whole idea behind social gatherings is to get to know each other >>>>> and socially interact. >>>>> >>>>> Just my 2p. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Al. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>>> >>> >>>> -- >>>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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