Boston IRC

[Tom Metro]

Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> Jon Masters wrote:
>> Is there a BLU IRC channel?
> 
> #gnhlug on irc.freenode.net has always had a few of us from GNHLUG in
> it, but there hasn't been any real activity in the channel for months...

Maybe people just aren't using IRC as much. I have an IRC account setup 
in Gaim, but rarely ever use it.

I tried out Qunu (http://www.qunu.com/) (from the "expert" side, rather 
than using it to find help) a while ago. It's another take on this same 
idea. It's similar to other ask-a-question/find-an-expert services, 
except it works via IM (Jabber). Experts sign up, set tags to indicate 
what their areas of expertise, and then wait for people needing help to 
send a question. It seems to work fairly well.

It'd be neat if we could create a BLU branded version of Qunu. This 
could be simulated to a degree if BLU members that wanted to offer help 
all used a common tag on Qunu, like "BLU." Then other BLU members could 
find local people who happen to be online and available to respond to 
questions.

  -Tom

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