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2016-01-09
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rafd01:01:19

@meow: invite sent, there probably aren't many active conversations, but if you post (and tag one) i should be able to reply

meow02:01:07

great, thanks

meow02:01:56

how do I tag one?

rafd02:01:28

start typing # in the compose

rafd02:01:14

@meow i've made a note it's not a very discoverable feature

meow02:01:21

I feel like I showed up for a party and can't find anyone, even the hosts. Did I get the date wrong? Is this the right address?

rafd02:01:52

heh, yes, the first-time experience is lame; are you able to see my recent messages?

meow02:01:42

just made a cup of tea...

meow02:01:08

yes, I will read and respond there

meow02:01:34

@rafd: Okay, here's what I need to do. I need to stop looking at this as a slack-alike, which it isn't, and just look at it according to your design vision. So I'm going to watch your demo video and take another look before I start providing any kind of feedback.

rafd02:01:08

thanks; it's meant to be used in similar cases (team chat), but it attempts to address the problem in a very different way

rafd02:01:36

it's hard to get a good feel of it just by looking, because it's new/different; it's easier to evaluate a slack-alike when you know IRC, slack etc.

meow02:01:54

@rafd: Well, I think this is a good sign. I just watched your demo, which lasts only a few minutes. I had played with the live version and was kind of like "meh". Watched the demo and now I'm like "SOLD!"

rafd02:01:33

@meow: woo! glad to hear

meow02:01:44

It's a really neat starting point. Very rough, which you know. But the idea is simple, clean, new, refreshing.

meow02:01:22

And that's really the hardest thing to get right. Without a good initial vision the rest doesn't matter.

meow02:01:33

well done

rafd02:01:07

thank you for your kind words! this is the first place we've shown it outside of a few individuals

rafd02:01:16

glad it has some glimmers of potential

rafd02:01:27

...and i promise, no dancing parrots

meow02:01:34

I think it has more than just glimmers.

meow02:01:48

oh, you know I love abusing that parrot

meow02:01:22

new app must have parrot head

rafd02:01:31

ok, i'll add to feature list

rafd02:01:47

aka "allow users to write their own plugins"

meow02:01:52

the way I see it is that you've got a mountain of challenges ahead of you. But that's a good thing. You are exploring new territory here. Reminds me of when Ward Cunningham invented the wiki concept. Had never been done before. Now we have things like wikipedia.

meow02:01:57

it was a super simple idea - allow the user to create content while viewing a page. Allow them to write something that turns into a link to a page that doesn't yet exist. When they click on that link, the page gets created and they can keep doing that over and over again

meow02:01:51

the last time I followed what he was up to it seems like he was exploring stuff that kind of looks like what you've created

meow02:01:16

that was years ago but are you familiar with Ward and his work?

meow02:01:36

portland pattern repository

meow02:01:13

ward cunningham federated wiki

rafd03:01:30

...we'll see where the concept takes us! thanks for the inspiration

rafd03:01:48

know about Ward and wiki origins, not the new stuff, will take a look

meow03:01:12

lots of good ideas to borrow

rafd03:01:52

ooooh, yes, i like; thanks

meow03:01:22

Ward is the nicest guy. Met him at a pizza place before the very first O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention and then went to the Portland zoo with him and a small group of folks

rafd03:01:30

re: https://clojurians.slack.com/archives/community-development/p1452308323000486 Braid is currently at 1% size of mattermost, a long way to go! /s

rafd03:01:39

i'm out for tonight, thanks for the feedback @meow

meow03:01:34

good night

johanatan07:01:18

@rafd: I have used GitHub issues for work items before to great effect. Just create an appropriate set of 'labels' and 'milestones' and you're set.

rafd19:01:37

i've been re-organizing my previous braid-related task dump (which is in Asana) and plan to move it to github soon