Theme
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Nothing too useful or computer related... Along with exploring some
sweet hardware and software from the past (http://bit.ly/SbvZO -- how
inviting is that?), we could discuss internet memes, your favourite
webcomics, famous usenet flame wars related to anything from linux and
minix to atheism and the invisible pink unicorn and learn about the
glorious culture that is the Internets.
Also, any takers for forming a group of archivists to archive websites
that have(are) played(ing) a part in the story of the internet heaven
forbid that they get lost in the apocalypse for ever? (eg. 4chan,
reddit, moderator threads on wikipedia, trails of revered anonymous
personae). (Ask why? see http://textfiles.com/) Or is writing
emulators for old hardware more like your thing? :P
Format of meet-ups
==============
In no way am I any authority in this, but we'll need to do our
research every week and present what we learn. I don't quite like the
"So-and-so will present about such-and-such next week same time same
place" model of SIGs, I'd rather everyone prepares a 5 (or 10?) minute
presentation on any topic (short, so not too much work / frustration,
not much damage done if the topic is uninteresting to the listener) of
his/her liking and further does a 5 minute Q&A session. Also, an IRC
channel to share links, scripts and flame will do some good in keeping
up the fun and interest.
Tl;dr: If you spend a lot of time on the internet or love computer
geek stories, this is a SIG you'll enjoy being a part of.
=====
Nothing too useful or computer related... Along with exploring some
sweet hardware and software from the past (http://bit.ly/SbvZO -- how
inviting is that?), we could discuss internet memes, your favourite
webcomics, famous usenet flame wars related to anything from linux and
minix to atheism and the invisible pink unicorn and learn about the
glorious culture that is the Internets.
Also, any takers for forming a group of archivists to archive websites
that have(are) played(ing) a part in the story of the internet heaven
forbid that they get lost in the apocalypse for ever? (eg. 4chan,
reddit, moderator threads on wikipedia, trails of revered anonymous
personae). (Ask why? see http://textfiles.com/) Or is writing
emulators for old hardware more like your thing? :P
Format of meet-ups
==============
In no way am I any authority in this, but we'll need to do our
research every week and present what we learn. I don't quite like the
"So-and-so will present about such-and-such next week same time same
place" model of SIGs, I'd rather everyone prepares a 5 (or 10?) minute
presentation on any topic (short, so not too much work / frustration,
not much damage done if the topic is uninteresting to the listener) of
his/her liking and further does a 5 minute Q&A session. Also, an IRC
channel to share links, scripts and flame will do some good in keeping
up the fun and interest.
Tl;dr: If you spend a lot of time on the internet or love computer
geek stories, this is a SIG you'll enjoy being a part of.
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