[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

Jon Reynolds maillist at jcrdevelopments.com
Wed Mar 24 16:50:51 GMT 2010


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
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> 
> 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
> >> 09jodell at 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 <09jodell at 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.
> >>> 
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