Geek Dinner culture is slowly gaining a foothold in Ireland, with recent meetups in Galway, Cork and Limerick, but it seems like geographical spread is something of a hindrance at the moment to more regular and consistent get-togethers. Not that regional meetups are less useful, and sure, we get to gossip at Web 2.0 conferences and Blogging events but I'd still like to see a greater continuity in nationwide networking.
It occurs to me that we might use Skype's new Skypecasts (conference call) feature to fill the gaps between real-world get-togethers. These can be ad-hoc, informal, come and go as you please chinwags, just to say what's up and what's on the radar. Who knows, if Skype ever get around to actually adding a record feature these could even morph into Gillmor-gang-esque podcasts.
Anybody interested in giving it a go? As I've only got access to broadband during the day I'm proposing a kick-off time of 2.30pm next Wednesday 10th May and have setup this Web 2.0 in Ireland Skypecast. Please drop by to say hello - the more the merrier.
But bring your own tea and biscuits!
Technorati Tags: skypecast, web2.0, ireland, entrepreneurship
May 05, 2006
And the 'Teleunconference' was born!
Posted by: Robin Blandford | May 05, 2006 at 02:45 PM
Hey you should register that domain Robin, that might just catch on!
Posted by: James Corbett | May 05, 2006 at 03:00 PM
James, domain registration is addictive enough without you playing the tempress!
Posted by: Rowan Nairn | May 05, 2006 at 05:06 PM
Just luring my next victim Rowan ;-)
http://eirepreneur.blogs.com/eirepreneur/2006/03/play_any_irish_.html#c15610956
Posted by: James Corbett | May 05, 2006 at 09:17 PM
Looking forward to this! Skypecast has got a thumbs up from the Irish language community. Members of the "comhra" group hosted the first Skypecast "as Gaeilge" yesterday.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/comhra/message/110
Posted by: Conn O Muineachain | May 07, 2006 at 08:59 AM
Interesting! Robert Scoble is doing something similar (with IM and conferance call)
http://longblondetail.blogs.com/the_long_blonde_tail/2006/04/taking_podcasts.html
Posted by: Paul O Mahony | May 07, 2006 at 01:56 PM
That's excellent Con, how many people were involved in that concurrently?
Interesting Paul, I wonder if that Waxxi service will survive the Skypecasting onslaught?
Posted by: James Corbett | May 08, 2006 at 11:29 AM