[New-imc] talking on the phone

[Xare]

Ya tenemos irc.indymedia.org
Podemos abrir una habitación de chat y hablar ahí.

We already have irc.indymedia.org
We can open a chat room and speak there.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabelula" <gabelula at adinet.com.uy>
To: <new-imc at indymedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [New-imc] talking on the phone


> ((english below))
>
> No se si una llamada telefonica podria ser lo más saludable para nuestros
> bolsillos ... pero existe la posibilidad de hablar mediante chat como el
msn
> (hotmail) por ejemplo. Aca en casa lo uso aveces para comunicarnos con mi
> tio en brasil y se escucha como si estuvieras en el telefono común y
> corriente ...
> Se podria usar cuando por mail cuando sentimos que hay malos entendidos.
> Para casos puntuales.
> un abrazo
> gaba (gabelula at hotmail.com)
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> I don't know if a telephone call would be good for our pocket ... but we
> could talk through chat like msn (hotmail) for example. Here, at home i
use
> it sometimes to talk to Brasil y we listen like we were talking on the
phone
> ...
> Perhaps we can use it when we feel that the email is getting confuse our
> communication. In some cases.
> a hug
> gaba (gabelula at hotmail.com)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jay" <jay at tao.ca>
> To: <new-imc at indymedia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 6:24 AM
> Subject: [New-imc] talking on the phone
>
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I know this is going to sound stupid and simplistic, but I've been
> thinking
> > a lot about the miscommunication that happens regularly in the imc
> network,
> > especially in regard to new IMCs coming into Indymedia, and about ways
to
> > clear it up.  I've realized lately how easy it is to forget that there
> > exists such a wonderful invention as the telephone.  Can you imagine --
in
> > the past people actually talked to each other by voice, connecting "in
> > person," rather than just shooting e-mails at each other?  I know, I
know,
> > it sounds crazy, but some of these telephone things still exist, and I
> > actually think they're pretty functional.  I have seen many a confusing
> and
> > frustrating e-mail discussion turn ugly due, at least in great part, to
> the
> > fact that e-mail can be a pretty awful way to communicate.  People so
> > easily get frustrated with each other while reading e-mails,
misunderstand
> > nuances, don't appreciate jokes, or even -- heavens forbid! -- forget to
> > make any.  I've been overwhelmed by the tremendous amount of cameraderie
> > that exists between Indymedia people when we're all in the same physical
> > space, working together to accomplish the impossible.  Put those same
> > people in an e-mail discussion though, and sometimes you'll find each of
> > them writing as "loudly" as they can, not taking the time to really try
to
> > understand what the other is saying.
> >
> > I'm writing this not to wax nostalgic about the past, nor to blast
e-mail
> > as a form of communication (without which none of us would be here).
I'm
> > just saying that we've had a bunch of miscommuncation lately that may
not
> > have happened, at least in the same way, if people (myself included) had
> > connected at some point on the telephone.  Now that we have started to
do
> a
> > better job of regionalizing our new-imc communication, perhaps we can
use
> > that decentralization to our advantage by more easily reaching out to
> > aspiring IMCs, preferably face to face but, when that's improbable, on
the
> > phone, especially toward the initial stages of our communication.  I
know
> > that may be very impractical and essentially impossible in many places
> > around the world, and I'm not saying we should try to replace the work
we
> > do here with phone chats, I'm just saying that at any point if we start
to
> > have miscommunication, when a phone call may help avoid problems or
bridge
> > a gap, we shouldn't forget that's an option.  If the time has come for
an
> > essential phone call or two, especially ones that would be made in order
> to
> > solve some communication problem, and the only obstacle to your reaching
> > out in that way is lack of funds, let me know and, within reason of
> course,
> > I'd be happy to put my money where my mouth -- er, my keyboard -- is to
> > help make it happen.
> >
> > Just a late night thought from a late night kinda guy,
> >
> > Jay
> >
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