Hi Rafi
You’re now invited. ☺
Anyone already in the AusTechWriter team can invite people. So you can now
invite others. ☺
Since it’s designed for organisations, the only configuration options for
signing up are the default “by invitation only” (which can be one-by-one or a
list) , or anyone with an email address in a given domain.
Maybe that will work against us, but let’s see.
If anyone wants to join and hasn’t had an invitation, it means I couldn’t find
your email address in the ATW messages I’ve kept. Please ask and I’ll invite
you. Eight people have accepted, so far; 17 invitations still pending
Cheers,
Nick
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rafi Manory
Sent: Tuesday, 31 May 2016 2:13 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Slack "AusTechWriter" team
Nick, I am not sure how this works, as other have noted, in order to use Slack
one needs an invite, you can’t just join. I don’t mind joining if I get an
invite. Truth is, never heard of Slack before, but from my experience with
other groups using social media was fun for a few days and then it started to
trickle just like the e-mail group…I am not saying this to kill any initiative,
just stating a fact.
Rafi
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christine Kent
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 12:12
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: atw: Re: Slack "AusTechWriter" team
By contrast, I am not happy with the list as it is. There is far too little
participation to warrant it’s existence. There was barely any activity for
weeks when I triggered this round of communication. It’s only real use, for the
last few years, has been for recruitment, so it that is all it is, let it just
be that.
It does not even remotely function as a professional association. It did at one
time attempt to function as a professional association, and an attempt was made
to keep the tone up, but repeated bad behaviour from some current and some long
forgotten past members, that was not moderated, has killed any possibility of
that.
My trigger for discussion earned me the normal sarcasm and put downs. When some
of us do try to generate high level discussion, those discussions are routinely
squashed by sarcasm and negativity, and you will have observed that the same
sarcasm and negativity has been used to try to squash any enthusiasm for this
idea.
A more complex venue, properly managed, may allow those of us with different
interest to follow them free of harassment. We can quite rightly tell anyone
with the intention to stop discussion by using negative tactics such as
ridicule, to butt out. They do not need to join discussions that do not
interest them. This may or may not work, but what is the harm with
experimenting?
Note the flurry of rarely seen names that has come with Nick’s suggestion.
I think it’s worth a shot.
I am trying to find an article I skimmed past on a tech writing start-up, to
trigger a conversation, and failing.
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nick Shears
Sent: Tuesday, 31 May 2016 8:56 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: atw: Re: Slack "AusTechWriter" team
Hi Sunter
Nope, I don’t take it personally. ☺
I find the email list perfectly adequate, but am happy to explore alternatives,
which may offer new features we could really benefit from.
I don’t know whether Slack (or, indeed, something else) might offer a better
alternative. But I won’t know without experimenting.
We all know that email won’t last forever. Although I have no idea how long it
will last, I do know that my Gen-X daughter barely uses it for anything other
than her business.
I’m happy with my car. But I love some of the technology it includes that
didn’t exist when I bought a car 25 years ago.
I too am a white man of a certain age. Happy to hang with anyone who’ll have me.
Cheers,
Nick
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of SUNTER Bede
Sent: Monday, 30 May 2016 11:36 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: atw: Re: Slack "AusTechWriter" team
Hi Nick
I don’t know you, so please don’t take this personally.
But this is the inherent tomfoolery of innovation.
The Austechwriter list serves me perfectly well the way it is. I don’t care
that it’s 1990’s technology.
I’m still driving a car – that’s 19th century technology. Nothing wrong with
that.
Innovation is a good thing, but it’s a means to an end not an end in itself.
If innovation delivers something better, that’s great. If it simply delivers
something different, I may not be interested.
So, I’m a white man of a certain age who hangs with other white men of a
certain age. Phooey!
Bede
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nick Shears
Sent: Monday, 30 May 2016 1:41 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: atw: Re: Slack "AusTechWriter" team
Damn! Sorry, I did say I was new to Slack. ☺
You’ve now been invited. I’ll invite others using addresses from ATW emails I
still have on file.
Thanks,
Nick
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sonja McShane
Sent: Monday, 30 May 2016 1:37 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: atw: Re: Slack "AusTechWriter" team
Slack told me it “To start using Slack, you'll need to be invited by your Team
Administrator.”
Sonja McShane
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nick Shears
Sent: Monday, 30 May 2016 1:23 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: atw: Re: Slack "AusTechWriter" team
Ah, but in the ATW list, there’s no subset of channels. So you can’t choose to
focus on a conversation, or deliberately ignore it. ☺
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob T
Sent: Monday, 30 May 2016 12:58 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: atw: Re: Slack "AusTechWriter" team
You send messages (chat) within a channel, or privately (direct to another
person).