Idea is great when it is converted into action and you did it!

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What different is expected to be achieved from a in person meet if it were to be instead done online, say via IRC ?

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Hackfest are well focused and result oriented. IRC can lead to chaos and in very rare case, result is achieved. That is why Debian also focus on real life BSP and annual conference where all hackers meet and fix problems face to face.

And, you can match IRC nickname to person and offer Beer you already promised sometime on IRC.

Time to arrange hackfest at Office too..

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[1] You can understand people well and build a stronger ring of trust when you are meeting in person. IRC can always hide whom you are.
[2] IRC is ok for conversations and discussions, but when you want to work together, especially on code then it's seriously limited or it's rather a PITA to keep the job going. Nothing matches sitting next to one another and doing things.
[3] When you are sitting together you can actually see the person do things, and he can see what you do. So, no time is wasted in taking pains to show others what you do as they can just peep in or watch you to understand what you do.
[4] IRC doesnt have voice and they cant show people's face, so when met in person and working together, the person can keep speaking what he is doing and you can also see him smile, cry and all sort if expressions which reveals his mood.

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Hmm.. LJ has no name field.. so it's me.. Parthan aka technofreak

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Use openid :)

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well, a lot. my participation in KDE/Kexi , had a lot to do with my meeting the maintainer in person (accidentally or otherwise). I'm sure there are quite a few other examples.

-sharanr

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And definitely, I being soc student participant , can learn a lot from experiences of past soc candidate - sharan as well as other big guns like the blogger himself. Incidentally sharan too worked on umbrello, which is a big plus point as he will be able to guide me personally with the project as well :-)

Its so nice to meet people from different geographies.
I love to participate in such events :-)

After all not every emotion, expression, thought can be expressed in words alone !

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Gopala Krishna

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Wonderful effort. If possible, get the start and the close recorded. Would be awesome to have that on video.

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... to do so, shreyas bounced that idea off me and Atul. I guess that might happen. Thanks for the idea, I like it as well.

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I am a KDE user from Germany. And I think that an indian Hackathon is a great idea. Your project is a great example of KDE's global success and will shurly make it even better.

Keep on the fantastic work and be shure that the KDE users all over the world apreciate what you do for KDE and for us!

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I have a new job. As part of my freelance work I started offering services to companies where I tweet for them. The most surprising part is that I have found some customers! The subjects aren't the most exciting in the world, I tweet about things like term life insurance, but work is work! And I am learning about industries that I never knew much about. It's fun so far.

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