[Coco] CoCo Talk #7 "For Beginners" Saturday, May 6th @ 2:00 PM EST

[Dave Regan]

I think this is a great idea Steve.  I'm just getting back into the coco and I get pretty overwhelmed sometimes by all the tech talk from all the smart people here

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Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Talk #7 "For Beginners" Saturday, May 6th @ 2:00 PM EST

Jim there really isn't a goal, other than to talk about the CoCo, this was
a suggestion by Curtis to try an episode that may be more user friendly to
people who aren't as technical or are newer to the CoCo.

It was a suggestion, and I think a good one, so we're going to give it a
shot.  Every week can be a different topic, or completely random, depending
on what requests or suggestions we get, or don't.

I think it's impossible to not have some level of "technical" in a talk
about computers which are technology devices, but I think we can tone down
the depth once as an experiment.

I would love to have more suggestions, requests and recommendations on what
future talks can be about, we can dedicate one week to talk about someone's
particular project, for example, you name it.



Steve Strowbridge, aka
The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
http://ogsteviestrow.com
ogsteviestrow at gmail.com


On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Michael Brant <brant.michael.l at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jim, I think I remember someone asking for some info to help out those who
> are newbies. I definitely hope that Stevie continues with the tech talk on
> other CoCoTalk sessions.
>
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 10:10 PM, RETRO Innovations <go4retro at go4retro.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 5/5/2017 8:48 PM, Steve Strowbridge wrote:
> >
> >> CoCo Talk #7 will be dedicated to newbies and beginners with the Tandy
> >> Color Computer, we will try and void "highly technical" talk as much as
> >> possible :)
> >>
> > I thought #6 was the non-technical talk? :-)
> >
> > Is there a concern you're trying to address?  Is it that people have
> asked
> > you to tone down the tech, or is there a desire to create more variety in
> > topics?  Do tech discussions not work well in the format?  Is there a
> cycle
> > of topic detail and this is the month for these talks, whereas another
> > month with be more technical?
> >
> > I ask because these notifications imply that the tech folks are not as
> > welcome in the discussions, or that they are continuing to disrupt the
> > discussions previously held.
> >
> > Perhaps it might be worthwhile to put more clarity in place?  If the goal
> > is to rotate between tech and non tech, that's fine.  If the goal is to
> > focus on non-tech, that's probably OK, but where do the tech folks go for
> > their weekly dose of this?  If the discussions always end up technical,
> > even when the host tries to steer away from that, why does that happen?
> Is
> > there something that needs to be done?
> >
> > I know, probably deeper than most folks care about, but as a "technical"
> > person, the note about #6 and this #7 catering to the non technical crowd
> > raised my eyebrows.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
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