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

[Michael Brant]

Oh Ed and we are all glad to have tech junkie or gurus like you the fold.

On May 6, 2017 12:18 AM, "Zippster" <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, some of us are tech junkies ya know…   :)
>
> - Ed
>
>
> > On May 5, 2017, at 9:10 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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