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

Steve Strowbridge ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
Sun May 7 19:16:55 EDT 2017


These are all great suggestions, love them all and keep them coming.

On May 7, 2017 6:34 PM, "Dave Regan" <davidregan1988 at gmail.com> wrote:

> What would be really cool would be a series of tutorial videos covering
> the basics as well as advanced topics.
>
> How to get a floppy drive connected and running
> Same as above for a tape drive
> Using the coco sac...how to set up and run games
> How to install and use the sdc file explorer utility
>
> Possibilities are endless
>
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> From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> on behalf of Salvador Garcia
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> Cc: Salvador Garcia
> Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Talk #7 "For Beginners" Saturday, May 6th @ 2:00
> PM EST
>
> I think that Steve is just trying to make the talk as appealing as
> possible to the largest number of people.
>
> I have had experience with this and have found that no matter what the
> discussion is about, more advanced people will be put off if the talk is
> too basic and beginners will get put off if the talk gets too techie.
>
> It is hard to control what the topics will be, especially when the idea
> behind the event is just to come in and hang out for awhile while
> discussing CoCo stuff. If I understand, Steve wants to provide a general
> direction, but does not want the event to be totally structured.
>
> There atoo many possibilities for online events.The CoCo Crew already
> gives us a structured podcast which is good, but not interactive. Steve now
> provides The Talk, a totally interactive experience, but not very
> structured. All we need now are a series of online conferences touching on
> different subjects, or even given by those that sell products as a way to
> provide information on how to use them all the while promoting them and
> getting feedback from current owners. :-)
>
> Salvador
>
>       From: RETRO Innovations <go4retro at go4retro.com>
>  To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>  Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 9:11 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Talk #7 "For Beginners" Saturday, May 6th @ 2:00
> PM EST
>
> 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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