Covid-19 has sent so much of our lives online, work and social. As bloggers, we were already there, of course. Yeah, online communities, we did that before it was cool, sorry, I meant necessary!
One of the fun things about keeping a blog is the interactions with other bloggers via comments on each other’s blogs. Often this leads to new ideas or new blogs to read. Rinse and repeat.
Like many, I have been spending a lot of time in Zoom and Teams and similar online tools. As a way to keep up with family and friends it has been very useful. Not as good as in person, but way better than not talking. I have also discovered it has been a good way of meeting new people. I now spend Sunday mornings playing ukulele with what is Saturday night for a bunch of people in Ireland and the UK (and afternoon for some players in North America). I did not see that coming three months ago, and has been one of the good things to have happened recently.
So. Why not mash these two things together? On Saturday morning, 8th August my time (east coast of Australia) I’m going to run a Zoom meeting and invite you, my fellow bloggers, to join in. BYO beverage. No agenda, just a chat.
Time zones are not kind to us. 9am Saturday 8th August Melbourne time is 7pm Friday in New York (and midnight Friday in London). Proof enough that the world isn’t flat, even if the web can bring us a little closer together.
A zoom link is here The meeting ID is 864 4152 7751. There is no password, but there will be a waiting room.
Say hi in the comments if you want to join us.
Dave
Faith&Steel 
Hi Dave Count me in. Dave
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Excellent- PIGS represent
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Good morning! I’m in and sounds like fun.
Im sure you’ve had zoom bombing too, so I’m Glad you will have a waiting room to avoid stuff like this https://www.telegram.com/news/20200728/naked-man-on-screen-as-leominster-school-committee-interrupted-by-zoom-bombing .
Take COVID and add our Massachusetts open meeting law and voila!
Thanks again Dave!
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Yay! Glad to have you aboard
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😀
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Great idea, Dave, although I’ll have to be grumpy and miss it!
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We’ll catch you next time, Moriarty!
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Well I’m not a gamer but if I can stay awake till midnight and master the technology then I am willing to listen to you all for a while, sounds fun 😊.
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I knew it was ugly for Europe; I figured if we do it again we’ll make someone else stay up late!
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If stage 4 hits I’ll be home otherwise I might be working but I’ll see what I can do. Good idea though Dave, really good idea.
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Thanks for organising Dave. If was nice to talk with you and Mark and to put faces and voices to names. Count me in if there is another and don’t worry about time zones, midnight was fine! 😊
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That was fun, and so cool to have you join Mark and me. One advantage of the midnight shift was the chance to have a whiskey while we chatted.
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Haha, a nice single malt which went down well!
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