Subject: Chat with Scott Mintz
From: Scott Mintz <scott.w.mintz@gmail.com>
To: barriticus@gmail.com

Scott: Barrett, you there?
me: yep
Scott: I "think" that thing is merely a discussion forum for people while viewing the document.
me: okay, so messages won't remain on there permanently?
Scott: After I exited and re-entered, our conversation was gone.
me: I see
me: well, guess we can't use that, then
me: but as I mentioned, Clark and his friend are going to figure out a more organized way by which to utilize these docs
me: which we definitely need
me: if you have any ideas, coordinate with him on it
Scott: I plan on it.
Scott: So far my suggestion is to create an increasing number of Docs.
me: I'll keep thinking about it, too
me: That might work
me: maybe divide them into To Do list, notes, etc.
Scott: I'll talk to Clark, but it would be cool if we could have like a table of contents with links and clicking the link opens the respective document.
me: Ah
Scott: Yes, this way those that are more interested in one over the other will be less inconvenienced.
me: I use something similar on my laptop with Tomboy Notes
Scott: never heard of it
me: you know
me: a wiki would allow for that
Scott: Can we do something like that?
me: not sure if it would be worth it to use one
me: but might be worth it
me: Let me figure that out
me: another thing to consider
me: is creating a subreddit
me: for Project PM
me: and then additional subreddits for additional projects
Scott: I know you mentioned earlier you were considering that.
me: yeah, let me think it over a bit, in the meantime you should talk to Clark as the two of you will probably end up working closely on several things
Scott: Just out of curiosity, do you want to keep initial Project PM discussions, such as the current Google doc, less public?
me: Actually, not necessarily, I was even thinking of putting up a few articles on True/Slant showing what's going on and how we're proceeding
me: part of our intent is to really demonstrate that these general approaches to things work
Scott: I think that's a great idea.
me: and the process might be useful or interesting to others
Scott: Process I think is the imperative word, as our success is so far limited.
me: As for our working collaboration, it would be nice to have it all in one place, whether reddit or a wiki or Google Docs
me: well, we've only been working on this particular project very briefly
Scott: My guess is you know more about websites that I do.
Scott: Would it be possible to have editable documents on a website using the Tomboy interface you mentioned?
me: we've been successful so far overall in building up a pretty capable collection of contributors and getting some things decided
me: let's see
me: the Tomboy thing is just a linux application, not really meant for collaboration
me: It's very similar to those old sticky notes programs
me: that work like post-it notes for your desktop
me: Let me ask around on that
Scott: Got it. Sorry, I'm technology-tolerant, but I haven't kept up with the times.
Scott: I plan on calling Clark some time this week to introduce myself and get the ball rolling in a few things.
me: you should do that
me: I'll introduce the both of you to a couple other new contributors as well who I think are particularly promising
Scott: sounds good
Scott: I have to go. Have a good night.
me: you too