When I was taking classes in college I
had a professor who had a big complaint about the University. He
didn't believe we had enough coffee shops. Not being much of a coffee
drinker, he meant this figuratively instead of literally. The idea is
that what our university lacked was places where people could gather
and talk, brainstorm, argue and laugh. We lacked community and
idenity because the only goal the university had was to get students
out as fast as possible with a degree.
It is in that spirit that I'm
announcing the Virtual Coffee Shop. Usuing Google+ (sorry Facebook
doesn't do this well, or at all) people can group chat with up to ten
other individuals. This is called a Hangout. Using the Hangout
feature I want to see if we can create a Coffee Shop feature on the
internet. What will be talking about? I don't know. Politics,
religion, science, comedy, jobs, the governments use of taxpayer
dollars to fund research to combine spiders with goats in order to
create material stronger than kevlar...it could be anything.
If you don't have a Google+ account it
is very simple to make one. You no longer need an invite, but if you
want one just to feel special...let me know and I'll send it your
way. Once you've done that, type in my name and add me as a friend.
I'll start the hangout at 8pm MST (7pm PST). It should just show up
in your timeline. Technical details you can private message me.
Let me know if you are interested in
comments so I know if this is worthy of pursuit. Or find me on Google+ and jump in randomly!
One love. DFTBA.