IRC channel for BioC?
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Robert Citek ▴ 120
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Is there an IRC channel for BioC? I have a bunch of relatively simple questions that I can't find answers to. So it'd be nice to send them to an IRC channel rather than clutter up the mailing list. I'm sure after a few examples and pointers to the right docs I'll be able to find my way. Regards, - Robert
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Seth Falcon ★ 7.4k
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On 3 Jun 2005, rwcitek@alum.calberkeley.org wrote: > Is there an IRC channel for BioC? Not at present. > I have a bunch of relatively simple questions that I can't find > answers to. So it'd be nice to send them to an IRC channel rather > than clutter up the mailing list. I'm sure after a few examples and > pointers to the right docs I'll be able to find my way. For now, I think sending your questions here (bioconductor mail list) is the best option. You can search the mail archives for this list here: http://files.protsuggest.org/cgi-bin/biocond.cgi + seth
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Cyrus Harmon ▴ 140
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I was wondering the some thing. It probably wouldn't be too much trouble to get a freenode channel set up and I, for one, think it would be rather helpful. On Jun 3, 2005, at 10:26 AM, Robert Citek wrote: > > Is there an IRC channel for BioC? > > I have a bunch of relatively simple questions that I can't find > answers to. So it'd be nice to send them to an IRC channel rather > than clutter up the mailing list. I'm sure after a few examples > and pointers to the right docs I'll be able to find my way. > > Regards, > - Robert > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >
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Seth Falcon ★ 7.4k
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On 3 Jun 2005, ch-bioc@bobobeach.com wrote: > I was wondering the some thing. It probably wouldn't be too much > trouble to get a freenode channel set up and I, for one, think it > would be rather helpful. I think I just heard someone volunteer ;-) Let us know if you get a channel going. + seth
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On Jun 3, 2005, at 2:26 PM, Seth Falcon wrote: > On 3 Jun 2005, ch-bioc@bobobeach.com wrote: >> I was wondering the some thing. It probably wouldn't be too much >> trouble to get a freenode channel set up and I, for one, think it >> would be rather helpful. > > I think I just heard someone volunteer ;-) > > Let us know if you get a channel going. Creating a channels is easy: just join the channel name. If the channel exists, you'll be able to join it. If it does not exist, the channel will be created on the fly. For example, if you run Mozilla's Chatzilla, click on this link: irc://freenode/bioconductor Or in your favorite chat client: /server freenode /join #bioconductor Some IM clients also support IRC (e.g. GAIM, Kopete). I'm on the #bioconductor channel now, if anyone wants to drop in and say hello. The question is, is there enough interest to make it worthwhile registering and maintaining the channel? Regards, - Robert
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On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Robert Citek wrote: > Some IM clients also support IRC (e.g. GAIM, Kopete). I'm on the > #bioconductor channel now, if anyone wants to drop in and say hello. As you pointed out, IRC channels are very ad hoc and 'creating' one only requires a person signing on to it. As such, it seems that if people were at all interested that all that would really be required was making it convention (ie if people want to go there, go to #bioconductor, #bioC or whatever they would want). It could be put into the FAQ perhaps but I don't see what else would need to be done. Of course, my experience with IRC pretty much ended over 10 years ago so maybe things are different now :)
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Hi, My own preference is to keep things on the mailing list as much as possible, because I have seldom seen bad questions (more often are incomplete questions which cannot be answered with the information provided) and the list is archived. This lets others learn as well, and I think is something that is important. But it is entirely possible that IRC is the right thing for some questions etc. Best wishes, Robert Robert Citek wrote: > > Is there an IRC channel for BioC? > > I have a bunch of relatively simple questions that I can't find answers > to. So it'd be nice to send them to an IRC channel rather than clutter > up the mailing list. I'm sure after a few examples and pointers to the > right docs I'll be able to find my way. > > Regards, > - Robert > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor@stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >
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On Jun 3, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Robert Gentleman wrote: > My own preference is to keep things on the mailing list as much as > possible, because I have seldom seen bad questions (more often are > incomplete questions which cannot be answered with the information > provided) and the list is archived. This lets others learn as well, > and I think is something that is important. Agreed. > But it is entirely possible that IRC is the right thing for some > questions etc. I've found that IRC[1] and IM[2] work best when a handful of people are working on a single type of problem requiring rapid feedback. Troubleshooting a bug is one example that comes to mind. Simple one- on-one (or one-to-few) tutorials is another. Personally, I view IRC and IM as just two pieces in a set of social software tools that includes mailing lists, forums, bug trackers, code repositories, blogs, and wikis, each of which can be archived and searched. That said (or rather written), Dan on the #R channel pointed out to me that there's a wiki for posting R problems, solutions, tips, tricks, and links: http://fawn.unibw-hamburg.de/cgi-bin/Rwiki.pl?RwikiHome Is there a similar wiki for BioConductor? Not that we couldn't put bioconductor info on the R wiki. [1] IRC : Internet Relay Chat, aka chatroom [2] IM : Instant Messaging Regards, - Robert
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