Welcome to our sixth salon discussion thread. Wander in, invite a friend to come along, and chat! (Not sure what's going on? Here, have a brief FAQ.) The first five went wonderfully - you can find them in my salon tag. Please take a quick look at the reminders at the bottom of this post, too.
Topic of the day: Last week, we had some conversation about interesting podcasts, and that (and several other things) got me thinking about how we keep up with the world and learn new things (or share the awesome stuff we find.)
I used to listen to NPR (Morning Edition and All Things Considered) while driving to work: now that I have a much much shorter commute, I don't. (Also, we don't have very good NPR station reception here.) I miss it, but I use a combo of being more deliberate about checking.
I also have a wide range of blogs (now in Feedly, with the demise of Google Reader) on a whole bunch of topics, and I also have the feeds for the main Metafilter and Ask.Metafilter in there, because both give me a really good way of learning about stuff (links, questions, problems people have). I also adore Longform for bringing me interesting long articles on a range of topics.
(Keeping track of the awesome is an entirely other conversation, but that's what the comments are for!)
Foodly thoughts: I'm going grocery shopping after work. Favourite summer (or winter, if you're in the southern hemisphere) food, and why? (If you want a different topic.) Me, I am delighted we are back in tomato season.
Quick reminders
-![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jjhunter did a great guide to following conversations here on Dreamwidth. Also a roundup of regular Dreamwidth events.
- If you want to post anonymously, please pick a name (any name you like) that we can call you - it makes it more conversational and helps if we have more than one anon post.
- Base rule remains "Leave the conversation better than you found it, or at least not worse". If you're nervous about that, I'd rather you say something and we maybe sort out confusion later than have you not say something. (I've heard from a few people who worry they're going to say something that's going to be taken weirdly. If it helps, I am usually around and if there's a thing you'd like to get out in the conversation, but you're not sure how, feel free to PM or email or IM me, and I'll nudge the conversation that direction.)
- The FAQ still has useful stuff, and I added some thoughts about getting conversations going this week.
- Comments tend to trickle in over the course of a day or two, with a few nearly a week later: you might enjoy checking back later if you're not tracking the conversation.
Topic of the day: Last week, we had some conversation about interesting podcasts, and that (and several other things) got me thinking about how we keep up with the world and learn new things (or share the awesome stuff we find.)
I used to listen to NPR (Morning Edition and All Things Considered) while driving to work: now that I have a much much shorter commute, I don't. (Also, we don't have very good NPR station reception here.) I miss it, but I use a combo of being more deliberate about checking.
I also have a wide range of blogs (now in Feedly, with the demise of Google Reader) on a whole bunch of topics, and I also have the feeds for the main Metafilter and Ask.Metafilter in there, because both give me a really good way of learning about stuff (links, questions, problems people have). I also adore Longform for bringing me interesting long articles on a range of topics.
(Keeping track of the awesome is an entirely other conversation, but that's what the comments are for!)
Foodly thoughts: I'm going grocery shopping after work. Favourite summer (or winter, if you're in the southern hemisphere) food, and why? (If you want a different topic.) Me, I am delighted we are back in tomato season.
Quick reminders
-
jjhunter did a great guide to following conversations here on Dreamwidth. Also a roundup of regular Dreamwidth events. - If you want to post anonymously, please pick a name (any name you like) that we can call you - it makes it more conversational and helps if we have more than one anon post.
- Base rule remains "Leave the conversation better than you found it, or at least not worse". If you're nervous about that, I'd rather you say something and we maybe sort out confusion later than have you not say something. (I've heard from a few people who worry they're going to say something that's going to be taken weirdly. If it helps, I am usually around and if there's a thing you'd like to get out in the conversation, but you're not sure how, feel free to PM or email or IM me, and I'll nudge the conversation that direction.)
- The FAQ still has useful stuff, and I added some thoughts about getting conversations going this week.
- Comments tend to trickle in over the course of a day or two, with a few nearly a week later: you might enjoy checking back later if you're not tracking the conversation.
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