@JohnAtl’s recent dive into Hyper Plan and @Drewster’s blog post on his experience of the software encouraged me to download it, as I so often do perusing this forum.
The thought just occurred to me, what if we had a “software club” that operated as a book club does, and every month we could pick a different software to explore, and those who were interested in playing with it could learn and discuss it alongside others.
For example, I’ve already tweaked the look of Hyper Plan so it’s easier on my eyes (the default look was enough to have steered me clear of this software for years) and that’s something that others might appreciate (I sure would have).
Anyway, just an idea I’ll throw out into the ether and see if it resonates with anyone.
I guess the key question is format: arguably this whole place is a software club, so how would we differentiate this idea?
I imagine you’re thinking a monthly call or similar where people participate in live conversation, perhaps paired with a thread for each month/app for asynchronous exchanges over the course of the month.
If we go with something like that, perhaps it could be recorded and added to the MPU feed (or something) so that folks who can’t make the call can still listen in…
What an interesting concept. I’d be interested. What would the format be? Are there certain questions everybody would cover in a post? Then you could dive in on video? What if we reached out to the developer to also field questions?
What about a video get-together? Folks could do a bit of show and tell as they want/need about some aspect of the app being considered. BYO wine, beer, and munchies.
I’ll start it off the next step … I nominate @beck as moderator and @ryanjamurphy as technical coordinator for 2022.
