humanodon said he's not good at selfies - but I said, you don't have to point the camera at us. We were surrounded by mirrors. Is that a genre of photography? Mirrories? We were upstairs at this Cafe Algiers and it's all smoke and mirrors. When we entered, I looked up and wasn't sure what was the ceiling and what was the restaurant. Here's the entrance.
In that case, none of what each other says is true. Unless that is, it's flattering in which case it's all understated.
We opened the book of questions and this is what flew out: How do you manage your hubskiing when there is just so much to read or reply to? Who have you met in person? Did it change your relationship with that person at all? What do you and tng talk about on evox? Who is that guy? What do you make of the new young people? Do you think they are really as brilliant as they seem or do they quickly read a Wikipedia article in order to respond on some topic and seem like an expert (galen)? How long did it take you to love and appreciate kleinbl00? Who's out of control? If hubski reads your writing and poems and responds occasionally with deep insight or maybe someone seems to really get what you're saying and if that feels like enough -- like you don't need to be ambitious beyond that -- is that a good thing or a bad thing? and too many more questions to answer, but we also talked about mk, _refugee_, insomniasexx, wasoxygen, forwardslash, b_b and a bunch of the rest. I bet your ears were a tingle.
My ears were a tingle. I always wonder what kind of impressions I make on people - especially when their first IRL experience is intoxicated insomniasexx. >.< Those are really great questions. Imma answer some of them. I hide on reddit. mk, b_b, tng, humanodon, ButterflyEffect, mal-2, lil, _refugee_, theadvancedapes, ecib, Meriadoc, arguewithatree, cliffelam, NuclearParadox, Rockit, lucky_cabbage, ipreferpi, wasoxygen, NC 1 - NC 2 - MARINA DEL REY - DETROIT - DC - BOSTON - NC 3 Some people I've become WAY closer with since meeting - like TNG. Some people there hasn't been a super drastic change or anything - like b_b and I had no change whatsoever. :P Typically, if I talked with them a lot on Hubski before, it only progressed to more texting / facebook / intagram / etc since then. Sometimes, I shoot texts to people when there's something I want to say on Hubski but I don't actually want to say it. Meeting in person definitely changes how I read a persons comments. I put a name and a face with the comments now. For some people, like ref, that doesn't really change much. Her comments are pretty much 100% her and aligned with the person I envisioned pre-meeting. lil - you as well are pretty much a direct reflection of your comments as well. I now have a face but it's only enhanced the relationship, not changed it. Meriadoc was not how I pictured him AT ALL. I think the way I read his comments changed slightly since I have his face. I now read Cliff's comments differently as well. He has some opinions that are very different from my own, but I find myself truly trying to see his perspective rather than just another internet comment that I don't always agree with. I joined Hubski 904 days ago, I cussed him out (and then apologized) 383 days ago, and it probably was another couple months before I really started liking his more blunt, ranty, rambling, type things. I don't think we engaged much on Hubski for a good while though - I would say I was indifferent to him for my first year or more. So, it took perhaps maybe a year, year and a half? Although it was only a few months of not loving kleinbl00 in there. ;) TNG, white, blob, ref. Their lives are literally out of fucking control - in a really good / productive way. I hope they don't implode from stress-fest, though. Sometimes I worry.How do you manage your hubskiing when there is just so much to read or reply to?
Who have you met in person?
Did it change your relationship with that person at all?
How long did it take you to love and appreciate kleinbl00?
Who's out of control?
You also met jonaswildman at the Deteoit meet up. You talked with him and his wife for a long time.
Oh, I didn't know his username! They were great!
Yep, two of the nicest people I know and very interesting.
Well since I was shouted out, I guess I'll answer a few of these: I realized about a year ago that as a result of the Internet and its contributions to the availability of content, the main content-related issue of the modern age will not be finding content but sorting through it to get to the really good stuff. Since then, I've been working on how to most efficiently consume content, and I think I've got it down pretty well. So I basically read content that is either really interestingly titled, that is fairly interestingly titled and shared/written by a trusted source (whether that's fellow Hubskiers or publications I love), or that is heavily shared/commented on by others I know have similar interests to mine. For what it's worth, I can't remember ever consulting WIkipedia before contributing to a Hubski conversation. It may have worked its way into some of my comments by way of past discussions, but never (I think) directly. About an hour. I'd encountered people sort of like him before, so it didn't take too long to see the value of his contributions. And he kinda reminds me of myself sometimes, which doesn't hurt.How do you manage your hubskiing when there is just so much to read or reply to?
What do you make of the new young people? Do you think they are really as brilliant as they seem or do they quickly read a Wikipedia article in order to respond on some topic and seem like an expert (galen)?
How long did it take you to love and appreciate kleinbl00?
We also talked about how lil is the hubcap that has met everyone!
She is the glue that holds the hub in placeAlso, we were later asked how many active hubcaps there are and we had no idea how to answer that question.
I'd love to hear peoples guesses, though the exact number shall remain a mystery....
Recap: Lil got lost in Harvard Sq. (because it is very confusing) and we made our way to Cafe Algiers where we had some mint tea. We talked hubski talk and talked lots of other talk and made our way back to where Lil was staying. Apparently people rent out rooms on boats now, which I didn't know. She was staying off of a wharf in the North End, which I am unfamiliar with because I am not a lawyer or someone that works in finance. I met Maria, who is a technologist that creates devices that convey touch at a distance ("Like in Transmetropolitan! I said, to which she happily said, "Yes!") and Rob, who is a senior software engineer at IBM (did I get that right?) and has never heard of reddit or hubski. They were listening to Joy Division while Maria prepared her talk for tomorrow, which is at 4 pm somewhere at MIT. I am going. theadvancedapes, you might be interested in her work. Then Ron came. Ron is Lil's husband. He gave us onion strings. We all drank Prosecco and went out to dinner where our waiter was very busy. We drank some wine, ate food and had a good conversation. Ron told me about an idea he has for helping people to stay connected, which sounds pretty goddamn smart, but then, everyone at the table was much smarter than me, so it's no real surprise. I said goodbye and walked to the train while looking for a good alley to piss in, but it wasn't that kind of area so I held it, which was tough because the train went past Kenmore and Fenway where a bunch of drunk suburbanites got on and didn't understand how trains work. Oh, yeah. I got a job today and I'm not sure I made the right choice (I had two job offers), but I'm pretty certain I did. It was a good day.
Never be the smartest person in the room if you can avoid it.but then, everyone at the table was much smarter than me, so it's no real surprise.