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    <title>Checking out the IRC world</title>
    <summary>I recently downloaded the mIRC client and have been checking out the Freenode IRC network. The few times I&apos;ve logged in there haven&apos;t been many people about - mainly because I live in New Zealand and so my time zone is out of whack with the northern hemisphere. But tonight (Saturday night my time) I...</summary>
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      <name>Richard MacManus</name>
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      <![CDATA[<p>I recently downloaded the <a href="http://www.mirc.com">mIRC</a> client and have been checking out the <a href="http://www.freenode.net/">Freenode</a> IRC network. The few times I've logged in there haven't been many people about - mainly because I live in New Zealand and so my time zone is out of whack with the northern hemisphere. But tonight (Saturday night my time) I had a nice chat with <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0110772/">Seb Paquet</a> and <a href="http://chocnvodka.blogware.com/blog">Suw Charman</a> on the #kmtalk channel. The other channels I've discovered so far are #joiito and #technorati.</p>
<p>Seb pointed me to a Topic Exchange wiki page for <a href="http://topicexchange.com/wiki.pl?Topics_as_attractors">topics as meeting points</a>, which is something I'm interested in exploring further with the community. e.g. Person-centered versus Topic-centered is something <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/001688.html">I've written about in the past</a>.</p>
<p>Even though my time zone and personal schedule prevent a full-on participation in the IRC world, I hope to pop back into #kmtalk and the other tech channels of freenode in the coming weeks. Maybe I'll see you there!</p>]]>
      
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