Tuesday, May 13
So the plan (so far) is this:
Starting next monday (May 19th) we will discuss 2 books a week (one starting on monday, the second on thursday.) Each book is 30-60 pgs. in my edition.
As there are 22 books, that gives us 11 weeks. At this rate our last book discussion will be the first thursday in August.
The rate is not set in stone, but we should probably try to keep it up. If we cannot all keep up with the reading we can discuss a slower rate.
We will alternate the "opening question" between all four of us. I will volunteer to do the first one because I have the book with me now, if someone else wants to do the first one instead, just tell me.
If we all have AIM, ICQ, or something like that, we could try to have some intense discussion on each book (schedules permitting.) I could set up a IRC chatroom if everyone does not have an instant messaging program.
I could also set up a mailing list to attach to the blog. This way everyone could at least read the posts if they don't have time to get on the internet. Another benefit of this is that we can invite people to read our discussion (yes, they can read it on the web, but some people have email, and never get on the web.)
I can also sign up for a comment service. This would keep our posts organized because we could keep all of the discussion of one book under the "opening question" post. People reading along with us will be able to follow the discussion easily. I kinda think the discussion of any book will potentially spill over the following book. Drawbacks: I don't think they allow you to forward comments to mailing lists. Also, the comment services I have seen are kinda clunky.
An alternative for keeping the posts organized is for all of us to do a good job titling our posts. (There is no separate title, but you can use html
I think that is it, please give me feedback on your ideas
Starting next monday (May 19th) we will discuss 2 books a week (one starting on monday, the second on thursday.) Each book is 30-60 pgs. in my edition.
As there are 22 books, that gives us 11 weeks. At this rate our last book discussion will be the first thursday in August.
The rate is not set in stone, but we should probably try to keep it up. If we cannot all keep up with the reading we can discuss a slower rate.
We will alternate the "opening question" between all four of us. I will volunteer to do the first one because I have the book with me now, if someone else wants to do the first one instead, just tell me.
Some ideas
If we all have AIM, ICQ, or something like that, we could try to have some intense discussion on each book (schedules permitting.) I could set up a IRC chatroom if everyone does not have an instant messaging program.
I could also set up a mailing list to attach to the blog. This way everyone could at least read the posts if they don't have time to get on the internet. Another benefit of this is that we can invite people to read our discussion (yes, they can read it on the web, but some people have email, and never get on the web.)
I can also sign up for a comment service. This would keep our posts organized because we could keep all of the discussion of one book under the "opening question" post. People reading along with us will be able to follow the discussion easily. I kinda think the discussion of any book will potentially spill over the following book. Drawbacks: I don't think they allow you to forward comments to mailing lists. Also, the comment services I have seen are kinda clunky.
An alternative for keeping the posts organized is for all of us to do a good job titling our posts. (There is no separate title, but you can use html
to add a title.
(used the h2 tag to do that)I think that is it, please give me feedback on your ideas
