The early morning in Rieul brought a nice surprise: I saw my old friend Riddle again.
Riddle Sideways: good morning Pema
Pema Pera: Hi Riddle!
Pema Pera: Good seeing you again.
Pema Pera: How are you?
Riddle Sideways: yes, I have been out
Riddle Sideways: each meeting time has been inconvient
Pema Pera: no problem!
Pema Pera: We have so many meetings here that sooner or later a time slot will work for anyone ;>)
Riddle Sideways: that is what I was thinking
Riddle Sideways: I have not read the blog since last week either
Riddle Sideways: what has been happening
Pema Pera: lot’s of talking here (^^)
Pema Pera: see the blog
Riddle then mentioned some new development in our Qwaq-based WoK Forums.
Riddle Sideways: well I know about the wokforum/woklab emails
Pema Pera: yes, that’s a very interesting development
Pema Pera: I’m really very pleased to see other WoK Forums members taking such initiative
Pema Pera: It had always been meant as a group of peers
Pema Pera: Not only Steven and me organizing things
Pema Pera: So I’m delighted to see others starting new activities
Riddle Sideways: yes, you could not lead everything
Pema Pera: well said!
Riddle Sideways: it is interesting the division between SL and Qwaq
Riddle Sideways: some are more comfortable with one and not the other
Riddle Sideways: many want qwaq to continue
Pema Pera: Oh, yes, I think that is a good thing
Pema Pera: No reason not to
Pema Pera: Perhaps it is not so much a question of being more comfortable with Qwaq or SL
Pema Pera: but rather a question of willing to spend the time and energy to explore a new thing, after having gotten comfortable with Qwaq
Pema Pera: I myself waiting almost eight months before I finally delved into SL . . . .
Pema Pera: Hi Sky!
Riddle Sideways: I came to call it the baby duck syndrome
Riddle Sideways: after an article I read 20 years ago
Riddle Sideways: hi sky
Riddle Sideways: that article was talking about text editors
Riddle Sideways: and saying people always liked the first editor they had ever used
Riddle Sideways: no mater how bad
Sky Szimmer: hi everyone
Riddle Sideways: some liked vi or ed or notepad
Pema Pera: I can understand that
Pema Pera: I started with EDT
Pema Pera: and boy was I happy to switch to emacs . . . . ;>)
Pema Pera: (EDT was on the VAX, more than a quarter century ago)
Riddle Sideways: yes I used it, but liked ted better
Pema Pera: Sky, we are talking about the new Qwaq WoK Forums initiatvie
Pema Pera: are you on the wokforums list?
Sky Szimmer: ah
Pema Pera: as for the baby duck syndrome, I got an SL account in March last year
Pema Pera: but only by Christmas did I finally find a block of time to really get comfortable in SL
Pema Pera: So I can’t blame anyone else for being a bit tardy (^_^)
Pema Pera: Sky, what happened is
Pema Pera: A group of 6 individuals in WoK Forums each led a session there
Pema Pera: once every two weeks
Pema Pera: so three sessions a week
Pema Pera: during a period of a couple months
Pema Pera: We all liked it, but after that two-month experiment
Pema Pera: Steven and I did not propose something specific to follow up
Pema Pera: and I’m delighted that they now self-organized and will have a meeting in two days, discussing what to do next
Pema Pera: because there is a critical mass now of those who really want to continue
Riddle Sideways: and perhaps fortunately you can not make the meeting
Pema Pera: And then Riddle mentioned the baby duck syndrome ;>)
Riddle Sideways: you do not have to lead us
Pema Pera: yes, nice point Riddle!
Pema Pera: It is actually a real art to delegate
Pema Pera: I am still learning how to do that . . . .
Pema Pera: Two big stumbling blocks with delegating:
Pema Pera: 1) it takes MORE time initially — telling others how you do it takes far more time than just doing it
Pema Pera: 2) others will . . . surprise surprise . . . do it DIFFERENTLY than what you had in mind — you’ll have to give up control to some extent
Pema Pera: SO:
Pema Pera: finding more time and giving up control
Pema Pera: those are some of the hardest things to do . . . . (^^)
Pema Pera: but I’m slowly learning . . . .
Pema Pera: in astrophysics as well
Pema Pera: we now have a new MICA organization here in SL
Pema Pera: http://www.physics.drexel.edu/mica/
Pema Pera: same story there
Pema Pera: Kat, whom you have met here perhaps, has been my mentor in two ways:
Pema Pera: mentor for immigrating into SL
Pema Pera: and mentor for showing me how to delegate
At this point Sky had to leave.
Sky Szimmer: i unfortunately have to run. catch you again later.
Pema Pera: Sorry to talk so much, Sky ;>)
Pema Pera: nice having you here!
Riddle Sideways: sky, thank you for coming in
Sky Szimmer: no no, it is always nice to be here pema.
Sky Szimmer: i just have baby duties
Riddle Sideways: understand
Pema Pera: yes, and hard to delegate those!
Riddle Sideways: I have added another level to delegating
Riddle Sideways: I make most of my income being a go between
Riddle Sideways: between american execs who have their problems delegating
Riddle Sideways: and out-sourcers who have different ways of doing things
Riddle Sideways: I have to deal with both groups
Pema Pera: yes, that must not be easy
Pema Pera: so the execs delegate the delegation process to you . . . .
Riddle Sideways: yes, funny that
Riddle Sideways: they have a language of their own
Pema Pera doesn’t want to even think about that
Riddle Sideways: where they want it done, but can’t describe what they want
Pema Pera: ah, yes, I’ve seen that problem — don’t do what I say but what I mean (even if I myself don’t know what I mean) . . . .
Pema Pera: many layers of confusion!
Riddle Sideways: that is what I deal with
Riddle Sideways: which brings me to having to leave now for a web conference
Riddle Sideways: thank you for the chat
Pema Pera: thanks, Riddle
Pema Pera: good luck with everything!
