irc

Microformats IRC

We have an IRC channel, #microformats on the freenode network.

There's typically someone there at any point during the day, though there isn't always active discussion. Sometimes, though this is the best place to discuss issues that need lots of back and forth discussion.

People on irc

A list of IRC regulars and their normal timezones. (winter/summer)

• bewest (-0800/-0700)
• AdamCraven (+0000)
• amette (+1000)
• bkdelong (-0500/-0400)
• BenWard (+0000)
• BenjaminCarlyle (+1000)
• boneill (+0000)
• briansuda (+0000)
• cdevroe (-0500/-0600)
• cgriego (-0600/-0500)
• charles_r (0000/+0100)
• pnhChris (-0500/-0400)
• factoryjoe (-0800/-0700)
• cks (-0600/-0500)
• Cloud (+0000)
• DanC (-0600/-0500)
  • office hours: Wednesday afternoons, America/Chicago time
• davecardwell (+0000)
• deanero (-0800/-0700)
• dglazkov (-0600/-0500)
• drewinthehead (+0000/+0100)
• hober (-0800/-0700)
• enric (-0800/-0700)
• evanpro (-0500)
• Fil (+0200)
• Grantbow (-0800/-0700)
• hlb (+0800-0700)
• Hixie (-0800/-0700)
• IZO
• jcgregorio
• jonnay (-0700/0600)
• jkridner] (-0600/-0500)
• kapowaz (+0000/+0100)
• kerihenare (+1200)
• KevinMarks (-0800/-0700)
• Mark Mansour (+1100)
• Mark Norman Francis (+0000/+0100)
• McNulty (+0000/+0100)
• neuro`
• Phae (+0000/+0100)
• plaes (+0200/+0300)
• qid (-0500)
• Remi (-0500/-0400)
• RobertBachmann (+0100/+0200)
  • Office hours: Wednesday, 18:00-20:00 UTC (Currently no office hours)
• kingryan (-0800/-0700)
  • Office hours: Wednesday, 21:00 UTC
• csarven (-0500/-0400)
• Snowden (-0800/-0700)
• SteveGanz (-0800/-0700)
• Tantek (-0800/-0700)
• trovster (-0800/-0700)
• dkubb (-0800/-0700)
• edsu (-0500/-0400)
• Steve Farrell (-0800/-0700)
• Enric (-0800/-0700)
• Charl (+0200/+0200)
• friedcell (+0100/+0200)
• vant (+0900)
• VoodooChild (+0000/+0100)
• iwaim (+0900)
• WhiskeyM (+0000)
• William Lawrence (-0800/-0700)
• yakk (-0800/-0700)
• Ashley (+1000)

Greetings

To display a brief description of who you are each time you join the channel, you can create a definition for your username. To do so pass the ?def command using something like the following convention (be brief):

?def jdoe is John Doe and can be found online at http://www.example.com

More information about using JiBot commands can be found on the jibot website

bots

• mfbot
• mflogbot
• jibot

Logs

Available here: http://rbach.priv.at/Microformats-IRC/

Atom feed of logs available here: http://microformat.makedatamakesense.com/log_feed/

IRC meetups

The idea of having IRC meetups (that is, a set time for meeting on IRC) has been suggested by Ryan King, as it appears to work well for the WordPress community and may help us from time-to-time. As of yet, there are no plans to have meetups, though.

IRC Clients

There has been some discussion on the mailing list over IRC clients. Following are clients recommended by #microformats participants.

Popular IRC Clients

• mIRC - Popular Windows client. Trial version only.
• X-Chat - Popular cross-platform client. Free Windows version available.
• Chatzilla - Cross-platform IRC extension for Firefox
• Irssi - Linux client, often run from a shell.
• Gaim - Cross-platform multi-protocol instant messenger.
• Miranda
• AdiIRC