response 77 of 84:

Mar 8 17:10 UTC 2007

I don't know anyone named Amy, but I have been 'maus' on grex for quite
a while (I think late 1990s, maybe 98 or 99). 

response 79 of 84:

Mar 8 20:35 UTC 2007

Not to be confused with chris (mouse)

response 81 of 84:

Mar 8 21:50 UTC 2007

The user known as maus on m-nut is Amy, and has been since, uh... a
long time ago.  :)

response 83 of 84:

Mar 20 15:47 UTC 2007

Continuing with the ideas of resp:51 - I've begun posting bookmarks on 
del.icio.us to selected Grex items, tagging them with "grex" and other 
tags appropriate to the subject matter of the items.  Thus far, just two 
(though I plan to do more): 

  Item 4 in the web conference (item:web,4).  Tags: grex, microformats,
  semanticweb, web2.0.

  Item 69 in the programming conference (item:jellyware,69).  Tags: 
  grex, programming, goto.

The idea is that a lot of people follow tags on del.icio.us that 
correspond to their interests, either by visiting a page such as
del.icio.us/tag/NAME-OF-TAG or subscribing to the corresponding RSS 
feed. So anyone with an interest in Microformats and following what's 
new on http://del.icio.us/tag/microformats will see the link to the Grex 
item.  If they follow the link, they get to read the item and a notice 
that to respond to it, they need to have an account.  In addition, they 
get other links enabling them to explore Grex further.

I don't know how effective this approach will be in drawing in new 
users, but I have a feeling that doing it enough could bring in some new 
folks.  After all, we have almost sixteen years worth of items here, 
many with quite good discussions, that could be linked to on del.icio.us 
or other public bookmarking sites that are looked at by a lot of 
eyeballs.  Free publicity for Grex, without a lot of work on our part.

Go to http://del.icio.us/jremmers/grex/ to see what I've bookmarked so 
far.