I'm hosting an online chat this Wednesday, 7pm PST

Posted at 11:35 on Monday August 21, 2006 | Filed Under Miscellaneous

I'm taking your advice after reading the responses to my survey. So this Wednesday, I'm going to host an online chat. If you want to ask any questions about getting started investing, personal entrepreneurship, or pens/salsa, come check it out. This is my first time doing this, and if it goes well, maybe I'll make it a regular thing.

What: I'll host an online chat room to talk about personal finance, personal entrepreneurship, and whatever else. Very informal, very unstructured.
When: This Wednesday, August 23rd, at 7pm PST (that's 10pm EST).
Where: Come to this site, iwillteachyoutoberich.com, to access the chat.

PS--If you have any suggestions for good chat software to host this, please add a comment!

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Comments (15)

1.: Woe is me! I wish I could be a part of this chat. Sadly, I work from 4pm-2am. It would be great if you could give a chat on a regular basis, but maybe mix the schedule up a bit so everyone could have their say in time.

Posted by Kevin Franklin at August 21, 2006 12:44 PM

2.: Why not just get a channel on IRC, you can make IRC hyperlinks that open up the persons IRC client and connect directly to the channel. Plenty of free IRC software. You can admin the room and promote certain users to have privleges, boot abusive users. Maybe people will end up just staying in the room and chatting amongst themselves.

Posted by Daniel at August 21, 2006 12:52 PM

3.: I'm assuming you're going to log this chat, Ramit?

Posted by huey at August 21, 2006 01:19 PM

4.: If you are just looking to allow people to talk with you one-on-one, you could always give www.meebome.com a try.

Posted by Jim English at August 21, 2006 01:29 PM

5.: cgiirc is one of those programs Daniel mentioned; it lets you access an IRC chatroom from your web browser.

Posted by Mel at August 21, 2006 01:32 PM

6.: might want to checkout campfile, from the guys that created basecamp.

http://www.campfirenow.com/

Posted by me at August 21, 2006 02:06 PM

7.: Yeah darn it, I already promised my girlfriend dinner that night.

Hope you make it into a regular event.

Posted by Bergamot at August 21, 2006 02:12 PM

8.: Campfire, of course!

http://www.campfirenow.com/

Posted by Jared Goralnick at August 21, 2006 02:13 PM

9.: Do you think there is a possibility of co-hosting such online chat? I have been wanting to do this, except that I'm still in the process of building enough web audience to enable sufficient participants for an online chat.

Posted by 1stMillionAt33 at August 21, 2006 03:05 PM

10.: Aww shucks, I'll be out with my girlfriend this Wednesday. Any other weekday would have been good, lol. ;)

Posted by Jonathan at August 21, 2006 03:44 PM

11.: ++

http://www.campfirenow.com/

Posted by MyNameIsMatt at August 21, 2006 04:36 PM

12.: Why not Yahoo Messenger? I like it and it is simple...we can hear you too...

Posted by Idea Senator at August 22, 2006 02:33 AM

13.: If you want to use the www.businesschatroom.homestead.com its already set to go. Its easy to use. Some people have trouble with other chats and you will end up spending your time explaining to people how to get in the chat. This is easy and set to go.

Posted by IMF at August 22, 2006 11:34 AM

14.: Will there be transcripts, or at least a summary of topics and key points? As an alternative to a chat, why don't you simply host a forum?

Incidentally, we are still in Daylight Saving Time, not Standard Time; but I don't think anyone will be confused by the schedule.

Posted by Mikael at August 22, 2006 04:27 PM

15.: I'm going to join the people requesting a transcript, since I have a class at that time.

Posted by David at August 22, 2006 09:13 PM

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