I want a tool that lets me publish times and places where I'm open to public interactions, like at conventions or meetups, and other people can do the same, and I can follow people I'd particularly like to meet up with and get notified when we're going to be in the same place at the same time.
So I was thinking about what to call it, and it computes the intersection of two calendars, right? Obviously it's "intercal" 🤔
@jamey I might have geography based mailing lists that I bcc when I am headed to certain cities
@jamey just a list of emails. A contact group. Works ok for me. Cause there’s a coordination step of who responds first and how many people you want to see and so on.
@ansate Yeah, I imagined making actual arrangements would be out of scope; this tool would just remind you that there's someone you'd like to make arrangements with. In fact I was initially thinking of it in terms of people who table at conventions and want their fans to be able to find them, which doesn't involve any advance coordination…
@jamey yes very different use case. something about being semi public, being a draw, a name
@jamey just lists I keep of everyone in the Bay Area, in Colorado, in New York, in Seattle, that I would like to see. I am very self serving
@ansate Nice! Are the list subscribers people who want to catch up with you specifically, or groups of friends who all notify each other when they're in the same area?
Can I pester you with questions about what your requirements would be if you were going to use a tool like the one I'm imagining? 😁