From: brabuhr@...
Date: 2007-09-26T04:24:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Gmail Chat Group

On 9/25/07, Jayson Williams <williams.jayson@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...so there I was. Wishing there was some Ruby Guru nearby that could
> coach me through this challenging bit of code. As I opened up my gmail
> account to shoot off yet another question to the group, my eye spotted
> the gmail chat feature to the left of the compose email window.
>
> "Wouldn't that be great?, " I thought to myself. " ...to have a list
> of a dozen or so Ruby enthusiasts that also had a gmail account. I
> could instantly see if they were  online, before I addressed the
> entire group, and shoot out a quick question via chat."

Or, alternatives:

Is there still a ruby-lang irc channel:
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/62039
?

Something like Lingr or Campfire?