The onerous task of conducting the next Bombay Bloggers Meet has fallen on my shoulders. I realise that this is not a task that can be undertaken lightly. Therefore, after extensive and wide-ranging discussions, I have taken the first (and only) decision that is involved in being a Conductor of the Bombay Bloggers’ Meet.
I have chosen a venue.
The importance of this decision cannot be misunderestimated. The two most important decisions involved in setting up a meeting are choosing a venue and deciding a time. Opinions are divided on which of the two is more important.
Some say that deciding on a time is the most important thing. If a venue is chosen, but not the time, people will probably land up at the venue at different times. They will not find other participants and naturally, they will get confused. If the venue chosen is a public place like a restaurant, they might go around asking random people if they have come to attend the meeting. Finding that no one there has come to attend the meeting, they might give up and join some other meeting.
“Precisely” says the opposing school of thought. If a venue is chosen, but not the time, people can still have the meeting. It will just not be with the same set of people they were supposed to meet in the first place. On the other hand, if a time is chosen but not the venue, people will start off without knowing where to go. Now, while time is a single dimension, space is two-dimensional.(Some people say that given that highrises are a fact of life in a city like Bombay, it is more accurate to call space 3-dimensional.) Therefore, the probability that two people who set out for a meeting without knowing a venue will meet accidentally is much lower than the probability that two people who attend a meeting at a venue without knowing the time of the meeting will meet.
This discussion of course, does not take into account the impact that technology has had on the conduct of modern meetings. In many respects, it has made it possible to conduct a meeting without choosing a venue, though purists might object that such meetings would amount to stretching the definition of “meet” too far.
The foregoing discussion, while interesting in its own right, is reduced to being of only academic interest in the present context. That is because I have, after due deliberation, chosen both a time and a venue for the Bombay Bloggers Meet for July ’05.
Thank you. I’ll be there, and I’ll be on time.
Don’t know if I will be able to make it. I might be going out of town 🙁
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Now, while time is a single dimension, space is two-dimensional.(Some people say that given that highrises are a fact of life in a city like Bombay, it is more accurate to call space 3-dimensional.)
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wrong- space is three dimensional. But may have become two dimensional given the fact that highrises are a fact of life in a city like bombay. Don’t know the precise dimensions of your thought process though.