DISQUS

Olaf Doschke · 1 year ago

As a german I may add to the explaination of the word Stammtisch: The word is one of those typical german compound words made up from Stamm and Tisch. Tisch simply is table, Stamm here comes from Stammgast, the regular customers/visitors of a pub. That's again made up of Stamm and Gast (guest) and here Stamm comes from the tree trunk as the main part of a tree it's a symbol for the main guests.

So on the one side it was a table and that table was provided by the pub/restaurants for their regulars. On the other side those regulars are a group that not necessarily formed only because they were regulars there. But you could say original Stammtisch was a more serious sounding disguise for beer user group meetings ;-).

It has the focus on the socialising aspect and is much less than a conference but therefore more regular. And an exchange of ideas and experiences on any sepcific topic of the Stammtisch members is also important to drive that thing.

Bye, Olaf.

Sean · 1 year ago

Cool, thanks for added a bit more detail and history to the word Olaf!

Sean

Jared · 1 year ago

Hey Sean, came across your blog on twitter.

I think that's a great method for communicating. I think the office environment always creates a kind of stuffy and stiffer atmosphere. I think having "gatherings" outside in more informal settings makes for much better conversation. I think if more people did this a lot more would get done and creativity would appear more often.

I think another great spot for informal communication is twitter. It may not be effective in really organizing a conversation but everybody is equal. There aren't rankings that allow certain posts or thoughts to be at the top. Everybody sees everything on an equal level which I think helps people express their thoughts and ideas better.

Jared
my twitter account - jotoole4

fotogail · 1 year ago

What great terminology, Sean. I intend to use that!