Joey Hess is the author of git-annex. If you need to talk about something privatly, email me. The [[forum]] is the best place to discuss git-annex. The [VCS-home mailing list](http://lists.madduck.net/listinfo/vcs-home) is a good mailing list for users who want to use git-annex in the context of managing their large personal files. For realtime chat, use the `#vcs-home` channel on irc.oftc.net.