Comments on: Woman at work: Part II

By: Indiana Gregg

Indiana Gregg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:23:06 +0000

I thought the idea would be to do it live streaming either video or audio.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:30:51 +0000

@Jon,

I’ve tried conference with Skype but it was only audio. I don’t think it can support multiple videos, though that would be cool, in a Brady Bunch kind of way.

By: Jon Newton

Jon Newton — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:24:54 +0000

@ Crosbie.

Individual messags wouldn’t achieve much. We need interactive discussion. IMO, phone calls would get out of hand but as I said somewhere else, Indy’s idea of face-to-face discussions is good. With live video streaming, thoughts could be clearly expressed and moderating becomes possible. I’ve been working on it (two possibiities haven’t panned out) and if anyone has any ideas about an application which might enable this … p2p @ shaw dot ca.

Maybe Skype can handle simultaneous videos? I haven’t looked at that.

Cheers!

By: Crosbie Fitch

Crosbie Fitch — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:25:25 +0000

There’s nothing stopping people producing podcasts or videos of themselves. They can then upload or even share them via BitTorrent – with a copyleft license.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:39:28 +0000

We intended EVERYBODY to be able to participate, and want to maintain the continuity and the integrity of it all for the benefit of those artists who are watching, but not jumping in just yet.

It would be counter-productive at this stage to start taking a2f2a discussions OFFLINE, period!

By: Jon Newton

Jon Newton — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:49:30 +0000

Sorry, Indy: A live video thing, yes, but not telephone. Not for me, anyhow.

Cheers!

By: Indiana Gregg

Indiana Gregg — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:47:23 +0000

I think that we could probably set up some kind of conference. I don’t know how many people would be reading or not as this forum is relatively new. But, sometimes it’s easier to listen to people when they present their points by speaking rather than piecing together what they mean through various comments. For myself, it’s sometimes easier to listen to people. We could perhaps record the conversations or something and Jon could put them online here.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:07:27 +0000

@DA
Agreed. Even with Skype conference calls… it is still too impulsive in response. People need time to read and digest.

Perhaps trying to write WITHOUT any tone, attitude, or emotion is best. Or at least try to minimize it.

It will reduce the chance of misinterpretation.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:33:17 +0000

Sure, the telephone might give you some comfort in the fact that you have a real voice, and don’t have to interpret the “emotion” behind someone’s typing. But, what of ALL the participants??

This isn’t ig2f2ig.
(Any more than we wanted it to be bb2f2bb!)

We now have a few artists participating, and a whole P2P community out there wanting to hear what they say, and possibly give them some feedback to some possibly superior ideas they may bring in.

Are we to just start “Skyping” amongst a limited number of us, and then have to re-interpolate everything discussed back to a2f2a, in order for EVERYBODY to keep abreast of what could have been continued right “here” in the first place??

And, what about all the “white noise” that telephone conferencing is always plagued with? Instead of having your say, and someone having a chance to read it through, you now have the nuisance of everybody trying to “talk over” every one else.

At this stage of the game, I don’t think the idea’s as constructive as it might first seem.

By: Jon Newton

Jon Newton — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:38:23 +0000

“old-fashioned telephone or over skype”

Great idea.

Cheers!