Video at workshop?

[kmestery]

We can setup a WebEx as well, which would allow us to share the presentations that way. This would be voice as well, we could do video if someone had a video camera as well.

On Oct 7, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:

> On 10/07/2011 01:31 PM, Karsten Wade wrote:
>> I'm a full-time telecommuter and I really, really appreciate when
>> events are webcast (with archives.) Sometimes it's the only chance I
>> have to see and hear the voices behind important events.
>> 
>> So I have a vision that we _could_ webcast the first day of the
>> workshop.[1] There are a lot of ways to accomplish this, the least of
>> which is me setting up a camera, recording, and posting on the web
>> afterwards.
>> 
>> Are there any thoughts from you all about this?
> 
> I'm not going to be able to attend the workshop so I'm very eager about having a way to participate remotely.
> 
> I actually think video is not all that important as long as slide decks are made available before hand.  Audio is really what's important.  There's a lot of ways to stream audio (particularly, in real time).
> 
> For breakout sessions, projecting an IRC channel has worked well at past conferences, in particular, when combined with streaming audio.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Anthony Liguori
> 
>> For some of us, it may be the first time we're going to participate
>> publicly in such an open way, and I want to respect the concerns that
>> can come with that. I assure you that people watching really do
>> benefit and it will help your interactions in the future when stuck in
>> text mode on IRC and mailing lists. I'm also thinking of the rest of
>> the existing developer teams at our individual organizations - they
>> can't be at the workshop and benefit from seeing all of us, too.
>> 
>> I know this is a complication that could be very annoying for the
>> presenters and audience if we don't do it right.
>> 
>> So I'm asking you - as developers and technologists - what way do you
>> think?
>> 
>> - Karsten
>> 
>> [1] I figure webcasting the breakout sessions is more annoyance than
>>     useful, although I'll be recommending using Etherpad and IRC for
>>     collaborative documentation of breakouts; wiki is archive for
>>     session notes. However, if you want to bring people in to your
>>     session using videoconferencing, great. Maybe we can talk about
>>     that possibility, too.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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