We play background music at http://fruitworks.co usually rotating popular radio stations or Spotify. We used it to get through the "quiet startup days" but now we're busier we still play it. We use a pair of 2.1 speakers plugged into a laptop but because our space is quite large, it's hard to get the sound to travel without being too loud at one end, so we're currently installing 6.1 speakers with the satellites mounted around the far corners of the space etc.
A member here made a shared music server in a hackathon - we haven't had chance to set it up yet and we're hoping that by the end of the next hackathon this month, the Mac OSX and Windows GUI clients for it will be done. If so, I'm sure he'll make it all open source. Kind Regards, Liam Gooding Managing Director ------------------------- T: +44 (0) 1227 807210 M: +44 (0) 7540 359277 W: www.fruitbowlmedia.com E: [email protected] Skype: liam.gooding_fruitbowlmedia Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/liamgooding Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fruitbowlmedia Fruitbowl Media specialise in delivering highly targeted e-marketing solutions to the conferences and events sector. Our unique approach ensures that every visitor to your website fulfils your conversion goals, through constant tracking, reporting and iterative improvement. Our attention to detail and industry knowledge builds autonomy, allowing you to focus on high value business development and management tasks. On 14 Aug 2012, at 16:22, Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > hi, > > same thing here at Tau (France, Toulouse) we started plugging a pair > of speakers to one laptop some weeks ago and now the cable jump from > one laptop to another depending on who's here what's been played, the > mood etc ... > > I think (and have experienced) that background music do help to keep a > better mood around and probably allows people to "forget" about people > based noise that come with a filled space (people walking, whispering, > phone ringing, doors opening etc ...) > > on a practical manner : I've been looking at github hubot and play > (https://github.com/play/play/) for some time and plan to test such a > setup (related article : http://zachholman.com/screencast/play/). > Z. Holman article is also interesting on the human side of having a > common, community managed, music stream going on. > > you could also use things like spotify and deezer to share, edit and > play playlists I suppose, and from my university's years I remember > tons of open source projects to handle "web based" jukeboxes > > anyone got tips about the "hardware" side to setup this ? small form > factor pc, media friendly pcs ? > > TR > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Tom Brandt <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think it is a good thing, depending on what it is. We have a couple of >> members who play quite a bit of music over the big speakers from their own >> collections or from rdio, spotify, etc. When they are not here it seems >> pretty quiet. >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 6:34 PM, RedRokk <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hey everyone, I have a quick question I would like to get your perspective >>> on. >>> >>> We just started offering co-working space here in Bellingham, Washington. >>> Our space fits up to 20 people comfortably, but often times we only have 2 >>> or 3. We have been playing with the idea of adding light background music to >>> the space that would play throughout the day. The target customer is >>> developers, graphic designers, copywriters, and startups. We are wanting to >>> make the space feel a little more active during slower points in the day or >>> week. >>> >>> This is a very interesting research study done on noise levels. It >>> suggests a specific level of noise actually encourages more collaboration >>> and creativity: >>> http://news.illinois.edu/news/12/0514NoiseCreativity_RaviMehta.html >>> >>> What are your thoughts on playing music in the background? >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> Tyler Byrd | President >>> Red Rokk Interactive, Inc >>> >>> C: (360) 920-2462 | O: (360) 747-7401 | F: (954) 867-1177 >>> [email protected] | www.RedRokk.com >>> >>> Video Introduction to Red Rokk: http://youtu.be/5XRSUn__jow >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Coworking" group. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/rRsepfh4iJQJ. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> twb >> member, Workantile >> @twbrandt >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > -- > Thomas Riboulet > +33 (0) 698 926 057 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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