How about reviving/advertising an IRC channel so people could hop on whenever they're free, see if that gains any momentum.
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> wrote: > We can have more than one hangout to cover multiple time zones/work > requirements. Each meeting should forward notes to the mailing list. > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Giorgio Zoppi <giorgio.zo...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > So Friday afterwork_ > > > > > > 2014-03-03 18:56 GMT+01:00 Suneel Marthi <suneel_mar...@yahoo.com>: > > > > > Grant had setup a Google Hangout for Mahout sometime last year before > 0.8 > > > release. I had one setup too for 0.9 release. I definitely wouldn't > want > > > to have a hangout on Saturday or weekend. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, March 3, 2014 12:52 PM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Happy to organize a google hangout. That has the advantage of allowing > > > more attendees and supporting YouTube archiving. > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 3, 2014, at 9:34, Giorgio Zoppi <giorgio.zo...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > Dr.Dunning could you set a meeting next Sat morning, so we can chat > and > > > > discuss by skype improvements and what to do and indentify volunteer > > and > > > > tasks. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Giorgio > > > > > > > > > > > > 2014-03-03 18:30 GMT+01:00 peng <pc...@uowmail.edu.au>: > > > > > > > >> Me three > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>> On Sun 02 Mar 2014 11:45:33 AM EST, Ted Dunning wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> Ravi, > > > >>> > > > >>> Good points. > > > >>> > > > >>> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 12:38 AM, Ravi Mummulla < > > > ravi.mummu...@gmail.com> > > > >>> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> - Natively support Windows (guidance, etc. No documentation exists > > > today, > > > >>>> for instance) > > > >>> There is a bit of demand for that. > > > >>> > > > >>> - Faster time to first application (from discovery to first > > application > > > >>> > > > >>>> currently takes a non-trivial amount of effort; how can we lower > the > > > bar > > > >>>> and reduce the friction for adoption?) > > > >>> There is huge evidence that this is important. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> - Better documenting use cases with working samples/examples > > > >>>> (Documentation > > > >>>> on https://mahout.apache.org/users/basics/algorithms.html is > spread > > > out > > > >>>> and > > > >>>> there is too much focus on algorithms as opposed to use cases - > this > > > is > > > >>>> an > > > >>>> adoption blocker) > > > >>> This is also important. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> - Uniformity of the API set across all algorithms (are we providing > > the > > > >>>> same experience across all APIs?) > > > >>> And many people have been tripped up by this. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> - Measuring/publishing scalability metrics of various algorithms > > (why > > > >>>> would > > > >>>> we want users to adopt Mahout vs. other frameworks for ML at > scale?) > > > >>> I don't see this as important as some of your other points, but is > > > still > > > >>> useful. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Quiero ser el rayo de sol que cada día te despierta > > > > para hacerte respirar y vivir en me. > > > > "Favola -Moda". > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Quiero ser el rayo de sol que cada día te despierta > > para hacerte respirar y vivir en me. > > "Favola -Moda". > > >
