Maybe I must apologize. It's a peeve of mine. I welcome hard discussions and don't think we are as sensitive as many seem to think. And excessive deference just gets in the way. My 2 cents.
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 2:01 PM, David Metzler <metzler...@gmail.com> wrote: > That was not my intention at all, nor was I offended, personally. I > suspected that John was just trying to make suggestions for improving the > process, and was just trying to let him know that his statements might be > read. I do not think that your suggestion that I was playing some kind of > emotional card is a fair characterization of my response. > > My own "analytical" thinking (intelligent or otherwise) suggests that as > well intentioned as his ideas are, they do not look to "scale" to an event > the size of Drupal CON, and should be tried out at a smaller event, > preferably at one where the person who has the idea is willing to > contribute time to making sure those ideas work. > > If I'm out of line, here, my apologies. > > Dave > > > On Apr 21, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Anthony <t...@tony-mac.com> wrote: > > I think, fwiw, John's remarks are constructive criticism. Why does > everyone play the "emotional I am so offended card" when one expresses > intelligent analytical thinking? This type of thinking can only help us not > hurt us. > > > On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Dave Metzler <metzler...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> It may not be what you intended but this comes off as a bit disrespectful >> to the volunteers that make these kinds of events happen. >> >> I think having people parrot back from an mp3 player would seriuosly >> degrade the quality of the presentations. I also think that adding a lot >> of post production work to the process is problematic. >> >> Dave >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Apr 21, 2013, at 1:52 AM, John Summerfield <sum...@js.id.au> wrote: >> >> > On 20/04/13 02:22, Larry Garfield wrote: >> >> >> >> Yes, you are able to give users "bypass node access" restriction, which >> >> would, I believe, then bypass domain access, too. Generally don't give >> >> that permission to people unless you really really mean it. :-) >> > >> > Larry, on another note, a lot, maybe all, the Drupalcon videos are hard >> to read. I suspect someone points a camera at the screen and says, "That >> will do." >> > >> > >> > A day or so ago I went through some of my less recent photos, and I >> found some from and Events Management event in Perth a year ago. Someone >> was talking to a slideshow, just like Drupalcons, and I took some pics of >> the screen. I didn't do anything special, just pointed the camera and let >> auto-everything do its magic. The results were fine, even on a DSLR >> approaching 10 years old. >> > >> > So I don't know what your videographers are doing, but they do need to >> sharpen up their act. I'm thinking it shouldn't be too hard to merge the >> audio with the slide presentation they already have. >> > >> > If the presenters rehearse (and they really should), they they can >> prerecord the audio and them be wired to an MP3 player in their pocket and >> parrot what they hear. It would mean absolutely no questions during the >> formal presentations though. Or just post the original audio and edit in >> questions later. Or something. >> > >> > You know who to talk to, Larry, and they know who you are. Perhaps you >> could take it up with them? >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > *Anthony Stefan Maciejowski* > > *www.Tony-Mac.com <http://www.tony-mac.com/>* > > > > > -- *Anthony Stefan Maciejowski* *www.Tony-Mac.com*
