On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 07:45 -1000, R. Scott Belford wrote: > Stan Baptista wrote: > >> Normally a conference is not mic'd up to capture > > audience questions. > > > > So mic them. Although this thread is discussing the > > pros/cons of attending a conference and what the > > topics should be, fact is not everyone can do that. > > The Q&As are extremely useful. > > Thanks, Stan. I wish we had recorded them. I brought a wireless mic > for that purpose, but, it was one of those things that slipped by the > wayside due to the follies of stress. Thanks for emphasizing the > importance. Next year ..... :-)
Thanks for the timely suggestion. I'll look into both for the next conference. At this early stage, I will either get a flash-based/hard-disk based recording device or build one... Yeah, I think I'll build something hard-disk based. As for capturing audience questions, the 2 options are: A. A roving portable microphone recording device. B. A microphone on a stand at the aisle. "Please approach the microphone to ask a question" style. I prefer the latter as microphone's can get lost in the audience and a roving microphone is a damn hassle. Having said all this, there are legal implications to recording and releasing talks like we have. Permission needs to be granted and depending on the company/individual, this can amount to paperwork and being fed through legal departments. I'm sure if the content for the Q and A session for Andre Hill was put up, we'd get a quick Cease and Desist (or sued) from Novell. If you attend, you're guaranteed to hear a speaker talk with Q and A where they go more in depth. As it is, speakers prepare talks to a general audience, for general consumption, rated G. - Julian
