I like giving live talks more than recordings. The energy level of a "Well, here's my one shot" in front of a full room. Versus standing in front of a camera and trying to repeat the funny joke I made in the previous take :)
The NuPIC Challenge is great, by the way. Science-a-thons take longer than 36 hours. On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 9:38 AM cogmission (David Ray) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Matt, > > Re: NuPIC Challenge (new Hackathon format) > > I love the idea! It will be so much more beneficial to the community and > technology to afford participants more time! That is such a good idea! > > I have one suggestion toward leveling the playing field for remote and > local participant demo exhibition. What if all participants filmed their > demos rather than just the remote peeps? That way the judges can only use > the videos for review which will put everyone on an equal playing field. > The presentation portion of the "event" can just be playing all of the > submissions on a "big screen". This would also unify the gallery posting > process because all you (or whoever will put these up in the gallery) will > have to do is directly post all submissions rather than gather the remote > ones and record the onsite ones? > > ----------- > > Re: The Video Log format of Community Updates > > I think that format is useful for clarity when there are lots of details > surrounding an "update" - otherwise I don't see the reason for preference > between the video log and an email or blog posting. (Not that I don't enjoy > seeing your beautiful face in video format :-P) - If its easier for you to > do, than go for it - or if you think it will help galvanize community focus > on new events - go for it... > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello NuPIC, >> >> I am experimenting with an "HTM Video Log". If you are interested in >> keeping up with what's going on in the HTM / NuPIC world, please >> follow and I'll continue posting new videos. >> >> The first video focuses on the new NuPIC Challenge: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGCqVGI5V7g >> >> These are very informal and unpolished. They are meant to convey the >> most information as possible with as little effort on my part as >> possible. ;) >> >> So... good idea? Bad idea? Am I just feeding my own narcissistic monster? >> >> --------- >> Matt Taylor >> OS Community Flag-Bearer >> Numenta >> >> > > > -- > *With kind regards,* > > David Ray > Java Solutions Architect > > *Cortical.io <http://cortical.io/>* > Sponsor of: HTM.java <https://github.com/numenta/htm.java> > > [email protected] > http://cortical.io >
