Marshall McLuhan would strongly disagree with you, as do I. The
medium with which you communicate has a very strong impact on the
conversation. That does not mean that it is the only influence.
There are many things that lead to a bad meeting, and from my
experience of having many meetings in person, on IRC, on IM, on
phones, on voice chat, on video chat, and many different mixes above,
I am a strong believer in high-bandwidth communication like voice.
.hc
On Mar 16, 2009, at 1:29 PM, dmotd wrote:
i am really unsure what you are talking about.. a meeting is what it
is, and
the medium will never dictate what you are talking about and the
intensity
with which it is conducted.. perhaps face to face contact is good for
watching the iris quiver and building a psychological profile based
on that
particular interaction, but really the amount of focus and
dedication that
anyone gives to a subject is dependent on variables that are quite
out of
control to other participants.
in terms of multi-tasking... i am usually engaged on a number of
things in any
given time period.. what at least is consistent about IRC is that i
can chose
to focus on any given problem without having to make myself publically
withdrawn from the discussion, and in such a circumstance i have a
log to
refer to what i have missed..
which leads me to my final point.. i have a log.. which everyone
does, without
transcription, without poor pronunciation and bad language getting
in the
way.. easy to archive and so on..
i have no real interest in the topic, but i have been a particpant in
enough 'online meetings' to know that video conferencing is a
complete waste
of time, beyond the initial distraction of connectivity issues..
if people have something valid to say and real-time is the only
productive
forum then IRC works and works well, otherwise voice probably makes
up for
where text lacks, but only in small groups.. video is just an
unnecessary and
unproductive formality..
meetings are never as productive as the facilitato
On Monday 16 March 2009 22:53:56 Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
I find IRC meetings to be very unproductive. Everyone is usually too
busy multitasking to get anything done in the meeting. I think that
the high bandwidth of voice and seeing the person holds your
attention
longer, so there is less multitasking and more focused discussion.
That said, if the audio connection is bad, then it gets worse than
IRC. IRC is good for asking pointed questions back and forth, better
than audio/video chat.
I think we should have IRC running, but also it would be great to
have
video chat with projectors, speakers, and a decent mic setup. Marius
and I ran the streaming for a class at Brooklyn Poly. One student
was
joining in from Canada. When it was set up and running well, it
actually worked quite well. This means spending a little time
setting
up the speakers and mics, and a projector is good too instead of a
screen. Since this will be happening over three days, it makes sense
to spend some time on setup. ITP can provide all of the equipment on
the NYC end.
.hc
LG
Georg
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