I was thinking back to the Overhead vs blackboard conversation in the previous note.
When someone asks a question and you want to diagram something to discuss what was asked about, we would in-person pick up the pen / chalk and map it out. In the virtual world, popping open a shared whiteboard has enough overhead to be creating friction and breaking the conversation. I think the draw it on paper and show it is actually likely in the top 3 options available. Fast and easy. But not shared and somewhat limited on resolution (through the camera). Almost worth drawing it on paper, using the cell phone to take a picture and then stuffing it into the chat. I am looking for the low friction path to show a quick diagram. I have tried in the past to use pre-canned images. So at some level, if I have enough time to create the whole workshop, it is wise for me to stuff a bunch of appendix slides of the images/graphs/issues that are likely to come up, so that I can flip to that slide for a directed conversation. However, when we have a more ebb and flow conversation about new things,the diagraming seems to not work well in realtime. Back to the pen/paper and hold it to the camera as the default choice.... Seems like there should be something more effective than that. On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 2:55 PM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 3 Feb 2021, John Sechrest wrote: > > > What is the appropriate/effective tool that does the work that a real > life > > blackboard does in a meaningful discussion. > > John, > > I find your question abiguous. > > > Most of the shared whiteboard software is not effective and is a pain in > > the ***. How do you make an interactive diagram that works? > > The need for displayed interactions among meeting participants seems to be > the reason shared virtual whiteboards were created. As you wrote, the need > might be there but fulfilling that need leaves much (everything?) to be > desired. > > Non-interactive displays are easy: screen share of a .pdf, .png, or other > bit-mapped formats is what I hope works well. Otherwise I'll print the > files > and hold them in front of my face so the webcam sees them. Come to think of > it, that might be the simplest, easiest, and most effective solution. > > And, in a planning or decision-makgin BOGSAT[1] virtual meeting, > interactivity could be accomplished by having one person writing all the > ideas on a sheet of paper and holding it up to the camera or webcam. Rather > primative but it will do the job. > > Regards, > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- [image: www.seattleangelconference.com] <http://www.seattleangelconference.com/> *JOHN SECHREST* *Founder, *Seattle Angel Conference TEL (541) 250-0844 EMAIL [email protected] Schedule A Meeting <https://sechrest.youcanbook.me/> http://seattleangelconference.com @sechrest _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
