So Tyler (Central Washington), Grant (Lincoln, nebraska), Josh(texarkana, tx ), Manjunan(Mineapolis), Bernardo (São Paulo Brazil) and myself Gef (kootenay Bay BC)!
Should have a chat about what could happen with all this ? We could have a chat on the goto10 irc server to see what we can get started and where everyone is at - just to see what could be possible and needed ? Or simply to say hi and see who there on this side of the world ;) ! What about Saturday Oct 16th at 12pm Pacific time (we will have to make sur we get the time right for everyone ;) let me know - I should be able to chat anytime this whole coming weekend On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Tyler Leavitt <[email protected]> wrote: > I live in a similar setting (more desert than plains) in Central Washington > near the university and yes there is a lot of distance between the Americas > folks. I'm down for contributing manuals/lessons on various topics (puredata > basics, ardour sessions, jack settings, etc...). > Recently, I've been getting interest from some musicians around here about > the prospect of turning old computers into workstations (since we here are > broke =), so i was going to be using a slim debian install (dyne 3 perhaps?) > but software specific lessons could certainly beneficial for a puredyne > system as well. > anyways, > tyler > On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 8:52 PM, grant centauri <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm glad to see the discussion continuing. And the desert image of >> Nebraska is a bit misleading, prairie is more accurate, though the town I >> live in is really just a midwestern college town. I've had this dream of >> creating some kind of nature retreat with creative technology built in >> somewhat organically... after taking a workshop or Max/MSP in chicago i >> noticed that most if not all the output i had seen felt very urban or very >> academic. i thought it would be interesting to see what kind of electronic >> art would be made by people in a more natural setting. >> >> as far as educational modules go, I am definitely willing (and have time) >> to create content... its just a matter of doing. i'm not a particularly >> organized person and tend to put off the doing until i feel like everything >> is "just right"... which isn't often. >> >> however, i have been experimenting with using open source software to >> teach middle school kids various creative media techniques. my only >> successful attempt so far has been with Pencil, a nice piece of 2D animation >> software. i've been away from the after school program for about 6 months >> now though so I haven't done much recently. I am hoping to start again >> soon, and was planning on using pure:dyne as a platform for media creation. >> The problem is that the school media labs are all Apple computers, I'm not >> even sure if they are Intel or not. While this is good in the sense that I >> have access to all of the 'iLife' software, I am really hoping to engage the >> kids in a deeper use and understanding of the computer as a tool, an >> extention of themselves which can be changed to suit their own particular >> needs, rather than another product or entertainment device. >> >> i guess this post isn't saying much, just thinking aloud. >> >> I have had an idea to host a kind of introductory workshop in my home for >> some friends that are artists or musicians. I was going to set up a couple >> of machines with pure:dyne and perhaps ask some to bring laptops and maybe >> USB sticks and simply walk through the process and concept of a live >> distribution, free software, and the basics of linux audio. I feel like >> that could at least generate some interest locally which would perhaps help >> me learn to teach and maybe generate some real life documentation on the >> issues and questions new users have. >> >> And though we're quite spread out here in the Americas, perhaps some kind >> of meetup or something in the future could be interesting? >> >> >> --- >> [email protected] >> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
