i should be able to make it... 12pm pacific is when my daughter goes down for a nap so that's usually the start of free time =)
tyler On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:59 PM, geoffroy tremblay <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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