unfortunately I work all weekend, my only available time would probably be after 10pm central. don't let me stop a chat though, i'd be happy enough to read a log if people are eager to get talking soon.
-grant On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Tyler Leavitt <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >> > > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >
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