I am also available on friday - or later on saturday - whatever works for the group and as you said we can keep a transcript of the chat and see from there what can be the next step
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:32 PM, jm jones <[email protected]> wrote: > 2010/10/12 grant centauri <[email protected]>: >> 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 >> >> >> --- >> [email protected] >> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >> > > Hi from the mountains of Patagonia Argentina! another lost pd user in > the world here : ) Interesting conversation. > > -- > JM Jones > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
