That's not the best time for me, but I understand that that is probably the best time considering we have multiple time zones to deal with. I can't guarantee I will be very active/involved at this time (it's just before dinner (6PM Pacific) and I have two kids) but I will at least be monitoring and piping in when I get the chance.
Tyler On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 2:39 PM, grant centauri <[email protected]> wrote: > Well the winter is certainly time for hibernation and musing. I'd love to > get together for a chat. Perhaps just as a way of supporting and getting > feedback on ideas we could try and arrange a regular time? I'm sure even > showing up for that could be hard, but its worth a shot. I'm available most > times. Evenings are probably good. I'm in Central time, 8pm? > > Most of my ideas right now are of the educational/missionary style, trying > to promote the use of FLOSS amongst the general public or specific types of > enthusiasts. So events, workshops, etc are what I'm thinking of. I have a > fantastic house with a huge basement, and Lincoln is a pretty decent place. > I was thinking of trying to set up some kind of 'summer camp' sort of thing > like the folks at GOTO10 have each year, if people can travel we could have > some kind of art show/workshops/discussion/fun times with people who might > have an interest in FLOSS + Art or just learning in general. It might be > better to try and host an event in a larger city where more people would > show up, but part of my goal is to explore the use of digital media in non > urban environments, make connections with people rather than technology, and > just build a community. Anyways... yes lets chat. For purposes of getting > the ball rolling, could we aim at meeting in IRC a week from today? Next > Thursday at 8pm Central? > > -grant > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Tyler Leavitt <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I agree on a need for a common project. I have been hibernating/musing >> this winter with a full load of classes and a newborn and have some stored >> up inspiration that needs to be directed. I will be starting a new quarter >> of school in 3 weeks (meaning that now I'm going through finals) and will >> be starting an art project that will incorporate a homemade USB MIDI drum >> trigger "brain" and PureData. It's going to an all-wood exterior piece with >> wood blocks as drum triggers (played marimba style) that can play in 5TET >> 7TET and 12TET --- ideas being loosely drawn from gamelan ensemble music. >> >> Maybe we can get together and talk about what we are doing and what >> project(s) we could be working on and just the general goal/direction of >> this little group in a chat environment soon, eh? Considering it's still >> only 3 of us we should be able to work out a time to meet and discuss. I >> don't know about you guys but e-mails are too hard for me to dismiss, put >> off, and forget... so possibly some real-time chat could be of use in >> pointing us somewhere. >> >> For now, >> Tyler >> >> PS - Here is the USB MIDI brain I'm talking about >> http://www.ise.pw.edu.pl/~wzab/MIDI/perkusja/index.html >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 4:25 PM, geoffroy tremblay <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> could be interesting - I have been working here with a secondary >>> school on puredyne and processing - I could offer remote help. >>> >>> I realized puredyne americas is a bit slow at this point probably >>> because of the lack of common project - it would be great to have >>> something central that would benefit/motivate all of us to participate >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 5:51 PM, grant centauri <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Things have stalled a bit on the wiki. I'm sure lives have gotten in >>> the >>> > way. >>> > >>> > I would like to try and host/coordinate some kind of >>> educational/artistic >>> > event on a smaller scale of what is happening elsewhere. >>> > >>> > I have a couple of ideas, some connections in the region to artists, >>> and am >>> > in the process of creating a more general GNU/Linux educational program >>> here >>> > in Lincoln. >>> > >>> > Could anyone who is interested please get in touch? I think with a >>> project >>> > like this and a timeline, perhaps some remote support we could make >>> > something happen. Its just a matter of making it worth the cost of >>> travel. >>> > We're all pretty far away. >>> > >>> > thanks, >>> > -grant >>> > >>> > --- >>> > [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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