Hi there! First of all, since Chris is away this week Titus still doesn't seem to be around I would say we haven't got enough things to discuss to warrant a meeting on the 27th. Let us therefore set the date to a month from the last meeting, i.e. to the 10th of February.
Secondly, I would like to propose trying out a collaboration tool called EVO, developed in collaboration by Caltech and CERN, instead of Skype. From my experience in high-energy physics, where EVO is the primary communication tool, it tends to be much reliable than Skype when more than two users are participate in a conference (especially when they are far away network-wise), handles its bandwidth more efficiently (this is particularly well-visible when video is used) and offers more conferencing features, in particular something I have often found very useful - a collaborative whiteboard. Last but not least, it doesn't require any special software - all that is needed is relatively recent (1.5.0 or newer) Java Runtime Environment. While I am not suggesting us to switch to EVO right away, it would be interesting to have you try it out and share your thoughts on the subject by or during the next meeting. In order to get started quickly: - go to http://evo.caltech.edu/ ; - click "Register" to create an account; - click on "Start" to launch the application (the first time it is started it takes a while because all files must be downloaded and system properties detected, further on starts quite quickly), provide your account details when prompted; - once the main window has appeared, click on the Communities button (the one with multiple human silhouettes) near the bottom left corner, look for "Universe" (the general EVO community) and add it to your list. Note that this may be done automatically for recently-created accounts; - click on a meeting (i.e. the test one) to join it, the rest should be pretty self-explanatory. By the way, it usually makes sense to reduce your audio quality (once in a meeting, go to AV Settings -> Audio -> Advanced) from High to Medium - it can help a lot on slower network connections while still sounding better than Skype most of the time. Best regards, -- MS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pygr-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pygr-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
