Re: [PLUG] PLUG Constituent Poll 2021
-Ben ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, September 23rd, 2021 at 4:01 PM, Michael Dexter wrote: > On 9/23/21 6:22 AM, Daniel Ortiz wrote: > > > Another suggestion you could consider doing is making the meetings into a > > > > YouTube live and putting the meeting link in the description. It might not > > > > solve your problem of low attendance, but it is an idea than can be > > > > scrutinized. It also doesn't have to be YouTube live if the price of > > > > helping Google get more money, and be more dominant is one that won't be > > > > paid. Also, some people might interact through live comments, so including > > > > their interaction in the meetings could also be considered. > > I'll say this... one of the single things that surprised me most this > > year with an online developer summit was then they pushed from Zoom to > > YouTube (Live?) and I could pause to take a phone call, and catch back > > up to realtime. They scheduled ten minute breaks, put that on the > > screen, and was remarkably smooth. I will look into that. Not that we > > have breaks, but it actually solved a problem! > > Michael The youtube live thing is kind of cool but I'm never really sure how "live" it is since the interface is kind of slim on those details. News companies have been using it lately and I wonder if any other video streaming services have something similar. Unfortunately Odyssee wandered off into college bro memeland so I'm hesitant to suggest it even though it's a nice system.
Re: [PLUG] PLUG Constituent Poll 2021
On 9/23/21 6:22 AM, Daniel Ortiz wrote: Another suggestion you could consider doing is making the meetings into a YouTube live and putting the meeting link in the description. It might not solve your problem of low attendance, but it is an idea than can be scrutinized. It also doesn't have to be YouTube live if the price of helping Google get more money, and be more dominant is one that won't be paid. Also, some people might interact through live comments, so including their interaction in the meetings could also be considered. I'll say this... one of the single things that surprised me most this year with an online developer summit was then they pushed from Zoom to YouTube (Live?) and I could pause to take a phone call, and catch back up to realtime. They scheduled ten minute breaks, put that on the screen, and was remarkably smooth. I will look into that. Not that we have breaks, but it actually solved a problem! Michael
Re: [PLUG] fixed pattern in laptop screen
On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 2:34 PM Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > My own approach is to stockpile a LOT of old X61 and T60 > thinkpads, and swap parts from time to time. Amusingly, > Asian manufacturers still manufacture new replacement > keyboards for the X60/X61 series, so I have half a dozen > of those. When all that stuff fails, I probably must > give up on laptops entirely - my style of intellectual > productivity will no longer be done in North America. There have been numerous runs at making a user-friendly laptop, in the sense of repairability or tinkerability or open-source firmwareness. One that has recently come to my attention is the framework laptop. I don't have one, I haven't seen one up close, and it probably isn't exactly what I would buy, but it's closer than other off-the-shelf devices are. -- Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net
Re: [PLUG] PLUG Constituent Poll 2021
Another suggestion you could consider doing is making the meetings into a YouTube live and putting the meeting link in the description. It might not solve your problem of low attendance, but it is an idea than can be scrutinized. It also doesn't have to be YouTube live if the price of helping Google get more money, and be more dominant is one that won't be paid. Also, some people might interact through live comments, so including their interaction in the meetings could also be considered. On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 11:25 PM Tomas Kuchta wrote: > I love technical topics, even when it is outside of my core experience. > They are great for discovering new knowledge and tech. > > If I could have a wish it would be more of hyperscale/cloud infrastructure > talks. What are the trends and useful mainstream tech, how to practically > and easily maintain small time, but scalable, disposable and movable > (across clos providers) services. > > One can buy Linux laptop/desktop from bunch of reputable vendors these days > and they work. The remote virtual infrastructure is where the most > innovation happens these days. And it is supper useful to most people who > need to have or create stuff on the web. Even old school things like having > old email/web/storage/git/... server are possible and affordable again on > budget (both money and time) when deployed the right way. > > Best, Tomas >
