Re: [CODE4LIB] Webinar information for today's Virtual Lightning Talks
Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.org wrote: Second, some comments I got were about cranky Java applets and applications. LYRASIS has two conference tools at its disposal -- Java-based Centra and Flash-based Acrobat Connect -- and I chose Centra because running Flash on LINUX is an issue. Maybe this will need to be revisited (or maybe there is another Java-based conference system that can do better). I think Centra only runs in Sun Java while Acrobat Connect only runs in Adobe's Flash - neither work in any of the FOSS ones - so that choice is between the devil and the deep blue sea to me. It's the same argument as Open Access but for online conferencing instead of journals. It's quite frustrating that Moodle, LernID and Muji are all close but not quite there, as far as I can tell. I'd love to help fix this, but I don't have a funding stream available for it. Does anyone on this list know who does? (I don't care who does it but I'd love to see this problem solved!) Thanks, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and LMS developer, statistician. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire for Koha work http://www.software.coop/products/koha
Re: [CODE4LIB] Webinar information for today's Virtual Lightning Talks
On May 3, 2011, at 5:43 AM, MJ Ray wrote: Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.org wrote: Second, some comments I got were about cranky Java applets and applications. LYRASIS has two conference tools at its disposal -- Java-based Centra and Flash-based Acrobat Connect -- and I chose Centra because running Flash on LINUX is an issue. Maybe this will need to be revisited (or maybe there is another Java-based conference system that can do better). I think Centra only runs in Sun Java... This is a real bummer (and something that should be added to the documentation wiki page). I don't have a way to test this (my primary platform being MacOSX with the Apple-supplied Java). Can this be verified? (I can create a test meeting instance, if needed.) Peter -- Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.orgtel:+1-678-235-2955 Ass't Director, Technology Services Development http://dltj.org/about/ Lyrasis --Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers. The Disruptive Library Technology Jesterhttp://dltj.org/ Attrib-Noncomm-Share http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Webinar information for today's Virtual Lightning Talks
Thanks to everyone for participating in the first Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks on Friday. In particular, my gratitude goes out to Ed Corrado, Luciano Ramalho, Michael Appleby, and Jay Luker being the first presenters to try this scheme for connecting library technologists. My apologies also to those who couldn’t connect, in particular to Elias Tzoc Caniz who had signed up but found himself locked out by a simultaneous user count in the presentation system. Recordings of the presentation audio and screen capture video are now up in the Internet Archive (search for Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks or go to the Code4Lib Wiki page on Virtual Lightning Talks for links). Some lessons learned. First, people were locked out when they shouldn't have been. The most we saw online at any particular time as 25, but the room was supposed to be able to hold 60. I think the problem was how I entered e-mail addresses into the system to reserve slots for the presenters and the people who signed up in advance. (Which obviously didn't work because one of the presenters and at least one of the attendees who signed up in advance didn't get in.) Should we do this again (see below) I'll try to debug the problem. Second, some comments I got were about cranky Java applets and applications. LYRASIS has two conference tools at its disposal -- Java-based Centra and Flash-based Acrobat Connect -- and I chose Centra because running Flash on LINUX is an issue. Maybe this will need to be revisited (or maybe there is another Java-based conference system that can do better). Third, since we were not limited by space and other timing constraints, can the five-minutes-per-presenter limit be relaxed? I have mixed feelings about this; I think defined time limits promote better presentations, but the four presentations this first go-around went to the end of the five minute time limit and there was no opportunity for questions or audience interaction. On the whole, it seemed like a positive experience from my perspective and from that of the feedback I've received so far. I'm going to start a conversation thread in Code4LibCon (where all of the Code4Lib meeting planning discussion takes place) to see if it is worthwhile to do again and to identify what should be done differently. If you are interested, please consider joining and contributing to the discussion. Or e-mail me privately and I'll reflect your comments into the group discussion. Peter -- Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.orgtel:+1-678-235-2955 Ass't Director, Technology Services Development http://dltj.org/about/ Lyrasis --Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers. The Disruptive Library Technology Jesterhttp://dltj.org/ Attrib-Noncomm-Share http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Webinar information for today's Virtual Lightning Talks
Quoting Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.org: Peter, I was there for a couple of the talks and thought it went well. Obviously, practice will make ... better. Second, some comments I got were about cranky Java applets and applications. LYRASIS has two conference tools at its disposal -- Java-based Centra and Flash-based Acrobat Connect -- and I chose Centra because running Flash on LINUX is an issue. Maybe this will need to be revisited (or maybe there is another Java-based conference system that can do better). Having tried various packages, none is ideal. My experience this time was that I couldn't get sound when I came in through the browser (on a Mac), but once I got the software running things were fine. Third, since we were not limited by space and other timing constraints, can the five-minutes-per-presenter limit be relaxed? I have mixed feelings about this; I think defined time limits promote better presentations, but the four presentations this first go-around went to the end of the five minute time limit and there was no opportunity for questions or audience interaction. I like the precise time for the presentation, but don't really care if it's 5 minutes or 6 or 7... It's hard to know what to do about questions because they can cause things to drag on. Taking questions at the end means that folks who wanted to hear a specific talk can plan their time and drop off when they're done. But it also means keeping the speakers around the whole time. Maybe fewer speakers if there is to be a question period? kc On the whole, it seemed like a positive experience from my perspective and from that of the feedback I've received so far. I'm going to start a conversation thread in Code4LibCon (where all of the Code4Lib meeting planning discussion takes place) to see if it is worthwhile to do again and to identify what should be done differently. If you are interested, please consider joining and contributing to the discussion. Or e-mail me privately and I'll reflect your comments into the group discussion. Peter -- Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.orgtel:+1-678-235-2955 Ass't Director, Technology Services Development http://dltj.org/about/ Lyrasis --Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers. The Disruptive Library Technology Jesterhttp://dltj.org/ Attrib-Noncomm-Share http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ -- Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
[CODE4LIB] Webinar information for today's Virtual Lightning Talks
The first Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks starts in about an hour (1pm Eastern Daylight Time). To attend the meeting, use this link: http://mt205.centra.com/GA/main/00bc5596012eb2d01dc395bd Attendees may also enter the event by going to the URL below, and entering the event ID. URL: http://mt205.centra.com/main Event ID: RMW644179 Presenters are urged to use the desktop software (available for MacOSX, Linux and Windows) for the smoothest operation (see the links at http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Virtual_Lightning_Talks#Presenter_Guidelines for download information). I'll start the webinar software at 12:30 in case anyone wants to come in early to test. Peter -- Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.orgtel:+1-678-235-2955 Ass't Director, Technology Services Development http://dltj.org/about/ Lyrasis --Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers. The Disruptive Library Technology Jesterhttp://dltj.org/ Attrib-Noncomm-Share http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Webinar information for today's Virtual Lightning Talks
Great, I just got in the room. Please ignore my last message, Cheers, Luciano On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.org wrote: The first Code4Lib Virtual Lightning Talks starts in about an hour (1pm Eastern Daylight Time). To attend the meeting, use this link: http://mt205.centra.com/GA/main/00bc5596012eb2d01dc395bd Attendees may also enter the event by going to the URL below, and entering the event ID. URL: http://mt205.centra.com/main Event ID: RMW644179 Presenters are urged to use the desktop software (available for MacOSX, Linux and Windows) for the smoothest operation (see the links at http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Virtual_Lightning_Talks#Presenter_Guidelines for download information). I'll start the webinar software at 12:30 in case anyone wants to come in early to test. Peter -- Peter Murray peter.mur...@lyrasis.org tel:+1-678-235-2955 Ass't Director, Technology Services Development http://dltj.org/about/ Lyrasis -- Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers. The Disruptive Library Technology Jester http://dltj.org/ Attrib-Noncomm-Share http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ -- Luciano Ramalho programador repentista || stand-up programmer Twitter: @luciano
