Hi Måns Thank you for a terrific summary, highly entertaining!
Thanks also for investigating the recording options, that would be very useful for next time, Best wishes Jeremy On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Måns <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jeremy > > Thank you for inviting us into your livingroom (and a glass of red wine). > > It was my first time as an attendee at a videoconference, however it > turned of to be a both very enlightening and joyfull experience :-) > > I used my TWsOS (Puppy Linux) remaster [1] in a live seesion (booted into > ram from an usb) - and I actually tried to record the "Google Hangout" with > RecordMyDesktop [2], however it didn't work because of too little RAM - and > I lost the video in the process... :-( > > Next time I will use a frugal installation [3] on an usb stick.. > > > I wrote a small summary of our meeting on our Danish TiddlyWiki group [4]: > Here's a 'quick and dirty' translation into English: > > "Hello TW-afficionados > > I was fortunate to attend a "Google Hangout" with some of the "Giants" in > the TW-business. > > Jeremy had a small written agenda - and I guess his plan was to stick to > it, after everyone had said in what direction they wanted TW5 to go.. > > After a few minutes some of the more innovative ideas were discussed and > demoed ... > > Alex Hough: had questions regarding intuitive recording of images and > annotation using iPads and phones ... > Måns: demanded a simple interface (for newcommers/students) and an easy > way to use an expanded list macro (a lá ForEachTiddlerPlugin - already > covered in the TW5 documentation) > > Alex and I got answers to our questions - and then there was a lively > debate, demoing and talk about possibiliteis for the userinterface ... > > Mario Pietz: talked about Graphic Maps and showed us a very impressive yet > simple library for creating connections of nodes......(Don't remember the > name?) > > Jeremy: demonstrated Project Cecily (ZUI zooming interface) > > Eric Shulman: demoed MoveablePanels and the unlimited scrollable canvas... > > It was quite cozy - Jeremy enjoyed a glass of red wine and had some > crackers along the way (now I know why they are called "crackers" ...) > > Alex galloped around in his children's room to find a suitable position to > enjoy the hangout from. > Mario was probably the one who really had prepared himself for a hangout - > I guess he sat in his best armchair with a webcam and microphone set up > properly from the start ;-) > Eric was a very good listener even though only the lower part of his face > was visible and his video signal often disappeared and came back - in our > 1 ½ hour conversation. (Atlantic disturbances?) > > I was NOT the participants who spoke the best English - but everyone > seemed to enjoy themselves (and seemed to be thrilled by the fact that I > was able to keep my pipe "boiling" during most of the meeting) > > I had started a TWsOS live session up when I signed up for the meeting - > and was a little anxious to see if it would work with video and audio on > this tiny distro (Puppy Linux). > When I signed up a dialogue popped up, which allowed me to choose which > type of installer I would use in order to participate. > There were several different types of Linux (32 or 64 bits) packages. I > selected "google talkplugin_current_i386.deb" - installed it - and a popup > window with the video chat was instantly updated ... > > I still needed to open retrovol (audio mixer) and turn up the internal > microphone. (I also used headphones - which is very recommendable btw...) > > I tried to make a screencast of the hangout - but ran out of space in the > tmp/ram dir (low ram) - and had to abandon my little "sideproject". Next > time I will boot from a frugal install and see if it helps ... > > I would recommend Google hangout for anyone with a webcam and a working > microphone -> but I think you have to have to try it a few times before > you are able to completely focus on the topics you want to discuss... > > On the other hand, "free talking" together with video *is* fun and the > fact that you can share a view of your desktop is perfect for quick demoing. > > Let me know if you would want to try Google hangout - It's particularly > suitable for displaying desktop and demonstration of what you're. doing in > a browser. It is no problem to be MANY attendees at the same live chat at > once" > > Cheers Måns Mårtensson > > [1] http://xn--mns-ula.dk/TWsOS/ > [2] http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/about.php > [3] http://puppylinux.org/wikka/InstallationFrugal > [4] http://www.linux-abc.dk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1837#p9118 > > Den tirsdag den 14. maj 2013 09.52.27 UTC+2 skrev Jeremy Ruston: >> >> Last night's inaugural hangout was fun and useful, and thank you to the >> participants for taking the time. There was some spirited discussion of: >> >> * What people find valuable in TW classic, and want to see in TW5 >> * Using TW5 on iPad/iPhone >> * What should be the boundaries of the core? >> * Keeping the interface simple >> * A demo of several of Eric's classic plugins >> >> You can see the faces here: >> >> https://plus.google.com/**109308865556494599029/posts/**4uVGV8Mrn11<https://plus.google.com/109308865556494599029/posts/4uVGV8Mrn11> >> >> I didn't manage to figure out how to record the session, but will try to >> sort that out for next time. >> >> I've started a poll for the time and date of the next hangout: >> >> http://doodle.com/**7kup9xqny23pucep <http://doodle.com/7kup9xqny23pucep> >> >> Best wishes >> >> Jeremy >> >> -- >> Jeremy Ruston >> mailto:[email protected] >> > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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