I just noticed that the time slots were being displayed in a confusing order in the Doodle poll, so I've rearranged them.
Måns - I think as a result your answers have been scrambled, apologies for that, Best wishes Jeremy On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]>wrote: > 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] > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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