On 3/27/06, Deirdre Straughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This reminds me of an old George Carlin line about how everybody should
> have an audience seated on the other side of their desk saying, "Hey, he's
> good!"
>
> However, in real life I can't think of anything more off-putting to
> intellectual/creative work than knowing people are watching. It's been a
> while since I wrote a book of any kind, but most of the process, as Stephanie
> says, isn't all that interesting to watch, and a lot of it doesn't take place
> on the screen. And, for many of us, our creative/intellectual work has value
> (to ourselves or those who hire us) which would be eroded by it's being
> broadcast to the world before completion.
>
> It's true that some processes might be interesting and educational to watch,
> but not as live feeds - probably heavy editing would be needed.
>
I think this is sort of like TV: you can use VNCCasts for all sorts of
things, but some make more compelling viewing than others.
Perhaps watching someone write a book is not as interesting as I
thought it would be. But at the very least, you would get some idea
of how much work is involved and what a daily routine might look like
for writing a book -- at least for that author. It's also a way for
the writer to promote the book before it is even finished.
BTW, if you are a university student trying to impress potential
employers over a long period of time before graduating, would you not
want to work live?
And wouldn't companies have an incentive to watch these broadcasts to
identify talented people? For example, software companies would
probably get a better picture of how a programmer will work on a daily
basis by watching them code on an open source project for long periods
of time.
Amir
>
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> Deirdré Straughan
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