[PD] Pd book sprint in NYC/Berlin

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i am really unsure what you are talking about.. a meeting is what it is, and 
the medium will never dictate what you are talking about and the intensity 
with which it is conducted.. perhaps face to face contact is good for 
watching the iris quiver and building a psychological profile based on that 
particular interaction, but really the amount of focus and dedication that 
anyone gives to a subject is dependent on variables that are quite out of 
control to other participants.

in terms of multi-tasking... i am usually engaged on a number of things in any 
given time period.. what at least is consistent about IRC is that i can chose 
to focus on any given problem without having to make myself publically 
withdrawn from the discussion, and in such a circumstance i have a log to 
refer to what i have missed.. 

which leads me to my final point.. i have a log.. which everyone does, without 
transcription, without poor pronunciation and bad language getting in the 
way.. easy to archive and so on.. 

i have no real interest in the topic, but i have been a particpant in 
enough 'online meetings' to know that video conferencing is a complete waste 
of time, beyond the initial distraction of connectivity issues.. 

if people have something valid to say and real-time is the only productive 
forum then IRC works and works well, otherwise voice probably makes up for 
where text lacks, but only in small groups.. video is just an unnecessary and 
unproductive formality.. 

meetings are never as productive as the facilitato

On Monday 16 March 2009 22:53:56 Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> I find IRC meetings to be very unproductive.  Everyone is usually too
> busy multitasking to get anything done in the meeting.  I think that
> the high bandwidth of voice and seeing the person holds your attention
> longer, so there is less multitasking and more focused discussion.
> That said, if the audio connection is bad, then it gets worse than
> IRC.  IRC is good for asking pointed questions back and forth, better
> than audio/video chat.
>
> I think we should have IRC running, but also it would be great to have
> video chat with projectors, speakers, and a decent mic setup.  Marius
> and I ran the streaming for a class at Brooklyn Poly.  One student was
> joining in from Canada.  When it was set up and running well, it
> actually worked quite well.  This means spending a little time setting
> up the speakers and mics, and a projector is good too instead of a
> screen.  Since this will be happening over three days, it makes sense
> to spend some time on setup.  ITP can provide all of the equipment on
> the NYC end.
>
> .hc
>
> > LG
> > Georg
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