[PD] Pd book sprint in NYC/Berlin

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at eds.org
Tue Mar 17 12:41:46 CET 2009


Yeah, in case I came across too strong, I think that IRC is very  
useful, and voice chat is too.  We can have both running for this  
meeting, and people can choose where they participate.  IRC is great  
for async communications, like asking specific questions.  But I find  
it takes 10-20x longer to work through difficult issues thru text-only  
media like IRC, IM, email, etc. as compared to a voice conversation.

.hc

On Mar 16, 2009, at 7:32 PM, João Pais wrote:

> Is this a one time thing, or might happen more times? I would say  
> that at least voice connection would be productive. I haven't that  
> much experience with video conferencing, but a medium where people  
> can react at the same time they can think would be important.  
> (although after too much time, even the fingers are faster than some  
> heads)
>
> How about voice connection for general talk + an irc chat for small,  
> fast questions? We can also send a group foto with skype, so that  
> everyone feels the warmth.
>
>
>> Marshall McLuhan would strongly disagree with you, as do I.  The  
>> medium with which you communicate has a very strong impact on the  
>> conversation.  That does not mean that it is the only influence.   
>> There are many things that lead to a bad meeting, and from my  
>> experience of having many meetings in person, on IRC, on IM, on  
>> phones, on voice chat, on video chat, and many different mixes  
>> above, I am a strong believer in high-bandwidth communication like  
>> voice.



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