+++ martin f krafft [2014-09-26 13:06 +0200]: > also sprach Gaudenz Steinlin <[email protected]> [2014-09-25 12:13 +0200]: > > I agree with this. We should encourage more technical design > > discussions. What's currently holding up teams to have such > > discussions at Debconf? > > - presentation style room setup > - short period of time (45 minutes is hardly enough for in-depth > discussion, is it?)
You can cover an item or 3, if the subject matter is properly constrained. > - the expectation to have it all on video and hence the requirement > to pass around the microphone, which I think hurts natural > exchange in a physical space. > > Now, I agree with Wookey that it would be nice to build an > all-inclusive atmosphere for these. And Paul's suggestion might be > worthwhile to pick up. But still, I think telepresence of any form > is going to dampen the amount of discussion/BoF interaction that is > going to happen. That's the point about the setup having mics on stands in the middle and people who expect/want to say anything sit in the first row or two. Those people are not now constrained by the mic-passing problem so can have a natural discussion. Audio is broadcast, IRC is on the screen. This makes it possible to both have an actual discussion/BOF and interact remotely (although that's still not very satisfatory due to lag and not being able to interrupt anyone). Goldfish+video is harder than goldfish+audio - something to think about. I've done it with a video/audio remote presence too which allows better interaction (still lag-limited)- we could experiment with this stuff more now we have our webRTC infra and decent free tools (jitmeet, et al). I suspect that if it actually worked well (and people knew in advance of important discussions), we'd get more remote participation. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
