Re: Lua Workshop 2008 Announcements

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

Distrubing news.

Last time I was to U.S. I actually still liked it. The more time goes,  
the harder it will be to get "back to normal". But that's another  
issue...

To the list: has anyone considered doing virtual conferences. Pushing  
the video aspect further, something like this:

- limited number of people (say, 2-20) online at one time
- one of them presenting an issue/product, rest giving questions and  
feedback
- taping the whole session (as video + slides) into easily viewable  
youtube-like form

This would push the envelope of open source media usage, and shouldn't  
be that hard to do, actually.

We could do a test with N people running Leopard's multi-person iChat,  
unless there is a better candidate for the teleconferencing.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ichat.html

-asko

ps.

Alternatively, the D.C. conference providers could maybe arrange for a  
Mac in the audience, so some visitors could pop up virtually... (and  
we can greet the national security people, who no doubt will be  
listening to the broadcast as well.... >;) )


Javier Guerra kirjoitti 28.2.2008 kello 16:53:

> On 2/28/08, Bertrand Mansion <golgote@mamasam.com> wrote:
> > Unfortunately, I won't be able to come to the workshop, my company is
> > backing off since they read <http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,142429/article.html
> > > Too bad :(
> >
> > I hope someday things will get back to normal in the US, in the
> > meantime it would be nice to have a Lua gathering in Europe  
> > (Amsterdam
> > or Lisbon would be nice places for this BTW). I wonder if people  
> > would
> > be interested. I know there is a site where you can place your
> > location on a map and start a group, for example Lua developers,  
> > but I
> > can't remember its name.
>
> it's really a shame.  it was very good news for me that this year's
> workshope would be in the america's, since it's _far_ cheaper for me
> than going to europe.... i'm not sure yet if i'll be able to afford
> going to washington, but crossing the atlantic is out of the question.
>
> i'll have to work harder in making Lua a work issue, so that my
> employer pays for the ticket :-)
>
> --
> Javier