[Bradford] Forthcoming BCB Hangout on Monday 10 December @ 20:00 hrs.

[Tomas Holderness]

Brain et al,

Thanks for your kind comments, I'm impressed we all managed to put
something of reasonable quality together in such a short time! I'm popping
to BCB tomorrow morning to tweak a few bits, but other than that I think
we're ready to go! I'll report back on anything useful/interesting from
Mary tomorrow.

However, I'm afraid that due to family commitments it looks like I'm going
to miss the hangout this evening, apologies for this, especially as I
missed the previous one, but it can't be helped.

To aid the discussion tonight I made a few general points whilst I was
listening to the recording. I've included these below as they may be useful.

Cheers,

Tom

Notes from first recording on future recordings for group discussion
- need to be a bit more relaxed/chatty (especially me!)
- depth of topic covered needs to be carefully considered, processor/kernel
level is definitely too much for our target audience
- need to confirm details of products for discussion (particularly price if
we're going to quote)
- technical jargon (we all fall into this trap) needs to be watched...there
were some points on the first recording where a non-geek would be hard
pushed to distinguish the names of software from hardware we were
discussing.
- I think that the "monthly tech discovery" was a really nice feature with
a good format that is potentially accessible to the target audience.
- For the future, would be interesting if we could do the show using FOSS
software (as a test for BCB as well?) e.g.
http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/airtime/ although not sure how far we would
get given integration issues with existing servers etc.




On 7 December 2012 11:56, Brian <bradlug at techchico.org.uk> wrote:

> May I be so bold as to suggest that we have a de-briefing/planning Google
> Hangout on Monday 10 December @ 20:00 hrs.
> I think it will be agreed that, had we not had the last Hangout,  a
> recording that was just about acceptable would have been much nearer a
> disaster. From my own viewpoint I think Tom did brilliantly, improving and
> sounding more natural as the show went on.
> I think that one thing each of us needs to do is write the questions that
> we want to be put to us. That way there is confidence that the person
> answering the question already has a good answer. We all need to have a
> copy of the running order and at least to have
> notes, to prompt us, if not a script. The problem with a script is that,
> unless one is practiced in the art, it may sound like what it is - reading
> from a script. So it is important to practice reading aloud and trying to
> sound natural.
>
> I have yet to start the editing of the RPi interviews but I do think, that
> with the bits I need to add, it is unlikely to be less than 15 minutes.
> Whilst I know that the RPi is not everyone's cup of tech it will be
> interesting to see if we get any feedback on it (if feedback is ever
> received?). It would be possible to have a 5 minute regular spot on it as
> there is always RPi news/new projects to talk about.
>
> We saw, as I predicted, that there was not enough time to fit in all the
> material we could have used so some sections were omitted.
>
> From a technical viewpoint the hangout worked very well except for a
> couple of us whose outgoing audio did not work. From my part I will use
> Chrome, next time, instead of Firefox, and no doubt Andrea's Mac will get
> sorted. I have some people, Tom included now, in a circle, so I can add
> them to the Hangout. Others can add people in as well. If you weren't on
> the last Hangout, but intend to be on this one, please let me have your
> gmail address so we can be sure that you can readily participate. If, like
> me, your outgoing audio is not working we can arrange to use the telephone
> and make an acoustic link, as I did, with Wayne's help, on the last Hangout.
>
> Brian
>
>
>
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