[PLUG] What to do First Thursday?

[wes]

As for criteria, I would mostly be looking for deficiencies rather than
efficiencies. Does it break down after the 10th participant joins? 20th? I
don't think we have the manpower available to test at the 100 user level,
but the more the better.

"Breaking down" would consist of the video or audio quality degrading
significantly, or an inability for new participants to join, or any other
breakdown in communication we observe.

We could also look for factors like the interface. How many participants'
video feeds can we see at once? How does it handle audio coming from
multiple sources at once?

-wes

On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 12:01 PM John Sechrest <sechrest at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just yesterday I was in a conversation about tools and I started a
> spreadsheet of different video / remote tools.
>
> So far people have mentioned:
>
> Zoom
> Kast
> Crowdcast
> Slack
> Google Hangouts
> Google duo
> MS Teams
> discord
> Wechat
> Whatsapp
> Facebook/facetime
> Kakao
> Line
> Youtube live
> Meetaway
>
>
>
> It would be interesting to me to know what criteria/features you would use
> to evaluate these.
>
> I am trying to run workshops of 25-35 people.
>
> And on May13 I have a 250 person event I am trying to run. So I am all ears
> about how you are thinking about video tools and evaluating them.
>
> I just saw a conversation on the facilitators mailing list about the use of
> Miro and Mural and the bandwidth requirements. So that is also an Issue.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 10:29 PM wes <plug at the-wes.com> wrote:
>
> > I would be interested in seeing this concept get put to work. Could we
> > consider load-testing various alternative video conferencing tools so we
> > can get a better sense of their capabilities?
> >
> > -wes
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 8:07 PM John Sechrest <sechrest at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I have been organizing Open Coffee meetings with zoom. It works
> > reasonably
> > > well. I have not been able to replace it with other tools yet.
> > >
> > > We just this weekend ran a startup weekend remote. The core tool for
> that
> > > was discord.
> > >
> > > If you want a text + video experience, that can work.
> > >
> > > It helps to have a facilitator with a theme about what they want to
> > > communicate.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 7:59 PM Michael Dexter <dexter at pdxlinux.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > PLUG to me is a monthly meeting. The Clinics are great but are not a
> > way
> > > > for me to participate in.
> > > >
> > > > Would someone like to organize an online activity during the First
> > > > Thursday time slot? I will drop in as I can as I do have a list of
> > > > candidate speakers if a rhythm is established.
> > > >
> > > > Public and private answers OK!
> > > >
> > > > Happy Quarantine!
> > > >
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