[PLUG] What to do First Thursday?

Tomas Kuchta tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
Tue Apr 28 23:50:08 UTC 2020


You have pretty nice spreadsheet - I used Google Hangouts - it works great
as well as Jitsi - works well using chrome and on Android.

I do not know what is Discord or what is IRC. And I do not have any
teletypes - just a good collection of Linux laptops, desktops and servers.

Will I be able to join without a teletype, on Linux and creating tons of
accounts?

-T




On Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 14:29 wes <plug at the-wes.com> wrote:

> 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!
> > > > >
> > > > > Michael Dexter
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> > > >
> > > >
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