[GNHLUG] DLSLUG: Tomorrow - Usable Web Applications with Rails andAJAX

[Bill McGonigle]

On Aug 1, 2007, at 18:00, Flaherty, Patrick wrote:

> Is this presentation going to be records or released at all? I can't
> make the trip, but I'm interested.

Lots of the talk is about user interface design, and onscreen demos,  
code walk-throughs, etc., so does it make any sense to record some  
audio, since the 'podcast' edition won't be given much consideration  
(as in clarifying what's on the screen, etc.)?  A professional  
presenter might think to do that, but that's not our m.o..

I did a video recording of a meeting once (~2 hours).  It took  
something like 10 hours to edit, balance, normalize, gamma-adjust,  
figure out compression settings, upload, burn to DVD, etc. and then  
maybe 4 people took a look at at least part of the video, and the  
quality was still only mediocre.  Statistically, everybody who was  
interested drove up to the meeting.

I'm not saying we shouldn't do it, but that we need to recognize that  
such things are real work (volunteers are welcome) and that it has to  
be worth doing.  People who know what they're doing are also welcome  
- maybe there are easier ways to accomplish the same ends, but I  
doubt we're going to see a professional camera operator with real  
lighting and RE20 mics at a LUG meeting anytime soon.  It would be  
cool if there was a technology solution, but I'm not aware of any.

-Bill

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