Videoconferencing rundown.

[Mark Komarinski]

On 07/31/2012 01:59 PM, Ben Scott wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Jon "maddog" Hall <maddog at li.org> wrote:
>> ... large room talking to an audio box.  It was boring and painful because
>> you could NOT see the other person's body language, or even who was
>> there.  ... Video conferencing (and on a big "TV") made things a lot
>> better, in my experience ....
>    I suppose it could be a personal taste thing, too.  Audio
> conferences don't bother me that much.
>
>    Besides, on a video conference, the other parties can tell if you're
> reading your email while they're talking, or when you mute the mic so
> you can make fun of them.  ;-)
I'd consider that a positive.  You'd be treating people that are remote 
the same way you'd treat someone if they were local (on both ends).

-Mark