i am really unsure what you are talking about.. a meeting is what it is, and the medium will never dictate what you are talking about and the intensity with which it is conducted.. perhaps face to face contact is good for watching the iris quiver and building a psychological profile based on that particular interaction, but really the amount of focus and dedication that anyone gives to a subject is dependent on variables that are quite out of control to other participants.
in terms of multi-tasking... i am usually engaged on a number of things in any given time period.. what at least is consistent about IRC is that i can chose to focus on any given problem without having to make myself publically withdrawn from the discussion, and in such a circumstance i have a log to refer to what i have missed..
which leads me to my final point.. i have a log.. which everyone does, without transcription, without poor pronunciation and bad language getting in the way.. easy to archive and so on..
i have no real interest in the topic, but i have been a particpant in enough 'online meetings' to know that video conferencing is a complete waste of time, beyond the initial distraction of connectivity issues..
if people have something valid to say and real-time is the only productive forum then IRC works and works well, otherwise voice probably makes up for where text lacks, but only in small groups.. video is just an unnecessary and unproductive formality..
meetings are never as productive as the facilitato
On Monday 16 March 2009 22:53:56 Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
I find IRC meetings to be very unproductive. Everyone is usually too busy multitasking to get anything done in the meeting. I think that the high bandwidth of voice and seeing the person holds your attention longer, so there is less multitasking and more focused discussion. That said, if the audio connection is bad, then it gets worse than IRC. IRC is good for asking pointed questions back and forth, better than audio/video chat.
I think we should have IRC running, but also it would be great to have video chat with projectors, speakers, and a decent mic setup. Marius and I ran the streaming for a class at Brooklyn Poly. One student was joining in from Canada. When it was set up and running well, it actually worked quite well. This means spending a little time setting up the speakers and mics, and a projector is good too instead of a screen. Since this will be happening over three days, it makes sense to spend some time on setup. ITP can provide all of the equipment on the NYC end.
.hc
LG Georg
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