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On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò |
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<flameeyes@×××××××××.eu> wrote: |
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> And unlike IRC meetings, you can cannot multitask, say making your dinner |
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> while discussing this or that feature. |
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Honestly, that bit is a two-edged sword. I was just musing with the |
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Trustees yesterday how it seems the meetings take forever to really |
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just hit a few items. I think much is due to distraction (and I'm |
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probably as guilty as anyone). That said, it is also helpful that I |
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can still attend family functions or whatever and connect via mobile |
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to a meeting - I'd definitely need to excuse myself if we were using |
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audio/video. |
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In my experience well-done videoconf works well for meetings, though I |
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haven't tried Google Hangouts for anything serious so I can't vouch |
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for that - low latency would be the most important attribute so that |
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people aren't stepping all over each other. It does require focus to |
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come across professionally. Since not coming across professionally in |
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my workplace is just an invitation to get fired that isn't really a |
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problem. Now, language CAN be a problem in audio or videoconf - |
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generally in my workplace people speak English reasonably well, but |
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I've seen that become a challenge in anything other than written or |
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non-1:1 conversation. |
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I think our main meeting challenge boils down to timezones and being |
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international. I can't say I'd want to have an international |
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videoconf at work because inevitably it would mean having to dress up |
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and be in a room that looked nice at 6AM or 10PM. For gentoo that |
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matters slightly less, but only to a degree. The bigger issue is that |
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meetings end up being inconvenient for many just due to their timing - |
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maybe one person lucks out and has it at the start/end of the day, but |
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for me they end up being middle-of-the-afternoon which has a tendency |
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to kill the day if on a weekend, and if on a weekday could conflict |
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with work. |
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However, I think it is still a good idea. Perhaps they shouldn't be |
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used as a regular way to meet, but on occasion to try to re-capture |
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the personal element. I for one have never met another Gentoo |
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developer in the flesh - and only a few users. It would be nice to |
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actually talk with one... :) |
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Rich |