[talk] installfest after-view

[Pat McEvoy]

> On Aug 4, 2016, at 3:55 PM, Isaac (.ike) Levy <ike at blackskyresearch.net> wrote:
> 
> Word,
> 
>> On Aug 4, 2016, at 11:36 AM, George Rosamond <george at ceetonetechnology.com> wrote:
>> 
>> So what worked this time and what didn't?
>> 
>> Did it make sense to have short presentations, or was there too much
>> activity in the room?
> 
> I thought it was fun to have the noise and attention shifting!
> 
>> 
>> What resources weren't available but should have been? An LCD that took
>> analog/RCA would have helped the DreamCast install.
> 
> My network bridge was botched (ike botched turning it on), so it wasted people's time debugging network- (again, apologies to folks who banged heads!)
> 
> Next time I'll bring a router to WAN up to the wireless in advance, (and have it at least tested to work serving DHCP addresses etc... :)
> 
>> 
>> Did it make sense to have someone (mostly me) try to coordinate things a
>> little, insofar as what people were working on was highlighted?
> 
> I thought this was great-
> 
>> 
>> This is our second installfest this year, and I think overall very
>> successful.
>> 
>> Patrick noted that having IRC up on a display would be useful, esp when
>> we are streaming meetings.
>> 
>> Clearly, we need more power, and another location might be better in the
>> future for installfests.
> 
> I have about 3 more of those big power strips at work, and extension cords at home.  Next time if I have someone to help me schlep things, I'm only a few blocks away...
> 
> But even if not me, I agree more power strips coordinated would make things easier!
> 
> Best,
> .ike
> 
> 

Perhaps a survey of the room ahead of time to share types and number of monitor ports. I am pretty sure we had a second tv sitting in used in the far corner of the room. Over all success with a little room for improvement. Begs the question when do we do it again?




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