[Coco] CoCoFest Webcam, IRC, anything?

[Steve Batson]

I've never attended one of these myself, would love to because I do agree 
with Steve about meeting in person. However, it is a large commitment 
financially and timewise with travel involved for many of us. While it may 
not be practical to try to host a live Skype or other type of interative 
live session, I do think it would be valuable to do audio and video 
recordings of the event that could be shared after the fact. Even if these 
had a fee to download or by on disc to offset costs, it would be of great 
value to the CoCo community. 

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From: "L. Curtis Boyle" <curtisboyle at sasktel.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 6:48 AM
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCoFest Webcam, IRC, anything? 

Actually I was thinking of somebody just sending audio through your 
steaming account (if it allows audio only), and using the chat that most of 
those streaming sites provide (ie their bandwidth, where the people at the 
Fest could have a single log in to the chat as well, but not hosting it. 
I wish I could make it to a Fest again, but, financially, I am at least a 
year (possibly 2) away from being able to afford that. I was able to make 
SF in January only because it was a tradeshow for my business that I could 
write off... And they don't have one scheduled for Chicago anytime soon. 

Sent from my iPhone
L. Curtis Boyle

On May 19, 2011, at 7:08 AM, Steve Bjork <6809er at srbsoftware.com> wrote:

> As I pointed out in the message that you replied to, using Skype to host 
a call falls apart when you have limited bandwidth. (As in this hotel.)
> 
> That why I stated "solution is to have someone else host the Skype call 
so we at the CoCofest are only a client connection. In the past, you and I 
host the call because of high bandwidth internet connections. We will need 
to find someone else to host the call with 7 mb of upload or better running 
windows. (Mac and Linux clients don't work well.)"
> 
> But the point for the CoCofest is for everyone to meet at location for an 
annual get-together and not watch it on a computer screen.
> 
> To quote Boise, " Everyone on this list who considers themselves a CoCo 
"nut" should make every effort to attend this event every year."
> 
> But why make effort to attend? Sure, there are great CoCo deals. (I got a 
Coco 3 for $5 last time.) But the real reason is to really connect with 
your fellow CoCo "nut". (As in make real friends.) This is something you 
just can't do typing on a keyboard.
> 
> It been too long since I last seen my friends and that's why I'm making 
the effort to attend.
> 
> Please note, I've flying out today and will not be on-line very much.
> 
> Hope to see you there.
> 
> Steve Bjork
> 
> 
> On 5/19/2011 5:04 AM, L. Curtis Boyle wrote:
>> Another possible solution (depending on the event being streamed) is to 
just stream audio, with a live irc chat so that long distance listeners can 
comment/ask questions. That should fit within hotel bandwidth, I would 
think.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> L. Curtis Boyle
>> 
>> 
>> On May 18, 2011, at 11:05 PM, Steve Bjork<6809er at srbsoftware.com> 
wrote:
>> 
>>> Remember the problems you had with the first CoCoCoCo using a low speed 
DSL connection? It tested fine till you got more than a few people on the 
Skype Chat. Well, the hotel's upload speed is not that great and you will 
run into the same problems. I'm not even sure if we can get one Video 
stream out to Ustream, much less many Skype connections.
>>> 
>>> One solution is to have someone else host the Skype call so we at the 
CoCofest are only a client connection. In the past, you and I host the call 
because of high bandwidth internet connections. We will need to find 
someone else to host the call with 7 mb of upload or better running 
windows. (Mac and Linux clients don't work well.)
>>> 
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 5/18/2011 9:38 PM, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
>>>> Although videos will be great, I was also hoping for some sort of
>>>> interaction, whether via Skype, upstream chat, etc so that folks who 
can't
>>>> make it can say hi, ask questions etc. May or may not be possible, 
hotels
>>>> wireless and cell signals at the event site were both fairly awful 
last
>>>> year.
>>> 
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