[TriLUG] G+ Hangout Live

Warren Myers volcimaster at gmail.com
Fri Jul 13 13:40:39 EDT 2012


I didn't know we had a hangout lat night - I would've joined!

Will this be normal for all future TriLUG meetings?

-Warren

On Friday, July 13, 2012, Jeremy Davis wrote:

> I thought it was nice. Some checked it out. I participated myself during
> the meeting. It records directly into a youtube video as well, which saved
> us this time because my flip camera did not work well with the rechargeable
> batteries. I plan to bring a webcam next time. I noticed some nice features
> such as document sharing and window sharing that can be collaborated on
> during the hangout session. Slideshare also works with it, so it might make
> sense to have the speaker use slideshare for the presentation on Google
> hangouts then not only would the online audience be able to clearly see
> what is going on but it would also be recorded with legible slides. Bill
> and I discussed possibly trying a weekly meeting with it.
> On Jul 13, 2012 12:51 PM, "Bill Farrow" <bill at arrowsreach.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> The Interactive Hangout should appear on my Google+ profile page:
> > >>    https://plus.google.com/u/0/113232536488558671467/
> > >
> > > How did this work out? Did anyone attend? Did it seem to work OK?
> >
> > We had a few people join the Hangout, and some others watched live.  I
> > was using my laptop as the camera, which made it difficult to use the
> > text chat facility.
> >
> > The only "problem" was during the demo, Wesley needed more bandwidth
> > over the wifi to pull down packages, so we stopped the hangout for a
> > few minutes.  Hence, part 1 and part 2.
> >
> > In the future we could try a USB webcam for the capture, and use the
> > laptop to text chat.  Two laptops with usb webcams would give us the
> > ability to switch between cameras, which would be sweet.  Throw in an
> > Android phone or tablet and we could capture the audience members when
> > they ask the presenter questions.
> >
> > Now, can we edit the video that is on YouTube ?
> >
> > Bill
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