Re: Live collaboration at Desktop Help Summit

On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 10:04 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 03:22:09PM -0600, Shaun McCance wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 19:17 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > > Shaun, > > > > > > Here's a list of infrastructure resources to help with live > > > collaboration: > > > > > > * IRC Freenode #desktop-help -- doesn't seem like there's anything > > > more needed here, you're an auto-op and the channel is all ready > > > with zodbot waiting for you to use to log proceedings. > > > > > > * Fedora Talk -- we have a local dial-in available in Chicago so any > > > regular phone can be used with our conference rooms. You can record > > > if needed, although you'll want to let us know ahead of time so we > > > can make sure instructions are clear and everything's working. > > > > > > http://talk.fedoraproject.org > > > > > > * You had mentioned that you were going to check phone and projector > > > availability. Any word on that? > > > > > > Let us know on the list if there's anything else we can do to help > > > make the meeting a successful collaboration. > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > It looks like the room we're in doesn't even have a phone > > connection, although Kevin is double-checking that for me. > > I think somebody had mentioned that Fedora team members can > > call in using VoIP software. If I got a decent USB confernce > > phone or something, could a Fedoran connect the event to the > > phone bridge on their laptop? > > Hi Shaun, > > There are a few ways you can go. Going from low tech to high: > > * Simply dial-in to a Fedora Talk conference room using a cell phone's > speakerphone. A little harder to hear usually, but requires zero > futzing around with tech. > > * I can probably provide a desk-type VoIP handset for John McDonough > to bring along. It's not too big to travel; I know many people that > do so regularly (with more than one for that matter). Getting these > phones to work is usually simple as long as you can get SIP & RTP > traffic back and forth. > > * Use a softphone like Ekiga or Empathy, with a speaker/mic type > connection that will work for the room (I assume this is what you're > talking about with the USB conference phone thingie?). Yeah, I was thinking something like this: http://headsetplus.com/category23_57/index.html I think these things just behave like a USB headset. Failing that, a decent pair of speakers (I own a few) and an omni-directional mic (not too expensive) could handle it just fine though. If connecting with Ekiga or Empathy is already a solved problem, then this seems like an easy solution to me. -- Shaun