Re: [GNHLUG] DLSLUG: Tomorrow - Usable Web Applications with Rails andAJAX

2007-08-01 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Aug 1, 2007, at 18:00, Flaherty, Patrick wrote:

> Is this presentation going to be records or released at all? I can't
> make the trip, but I'm interested.

Lots of the talk is about user interface design, and onscreen demos,  
code walk-throughs, etc., so does it make any sense to record some  
audio, since the 'podcast' edition won't be given much consideration  
(as in clarifying what's on the screen, etc.)?  A professional  
presenter might think to do that, but that's not our m.o..

I did a video recording of a meeting once (~2 hours).  It took  
something like 10 hours to edit, balance, normalize, gamma-adjust,  
figure out compression settings, upload, burn to DVD, etc. and then  
maybe 4 people took a look at at least part of the video, and the  
quality was still only mediocre.  Statistically, everybody who was  
interested drove up to the meeting.

I'm not saying we shouldn't do it, but that we need to recognize that  
such things are real work (volunteers are welcome) and that it has to  
be worth doing.  People who know what they're doing are also welcome  
- maybe there are easier ways to accomplish the same ends, but I  
doubt we're going to see a professional camera operator with real  
lighting and RE20 mics at a LUG meeting anytime soon.  It would be  
cool if there was a technology solution, but I'm not aware of any.

-Bill

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RE: [GNHLUG] DLSLUG: Tomorrow - Usable Web Applications with Rails andAJAX

2007-08-01 Thread Flaherty, Patrick
Is this presentation going to be records or released at all? I can't
make the trip, but I'm interested.

Patrick 

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[please RSVP as we have a real live refreshment sponsor this month!]

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  Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Linux User Group
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The next regular monthly meeting of the DLSLUG will be held:
  Thursday, August 2nd, 7-9PM
at:   Dartmouth College, Carson Hall, Room L01
 All are welcome, free of charge.

   Agenda

7:00  Sign-in, networking

7:15  Introductory remarks

7:20  Usable Web Applications with Rails and AJAX
   presented by William Henderson-Frost

   Will will present Greenout!, a new web application that's
   focused on usability and developed on the Ruby on Rails
   platform using AJAX techniques, the Prototype library, and
   plenty of custom code.  He'll describe the process of
   developing a web application with Ruby on Rails, the
   challenges of writing an AJAX application, and some of the
   tips and techniques he's developed along the way.

   Will is a Senior at Dartmouth College, majoring in Computer
   Science, and a Hanover native.  He enjoys good programming
   languages, like Ruby.


8:50  Roundtable Exchange - where the attendees can make
 announcements or ask a linux question of the group.

Please see the website for links to directions.

If any area companies are interested in sponsoring refreshments, please
let me know.

Please RSVP so we can give a theoretical refreshment sponsor a
headcount.
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