Hello,
Here is my long overdue introduction to the group.
Kevin Doyle joined the Professional Services team at Teranode in
2005. He has worked closely with clients to develop laboratory
automation solutions for chemistry and biology projects. Last year,
Teranode released a new product called Teranode Fuel, which is a
platform for creating semantically enabled research intelligence
applications for executives, managers and researchers in Life
Sciences. Kevin is now focused on delivering client solutions using
the Teranode Fuel platform at several major pharmaceutical companies
in the areas of biological therapeutics, portfolio management and
clinical trials.
Kevin S. Doyle
Client Solution Manager
Teranode Corp.
www.teranode.com
On Mar 6, 2009, at 2:27 PM, M. Scott Marshall wrote:
Several new people have joined HCLS IG http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
hcls/ lately. Welcome! We have a tradition of sending an
Introduction so the mailing list to help participants get to know
each other and find common interests. Would those of you who haven't
yet done so please send an introduction to the list? The
introductions to date are archived here (thanks to Duncan Hull's
initiative): http://esw.w3.org/topic/Introductions
If you are new to HCLS IG, be sure to look at http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLSIG
. There you will find an overview of the group's task forces. Each
task force meets either weekly or bi-weekly in a teleconference.
Time and day of the week, as well as access instructions are on the
main wiki page for each task force.
The use of IRC and Zakim (a teleconference bridge) help 'telcon'
participants to more easily communicate and capture information.
Below, you will find some information that will help you to make the
most of our online teleconferences.
Best,
Scott
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IRC
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* If you do not have an IRC client installed on your computer, you
can get one of the many free one (search "irc client" and your
platform), or you can use a web-based client.
One possible web-based client you might try is Mibbit (http://www.mibbit.com/chat/
). If you use mibbit, fill out the blanks like this: you need to
click on "Server" (highlighted in red in attached image) to reveal
the "Server address" field. NOTE: this meeting will use the "hcls"
channel, NOT "hcls2" as seen in the attached screenshot.
(Note that I suggest using port 80 from mibbit. The W3C irc server
supports this, and it neatly bypasses enterprise firewall issues
that many users seem to be having with port 6667.)
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Zakim
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Teleconferencing at the W3C is based on a customized telconferencing
system called Zakim [3][4]. Zakim is combined with IRC to facilitate a
meeting with a set of services including tracking of speaker queues,
registering names to caller's telephones, and generating transcripts
of
the meeting.
Prior to the call, please either check that you can access Web IRC
[5],
which requires a W3C login and password, or install and run an IRC
client program on the machine that you will use during the
conference [6].
QuickView Guide to Zakim Commands
IRC command Touchtone Description
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| q+ | 41# | add me to the speaker's queue |
| q- | 40# | remove me from the speaker's queue |
| zakim, mute <name> | 61# | Mute my phone |
| zakim, unmute <name> | 60# | Unmute my phone |
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A few basic guidelines will help new participants in the Kickoff
Telcon
to get off on the right foot:
Calling in
When you call in, please announce your name after the two tone beep
that
marks entry to the meeting. Please mute your phone immediately after
announcing yourself. This will prevent background noise from entering
the shared audio for the teleconference.
Muting your phone
From a touch tone phone, 61# Mutes and 60# unmutes. "zakim, mute
<name>" also works, as well as "zakim, unmute <name>". Don't forget to
unmute when it's your turn to speak!
Raising your hand to talk
From IRC, the command is "q+", which places your IRC name on the
queue.
41# is the touch tone equivalent. This system helps to ensure that
everyone gets a chance to speak. q- or 40# takes your name off the
queue.
[1] http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLSIG/
[2] http://esw.w3.org/topic/HCLSIG/Meetings/2008-06-12_Conference_Call
[3] http://www.w3.org/2001/12/zakim-irc-bot.html
[4] http://www.w3.org/2002/01/UsingZakim
[5] http://cgi.w3.org/member-bin/irc/irc.cgi
[6] http://www.w3.org/Project/IRC/#Client
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