Australia" Received: by 10.66.88.200 with SMTP id bi8mr4662634pab.27.1349845673559; Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:07:53 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: hackerspace-adelaide@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.68.222.169 with SMTP id qn9ls670798pbc.4.gmail; Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:07:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.74.39 with SMTP id q7mr4725588pav.29.1349845672487; Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:07:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.74.39 with SMTP id q7mr4725587pav.29.1349845672475; Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:07:52 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from mx1.sage.org.au (mx1.sage.org.au. [150.101.56.124]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id o10si82586pax.0.2012.10.09.22.07.51; Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:07:52 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 150.101.56.124 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of rob...@hardhack.org.au) client-ip=150.101.56.124; Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 150.101.56.124 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of rob...@hardhack.org.au) smtp.mail=rob...@hardhack.org.au Received: from [192.168.7.229] (unknown [192.168.7.229]) by mx1.sage.org.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 276E61CCBA for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:37:49 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <507502AD.4090301@hardhack.org.au> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:37:57 +1030 From: Robert Hart Reply-To: rob...@hardhack.org.au Organization: Robert Hart User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120907 Thunderbird/15.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hackerspace-adelaide@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [HACK-ADL] Virtual hacksession? References: <5074D836.6080403@hardhack.org.au> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------040106090408030905090503" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040106090408030905090503 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Very true On 10/10/2012 2:07 PM, Steve Roehrs wrote: > Friday and Sat evenings I'm sometimes at it, although it's not unheard > of that I get some hacking time in during the week between 9.30pm and > 12.00pm. I'm sure others with kids have similar timetables. > > Steve > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Steven Pickles > wrote: > > I'm liking the idea of having the times be ad-hoc for a while, we > can see if a pattern emerges. > > pix > > > On 10 October 2012 12:45, Steve Roehrs > wrote: > > My next project (more of a meta-project) is a decent work > bench, so I'll make sure it has a suitable spot to mount a > camera above it :) > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Robert Hart > > wrote: > > Yes I think one of my next hack sessions at home will be > to mount a camera above that looks down on the work bench > and connecting to a Adelaide Hackerspace G+ hangout when > I'm working or just generally might be an idea. > > Robert > > > > On 10/10/2012 12:04 PM, Steve Roehrs wrote: >> This is exactly the sort of thing I've been looking for! >> >> I could see this working well on an ad-hoc basis - I >> don't usually know much in advance when I'm going to get >> time for a decent at-home hack session. If there was an >> IRC channel or Google+ hangout I'd probably sit on there >> while working on something, and use it to bounce ideas >> off people who are of like mind, where I need a quick >> response instead of going to email or facebook. Likewise >> I'd be happy to explain what I was doing to anyone who >> asked. >> >> It's also a great way to learn from others, as I'm sure >> within our group we have some experts with very strong >> skills in narrow areas, as well as some generalists who >> know a bit about everything. It's also good to feel a >> 'part of something' instead of being a lone hacker late >> at night. >> >> I just read the blurb page on Google+ hangouts >> (http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/?hl=en) and >> they look like just the thing. Next time I'm working on >> something I'll login there and post to the list so anyone >> interested can virtually pop in and say hi. >> >> Having the set times could work better for some people - >> it's all free, so why not try both? >> >> Cheers >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:35 PM, Steven Pickles >> > wrote: >> >> Hey there, >> >> An idea was hatched by Fee tonight at MEGA. The >> possibility of a regular virtual hack session (using >> Google+ hangout or IRC or similar) for people that >> can't get to the hack sessions regularly, but want to >> be more involved. This could maybe work for the >> parents that have trouble finding time between work >> and kids to attend the sessions physically. >> >> If this sounds like something you would be interested >> in, reply and let us know which days and times would >> be good for you. >> >> pix >> >> --------------040106090408030905090503 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Very true

On 10/10/2012 2:07 PM, Steve Roehrs wrote:
Friday and Sat evenings I'm sometimes at it, although it's not unheard of that I get some hacking time in during the week between 9.30pm and 12.00pm.  I'm sure others with kids have similar timetables.

Steve

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Steven Pickles <thatpix...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm liking the idea of having the times be ad-hoc for a while, we can see if a pattern emerges.

pix


On 10 October 2012 12:45, Steve Roehrs <steve.roe...@gmail.com> wrote:
My next project (more of a meta-project) is a decent work bench, so I'll make sure it has a suitable spot to mount a camera above it :)


On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Robert Hart <rob...@hardhack.org.au> wrote:
Yes I think one of my next hack sessions at home will be to mount a camera above that looks down on the work bench and connecting to a Adelaide Hackerspace G+ hangout when I'm working or just generally might be an idea.

Robert



On 10/10/2012 12:04 PM, Steve Roehrs wrote:
This is exactly the sort of thing I've been looking for!

I could see this working well on an ad-hoc basis - I don't usually know much in advance when I'm going to get time for a decent at-home hack session.  If there was an IRC channel or Google+ hangout I'd probably sit on there while working on something, and use it to bounce ideas off people who are of like mind, where I need a quick response instead of going to email or facebook.  Likewise I'd be happy to explain what I was doing to anyone who asked.  

It's also a great way to learn from others, as I'm sure within our group we have some experts with very strong skills in narrow areas, as well as some generalists who know a bit about everything.  It's also good to feel a 'part of something' instead of being a lone hacker late at night.

I just read the blurb page on Google+ hangouts (http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/?hl=en) and they look like just the thing.  Next time I'm working on something I'll login there and post to the list so anyone interested can virtually pop in and say hi.

Having the set times could work better for some people - it's all free, so why not try both?

Cheers

Steve



On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:35 PM, Steven Pickles <thatpix...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey there,

An idea was hatched by Fee tonight at MEGA. The possibility of a regular virtual hack session (using Google+ hangout or IRC or similar) for people that can't get to the hack sessions regularly, but want to be more involved. This could maybe work for the parents that have trouble finding time between work and kids to attend the sessions physically.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, reply and let us know which days and times would be good for you.

pix



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