[Coco] CoCoFest Webcam, IRC, anything?

[Steve Bjork]

As I pointed out in the message that you replied to, using Skype to host 
a call falls apart when you have limited bandwidth.  (As in this hotel.)

That why I stated "solution is to have someone else host the Skype call 
so we at the CoCofest are only a client connection.  In the past, you 
and I host the call because of high bandwidth internet connections.  We 
will need to find someone else to host the call with 7 mb of upload or 
better running windows.  (Mac and Linux clients don't work well.)"

But the point for the CoCofest is for everyone to meet at location for 
an annual get-together and not watch it on a computer screen.

To quote Boise, " Everyone on this list who considers themselves a CoCo 
"nut" should make every effort to attend this event every year."

But why make effort to attend?  Sure, there are great CoCo deals. (I got 
a Coco 3 for $5 last time.)  But the real reason is to really connect 
with your fellow CoCo "nut".  (As in make real friends.)  This is 
something you just can't do typing on a keyboard.

It been too long since I last seen my friends and that's why I'm making 
the effort to attend.

Please note, I've flying out today and will not be on-line very much.

Hope to see you there.

Steve Bjork


On 5/19/2011 5:04 AM, L. Curtis Boyle wrote:
> Another possible solution (depending on the event being streamed) is to just stream audio, with a live irc chat so that long distance listeners can comment/ask questions. That should fit within hotel bandwidth, I would think.
>
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> L. Curtis Boyle
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>
> On May 18, 2011, at 11:05 PM, Steve Bjork<6809er at srbsoftware.com>  wrote:
>
>> Remember the problems you had with the first CoCoCoCo using a low speed DSL connection?  It tested fine till you got more than a few people on the Skype Chat.  Well, the hotel's upload speed is not that great and you will run into the same problems.  I'm not even sure if we can get one Video stream out to Ustream, much less many Skype connections.
>>
>> One solution is to have someone else host the Skype call so we at the CoCofest are only a client connection.  In the past, you and I host the call because of high bandwidth internet connections.  We will need to find someone else to host the call with 7 mb of upload or better running windows.  (Mac and Linux clients don't work well.)
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> On 5/18/2011 9:38 PM, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
>>> Although videos will be great, I was also hoping for some sort of
>>> interaction, whether via Skype, upstream chat, etc so that folks who can't
>>> make it can say hi, ask questions etc.  May or may not be possible, hotels
>>> wireless and cell signals at the event site were both fairly awful last
>>> year.
>>
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