wireless and wiki - things to know?

[Harrison Owen]

For the wired community, I can understand that they would like to have
laptops all over. And they probably will. Major downsides in my experience
are several. First, the notes taken tend to be almost verbatim - which
generally yields an enormous amount of "stuff" of questionable value. Having
to type a report from a stack of news print tends to focus the mind, to say
nothing of the input. The second thing you lose with instant entry is the
camaraderie of the News Room. Actually I find some of the best discussions
(ideas) are generated when folks get together to figure out what they are
really talking about. I guess I am getting old, but lo-tec wins out in my
book.

 

ho 

 

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Lisa Heft
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 10:48 AM
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Subject: wireless and wiki - things to know?

 

Hello, dear colleagues -

 

To those of you who have used high-technology methods of collecting
discussion notes during the real-time of an OS event that look like

 

- People on their laptops writing notes directly to wiki or other website

- Wireless - folks sending their notes to somewhere without physically
having to walk over to a Newsroom table to coordinate input/transcription

- Other things that look like that

 

What are some advantages, disadvantages, things you wished you had known /
done before you did this in a next OS event, and so on?

 

 

 

I often work with clients / communities that have *zero* technology of the
electronic kind (so I am very good at when you *don't* have computers, or
xerox machines and so on).  Or with 'basic' electronic technology like a
bunch of computers in the Newsroom with a Newsroom Coordinator present,
discs or drives or network to share / send files, and so on.  But I have an
upcoming situation where a majority of the participants are *very* into
electronic technology.  So I just want to learn from you-all what to plan
for, look for, invite, beware of, and so on. I know that several of you have
had these interesting and sometimes wild experiences.


Thank you for your thoughts and recommendations,

 

Lisa

 

 

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