[OSList] Fwd: unhangout

[John Baxter]

It's an intriguing and very promising piece of software!

I imagine if people can get past the learning curve that it could be very
effective.  We know OS works after all...

I put this out to a few friends; see comments from Hailey in below email -
noting the entry barriers Collabforge have experienced getting people using
Google products, and how Unhangout might work their way around those in
future.

*John Baxter*
jsbaxter.com.au <http://www.jsbaxter.com.au>
0405 447 829
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*"Reclaiming quality of life one hack at a time"*


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Hailey Cooperrider <hailey.cooperrider at collabforge.com>
Date: Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [OSList] unhangout
To: John Baxter <john at jsbaxter.com.au>
Cc: David Hood <david at doingsomethinggood.com.au>, Julian Waters-Lynch <
julian.waterslynch at gmail.com>, jean russell <jeanmrussell at gmail.com>,
Rebecca Dahl <rebecca.dahl at collabforge.com>


Looks great. We've been using the Lobby/Breakout metaphor in discussing our
own Collabco platform.

It's amazing how hard it can be to get people over the learning curve with
Google stuff. I've found that managing account creation, or having multiple
accounts with Google, is often the main blocker with folks who aren't
web-savvy.

But as part of an event where all participants get a supported induction to
video conference, it'd be great.

I think this sort of thing will get more fluid once we stop needing to rely
on a backbone like Google to supply the conferencing services. There is an
emerging web standard called WebRTC that will hopefully start catching on
soon:

http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webrtc/basics/

With WebRTC adopted widely, we'll be able to have audio and video chat
without special plugins or relying on Google, Facebook, etc.

After a quick search, it looks like unhangout is open source, and they are
already looking at WebRTC over Google
https://the.hackpad.com/unhangout#:h=Directions

Nice find John. One to watch / borrow from.

-H


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 1:14 PM, John Baxter <john at jsbaxter.com.au> wrote:

> Hello tech-savvy conversation hosts
>
> Have you used Unhangout?
>
> Looks like an online videoconferencing tool designed to mimic an Open
> Space event.  Very curious about whether it works.  I imagine it could work
> quite well if you can get people past the learning curve.
>
> ​
> ​
> https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/how-to-unhangout/​
>
>
> *John Baxter*
> jsbaxter.com.au <http://www.jsbaxter.com.au>
> 0405 447 829
> @jsbaxter_ <http://twitter.com/jsbaxter_>
>
> *note my reclamation policy means I process my inbox once daily, if that.*
> *happy to hear about anything urgent via phone or Twitter*
>
> *"Reclaiming quality of life one hack at a time"*
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michael Wood <michael.wood at uwa.edu.au>
> Date: Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:18 AM
> Subject: [OSList] unhangout
> To: "oslist at lists.openspacetech.org" <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
>
>
> Anyone know anything about the 'unhangout' platform? Or used it?
>
> On first glace it looks rather like an on-line form of Open Space.
>
> ​​
> https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/how-to-unhangout/
>
> Michael Wood
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