we are connected as i type this.
the jacktrip audio connection is one way. we hear them, but they don't hear us.
there is a skype hookup that is sending them audio from us after a fashion.
we are sending video, our signature moves and a live feed from ncsa.
JT has taken Alanna over to NCSA by car, and we're seeing her now.
we're sending a live fees from DRK (where I am) to belfast.
they are sending us sonic weirdness now, but there's also a saxophonist obsessed with Grieg's Peer Gynt suite.
an ip appears on screen in JT's handwriting.
still trying to jacktrip.
garrison is wearing the headlight headband in the studio.
he's doing the Z.
i must break off to put away some gear, because i have a meeting off campis at five.
but that's the mediated presence for today so far...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
sitting tight in DRK
Students of 451T are setting up for the latest SARC Belfast connection attempt.
Well, now that I've surveyed the scene, it looks as though JT is setting up for SARC, with Ben looking on. The others are working on their various areas. Quite a few of 'em are working at getting a big sheet hung on the back wall for use as a giant video screen. I count five in that endeavor: Jeff, Robert, Garrison, Jessica, and Ysaye. Others, like myself are goofing off (?) at laptops.
Here's a moment to reflect on this semester and this course. It hasn't all been peaches and cream, of course. There was that one class, where we spent an inordinate amount of time troubleshooting the audio streaming software Jack Trip. JT was despondent for a moment there, but I felt it had its uses. That episode demonstrated the difficulties of both teching and teaching tech.
By now, as we head for our final performance, we've all gotten better at teamwork. The scripting process was a very good example of that. There is a reluctance on the part of the group to blog much, or suffer an asynchronous discussion. Assignments along these lines have not fared very well. The script sessions might have been moribund, DOA, but Bradford posted a creative stub by way of getting at least an idea out. "Lost in the net...an identity crisis...Z breaks down on a facebook mashup." Well, that's not quite it. But we got to hacking at facebook, making subversive bogus personalities that the audience may friend at four workstations.
Now, we are back at work in space, sovlving technical challenges, hooking everything up. At the very least, much has been learned by all, including me and JT. (He worked on EL wire.) So that's it, lame perhaps, but up to the minute...
Well, now that I've surveyed the scene, it looks as though JT is setting up for SARC, with Ben looking on. The others are working on their various areas. Quite a few of 'em are working at getting a big sheet hung on the back wall for use as a giant video screen. I count five in that endeavor: Jeff, Robert, Garrison, Jessica, and Ysaye. Others, like myself are goofing off (?) at laptops.
Here's a moment to reflect on this semester and this course. It hasn't all been peaches and cream, of course. There was that one class, where we spent an inordinate amount of time troubleshooting the audio streaming software Jack Trip. JT was despondent for a moment there, but I felt it had its uses. That episode demonstrated the difficulties of both teching and teaching tech.
By now, as we head for our final performance, we've all gotten better at teamwork. The scripting process was a very good example of that. There is a reluctance on the part of the group to blog much, or suffer an asynchronous discussion. Assignments along these lines have not fared very well. The script sessions might have been moribund, DOA, but Bradford posted a creative stub by way of getting at least an idea out. "Lost in the net...an identity crisis...Z breaks down on a facebook mashup." Well, that's not quite it. But we got to hacking at facebook, making subversive bogus personalities that the audience may friend at four workstations.
Now, we are back at work in space, sovlving technical challenges, hooking everything up. At the very least, much has been learned by all, including me and JT. (He worked on EL wire.) So that's it, lame perhaps, but up to the minute...
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