daily thoughts - 08.30.06

it seems that blogger has provided us with a great medium to exchange information in the form of written text and graphics. it also seems that the individual conferences with ron via skype (both with video conferencing and text messaging) are working well. i do not think, however, that we have yet found the best way to communicate and interact as an entire studio. on wednesday, the entire studio was sitting within 10 yards of one another, but the primary form of interaction was via skype text messaging. when we did have personal interaction, ron was completely out of the loop. it seemed to be a race for everyone to type their ideas/comments/suggestions so that they would be 'heard'. and it was hard to keep up with the conversation because everyone was trying to go in different directions at the same time. i propose that we try an approach similar to our first meeting in the library conference room. we could set up a library computer with a webcam at the front of the room so that the whole studio could communicate more personally. we could also each have our laptops so that we could view posts online and exchange relevant links with skype text messaging. i think this would allow a more coherent and consistant conversation and would allow everyone in the studio to be heard more equally. it seems that for this to work, however, that we need to improve the microphone situation so that ron could hear more clearly what we had to say. since the arch library does not have a better solution, maybe we should contact the a/v people in poole hall for a better conference type microphone.