[Noisebridge-discuss] Stuff I'd like to see happen at Noisebridge

[ashish makani]

Sounds rad Rachel

Would love to contribute in whatever way possible

Kudos to the chatroulette kid .....its a very simple but ingenious idea
I read an interview of his recently ...he is so young...& even after it
became a hit, he comes across as very humble
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/one-on-one-andrey-ternovskiy-creator-of-chatroulette/

Humble innovators FTW :)

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 10:24 AM, rachel lyra hospodar <
rachel at mediumreality.com> wrote:

>
> this is an interesting approach!  I'd want to build an enclosure for the
> machine so that the only thing the person on the couch saw was a screen,
> no controls.  I am picturing something fairly elaborate, a sort of art
> installation phone booth magic talking seat.
>
> I also am becoming fixated on the idea of chatroulette constantly running.
>
> i give it six months because i want something big and elaborate, and
> can't start on it for a month or two... i also expect a lot
> of...distractions.
>
> R.
>
> On 12/25/2010 8:20 AM, Steve Castellotti wrote:
> > On 12/25/2010 01:38 AM, rachel lyra hospodar wrote:
> >> i decided today to launch another project.  i am going to turn a couch
> >> into a giant videophone, so that people from anywhere on the internet
> >> can initiate a video call with whoever is on that particular couch.  i
> >> am calling it NoiseCouch.  if anyone wants to help me with this project
> >> let me know.  i don't know anything about videoconferencing or
> >> networking or anything but i am confident i will figure it out.  i think
> >> that if i do it by myself it will take about 6 months to accomplish.
> >> The more help i get the sooner we can finish it!
> >
> >      Six months?
> >
> > 1. Take computer and plug into network
> > 2. Install Linux
> > 3. Install Skype
> > 4. Set Skype to auto-answer and allow calls and video from any user
> > 5. Publish Skype name
> >
> >
> >      You'll want to make sure the user account running Skype is set to
> > auto-login and Skype is set to auto-launch, but there's nothing too
> > tricky going on here.
> >
> > For the purists you also might want to install Ekiga which is open
> > source video conferencing:
> >
> > http://ekiga.org/
> >
> >
> >      Any trouble along the way give a shout (c:
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
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