SignWriting Symposium alternatives

Mon Aug 18 02:31:25 UTC 2014

SignWriting List
August 17, 2014

These ideas are very doable, André, although I am not sure why people need to download so much at one time. Technology keeps changing. Take PDFs for example. In prior years, I always downloaded them, but it seems more and more browsers are just opening PDFs within the browser and you never really have to download them at all - in other words - the need for downloading is diminishing as we all do more work “in the clouds” -  online 24 hours a day 7 days a week… different feeling to the world -

People used to create DVDs and CDs all the time - now many laptops do not come with CD or DVD drives at all since music is generally downloaded from the internet -

There are ways to create groups that share files with each other on the internet - I do not know that much about it but I am sure we will all learn over time

Val ;-)

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On Aug 16, 2014, at 5:28 PM, André L <andre-andre at HOTMAIL.CA> wrote:

> Hello,
> I of my habbits when I am interested in something  is to gather as much information as possible.
>  
> If it was possible to download huge amount of data without opening 40 symposium pages and selecting 3 documents in each, that would be nice.  40 click instead of 120.
>  
> There are software like Torrent that is used to download music.  We could use something equivalent, there is no copyright issue with SignWriting.  I would like a directory containing 40 zip files of papers and annexes and 40 videos files.  The video should be separated.  They are too big to download systematically and they are available on the net.  
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> We will also need publicity to get people watching the past symposium.  I think about massive e-mail list, publicity in publications, contact Deaf associations...
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>  
> André Lemyre
>  
> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:36:23 -0700
> From: signwriting at MAC.COM
> Subject: Re: SignWriting Symposium alternatives
> To: SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU
> 
> SignWriting List
> August 16, 2014
> 
> Hello Andre´-
> The alternatives you mention below are fine, and we will still be able to have both alternatives and the SignWriting Symposium Live Online too. One format is not necessarily better than another or a finality of anything. I am just happy to provide the world with the SignWriting Symposium format because I think it has potential, and I personally enjoy the project. I also want to provide conferences of SignWriting users, and conferences in person, in a hotel or a university, are complicated and expensive, but the online live conference or symposium is free and it brought together so many wonderful academics and professionals and signwriters around the world in a way that a conference in my local area could never do…so the Symposium gives us a live meeting place, and with the proper attention to detail I think the next one will be technologically improved at least ;-)
> 
> One format does not have to replace the other, so please go forward with your new ideas - I am interested.
> 
> And the software development does not take my time or your time - it will be others who will dedicate their time to the new SignWriting Symposium App - and it will not be our software developers who work on SignWriting software - so really it is not a hindrance - it will be a help in the long run. And it might inspire some software developer students - you never know - I even have a possibility to have it developed as a gift from another country - I will also talk with people at Google to see if they can help us -
> 
> And your presentation at the SignWriting Symposium was one of the smoothest:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7keC41vY0TU
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> You can view it on your web page:
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> Presentation 20 SignAnimating
> http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0020.html#video
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> The captioning will come in time ;-)
> 
> Thank you for presenting at the 2014 Symposium, André -
> 
> Val ;-)
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> On Aug 16, 2014, at 12:58 PM, André L <andre-andre at HOTMAIL.CA> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
>  
> My main interest is to have access to as much projects, papers, software and material as possible.  I see the symposium as a mean to develop momentum, not as a finality.  We could have continuous sharing of material with or without the symposium.
>  
> I think that pre-recorded video presentations are simpler.  Each individual turns on the camera and records with Windows movie maker and then submits the video to a pre-determined address.  The text is also prepared in advance.  Because the video is not interactive, the text is accurate.  It is simpler to translate because it is already written and pre-determined.
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> There could be a discussion added after the display of the video.
> It would be like people having a vlog on youtube.  In a shared account, several people could contribute.  
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> A permanent drop box account would receive documents throughout the year.  Such documents would be reviewed and moved to a read only dopbox available to all throughout the year.   This would be simpler than updating signwriting.org web pages.
> The dropbox could have several folders: draft, submitted, approved, translated...  each divides in categories.
>  
> I am concerned that if software developer focus on the symposium tool; it may delay other signwriting projects.  it depends on how big this project is...
>  
> André Lemyre
>  
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