Comments on: On-Premise Videoconferencing: Not for Web Workers? http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/ Rebooting the workforce Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:34:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Video Conferencing Setup http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-311936 Video Conferencing Setup Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:11:01 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-311936 <p>Sitting with the doctors in a room and talking with other doctors via video conferencing was very exciting for me when I first time sat for a meeting. I first felt like a movie going on until when one of the doctors asked me for my comments. It was really weird and exciting.</p> Sitting with the doctors in a room and talking with other doctors via video conferencing was very exciting for me when I first time sat for a meeting. I first felt like a movie going on until when one of the doctors asked me for my comments. It was really weird and exciting.

]]> By: WebWorkerDaily » Archive Telepresence: State of the (Affordable) Art « http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-305197 WebWorkerDaily » Archive Telepresence: State of the (Affordable) Art « Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:01:35 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-305197 <p>[...] No Comments We’ve written before about some of the big-ticket telepresence systems - and our skepticism about their place in the average web worker’s life. But between the super-expensive systems [...]</p> [...] No Comments We’ve written before about some of the big-ticket telepresence systems – and our skepticism about their place in the average web worker’s life. But between the super-expensive systems [...]

]]> By: WebWorkerDaily » Archive 14 Things Corporations Can Learn from Seasoned Web Workers « http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-300047 WebWorkerDaily » Archive 14 Things Corporations Can Learn from Seasoned Web Workers « Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:01:24 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-300047 <p>[...] But they’re mostly doing it in a big corporation sort of way, with fancy (and expensive) telepresence systems. While this approach may indeed offset the rapidly-rising price of travel, those of us who [...]</p> [...] But they’re mostly doing it in a big corporation sort of way, with fancy (and expensive) telepresence systems. While this approach may indeed offset the rapidly-rising price of travel, those of us who [...]

]]> By: Mario http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-296489 Mario Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:51:31 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-296489 <p>I need to connect a Polycom VTC a e-collaboration webcamm system. Any idea on how to make it both work at the same time?</p> <p>MM</p> I need to connect a Polycom VTC a e-collaboration webcamm system. Any idea on how to make it both work at the same time?

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]]> By: Yeoldetechy http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-197945 Yeoldetechy Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:54:02 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-197945 <p>I have been involved in "desktop videoconferencing" since the beginning. It has evolved from ISDN-based to Internet-based, from very expensive and difficult to install and use to very inexpensive and easy to install and use.</p> <p>I video conference nearly everyday from my home office laptop (or from a WiFi location, I have video conferenced from McDonalds and Starbucks) using either an H.323 standards based system or (non-standard) ooVoo (www.ooVoo.com).</p> <p>The quality of the video conferences even from home using DSL or cable should no longer be an issue.</p> I have been involved in “desktop videoconferencing” since the beginning. It has evolved from ISDN-based to Internet-based, from very expensive and difficult to install and use to very inexpensive and easy to install and use.

I video conference nearly everyday from my home office laptop (or from a WiFi location, I have video conferenced from McDonalds and Starbucks) using either an H.323 standards based system or (non-standard) ooVoo (www.ooVoo.com).

The quality of the video conferences even from home using DSL or cable should no longer be an issue.

]]> By: The Future of Education is Here » Blog Archive » links for 2007-10-16 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-197680 The Future of Education is Here » Blog Archive » links for 2007-10-16 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:29:03 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-197680 <p>[...] On-Premise Videoconferencing: Not for Web Workers? « Web Worker Daily A critique of telepresence for collaboration… (tags: technologiesofcooperation) [...]</p> [...] On-Premise Videoconferencing: Not for Web Workers? « Web Worker Daily A critique of telepresence for collaboration… (tags: technologiesofcooperation) [...]

]]> By: Jon Peltier http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-197356 Jon Peltier Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:45:33 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-197356 <p>A corporation I worked for nearly a decade ago had invested mightily in teleconferencing facilities at several of its business locations. These were always in heavy demand. Using them was not always easy. The configurations were hare to set up, the equipment (cameras and mikes) did not always work well, the image quality was poor and the sound filled with static, and often there were delays in one or the other of these media.</p> <p>More recently I've used the combination of telephone and web conferencing (or more accurately screen-sharing). There are a number of applications for this, and I've found the one called GoToMeeting to be the best of the bunch. Users can show each other their computer screens nd even let others take temporary control over a running application. This is great for demos and debugging.</p> A corporation I worked for nearly a decade ago had invested mightily in teleconferencing facilities at several of its business locations. These were always in heavy demand. Using them was not always easy. The configurations were hare to set up, the equipment (cameras and mikes) did not always work well, the image quality was poor and the sound filled with static, and often there were delays in one or the other of these media.

More recently I’ve used the combination of telephone and web conferencing (or more accurately screen-sharing). There are a number of applications for this, and I’ve found the one called GoToMeeting to be the best of the bunch. Users can show each other their computer screens nd even let others take temporary control over a running application. This is great for demos and debugging.

]]> By: Brian Carnell http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-197317 Brian Carnell Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:18:40 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-197317 <p>I've seen a lot of success using videoconferencing to connect workers, typically who are the same company but at very distant locations.</p> <p>And you know, it's not that hard to connect your webcam-equipped laptop to one of the room systems using NetMeeting or one of the many open-source clones of it, which incorporates H.323 which most of the dedicated systems use these days.</p> I’ve seen a lot of success using videoconferencing to connect workers, typically who are the same company but at very distant locations.

And you know, it’s not that hard to connect your webcam-equipped laptop to one of the room systems using NetMeeting or one of the many open-source clones of it, which incorporates H.323 which most of the dedicated systems use these days.

]]> By: Rick http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-197290 Rick Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:25:35 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-197290 <p>My own experience is negative wrt video conferencing. I worked for 2.5 yrs with a large corp. that set-up "dedicated" VTC for the 2 main work-sites, one in Seattle area and one outside DC. Much was made about how the business group we were in was "co-located" at these two distant sites. In reality, most times we'd spend 10-15 minutes configuring the VTC, and most times would have serious and limiting difficulty in seeing the other side, due to small screens, VTC camera angles canted, or too many other folks on the other side to make them any relevant size. Further, participants would either blatantly work or their laptops or blackberrys, or fidget in stress over the work they were not doing (that they could have done in parallel if it was an old-school telecon). No thanks to standard VTC.</p> My own experience is negative wrt video conferencing. I worked for 2.5 yrs with a large corp. that set-up “dedicated” VTC for the 2 main work-sites, one in Seattle area and one outside DC. Much was made about how the business group we were in was “co-located” at these two distant sites. In reality, most times we’d spend 10-15 minutes configuring the VTC, and most times would have serious and limiting difficulty in seeing the other side, due to small screens, VTC camera angles canted, or too many other folks on the other side to make them any relevant size. Further, participants would either blatantly work or their laptops or blackberrys, or fidget in stress over the work they were not doing (that they could have done in parallel if it was an old-school telecon). No thanks to standard VTC.

]]> By: Peter Csathy http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-197273 Peter Csathy Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:23:50 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/10/15/on-premise-videoconferencing-not-for-web-workers/#comment-197273 <p>Noted thought leader Andy Abramson just blogged about why current room-based hardware video conferencing systems simply do not work -- http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/2007/10/some-insightful.html</p> <p>The problem is not business video conferencing itself -- when done right, video conferencing is a uniquely powerful way to keep "face to face" when you simply cannot be physically present. The problem is with the current implementations offered by "the big boys" -- they are for the few, not the many. They are frequently impersonal, and not really face to face and one-to-one.</p> Noted thought leader Andy Abramson just blogged about why current room-based hardware video conferencing systems simply do not work — http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/2007/10/some-insightful.html

The problem is not business video conferencing itself — when done right, video conferencing is a uniquely powerful way to keep “face to face” when you simply cannot be physically present. The problem is with the current implementations offered by “the big boys” — they are for the few, not the many. They are frequently impersonal, and not really face to face and one-to-one.

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