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Chris Cannam, 2010-11-09 01:57 PM
minor corrections

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h1. 20101109actions
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h2. Evaluation of the workshop
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* programming background very different
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* many different research areas (was this good or bad?)
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* some "attitude" problems??
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* networking (human rather than computer!) was good… but it would be more important if everybody's research topic "presentations" should have been done in the first day
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* the energy and "side" stories compensated to some degree for a lack of technical expertise in the room
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h2. one day workshops? is it possible?
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h2. Version Control
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* the most important idea coming out of the course
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* main topic for 1 day workshop
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* Is the user interface more important than the tool itself?
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* should we develop our own user interface? (based on hgexplorer)
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** study needs and workflows
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** tailor for new students, presentations, workshops
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h2. Building the "network"/SoundSoftware Community
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* organize a workshop every year
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** focused on the software used, not in the research itself
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** share code, practices
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* could also be done internally (C4DM)
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** need of bug tracking software
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** wiki to have discussions 
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* Advantages of this community
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** "Safer space", more confortable to researchers in the area, easier to ask questions than in specialized forums
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* Online seminar:
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** weekly? probably too much…
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** Adobe Connect?? 
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* the target community for this project is wider that this workshop's attendees
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* FaceBook group has been active
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** is it "open"/public? - it _should_ be public
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* SoundSoftware could be an aggregator for audio/music software content (fetch info from blogs, etc)
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** watch certain blogs feeds for tags
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* be more social
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** *forum?*
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** *blog links?*
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h2. Repositories 
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* should we set up SVN hosting immediately? Probably not:
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** maybe the people that attended the workshop should talk to their universities systems team
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** talk to the supervisors/ people that attended in order that they act on this
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h2. Future of the project
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* need for sorting out software, needs, etc—in the community
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** start within C4DM
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* after that, choose tools, etc
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** create "tutoring" material
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** tailor tools to fit the problems