[AG-TECH] "Status" window for what's going on?

[Jennifer Teig von Hoffman]

This sounds like a good opportunity for somebody to write a Grid Service 
like "Announcements for Participants", much like the MOO but as a public 
channel. And if you could shout out to that Service from whatever text 
channel the node operators are using, and specify whether you want the 
announcements to go to all sites or just your own, all the better.

- Jennifer, sudden early-morning champion of Grid Services

andrea jackson wrote:

>I have been using Notepad for a long time to put brief messages on screen to
>my attendees. For example, if I hear them wonder out loud why a certain
>venue has not joined the meeting yet, I may be able to flash up some info
>that I have read on the MUD and keep them informed. This means they don't
>need to start using mobile phones to track down their remote colleagues
>after the meeting has started.
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>I can also tell them via Notepad to move their laptops away from in front of
>the mics, as someone always forgets. And when I send a Notepad reminder that
>the coffee machine is ready, our remote sites might wonder why a mass exodus
>from the tables is taking place. Now you know.
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>Andrea.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Frank Sweetser" <fs at wpi.edu>
>To: <ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov>
>Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:14 PM
>Subject: [AG-TECH] "Status" window for what's going on?
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>>So I'm sitting here in a two day seminar, with lots of speakers, each one
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>up
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>>for about a half hour.  Anyone coming in would have to hunt around the
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>room to
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>>see which presenter is up, and even then, that won't help for any last
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>minute
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>>changes that have been made.
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>>Has anyone tried anything along the lines of throwing up a small window
>>(notepad or something similar) with a little "Currently Playing" type
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>blurb
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>>in it, updated for each presenter?  Perhaps a small Powerpoint slide
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>prepared
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>>beforehand?
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>>Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu
>>WPI Network Engineer
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