Comments on: EuroFOO: Building a Tricorder http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/23/eurofoo-building-a-tricorder Picking out patterns in the chaos Wed, 16 May 2012 20:57:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Steve http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/23/eurofoo-building-a-tricorder#comment-2188 Steve Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:57:43 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/23/eurofoo-building-a-tricorder#comment-2188 This sounds like an excellent engineering or creative thinking activity for high school students and above. This sounds like an excellent engineering or creative thinking activity for high school students and above.

]]> By: Suw http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/23/eurofoo-building-a-tricorder#comment-2187 Suw Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:55:51 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/23/eurofoo-building-a-tricorder#comment-2187 Thanks for your comment, Matt. I've changed the post to more accurately reflect the fact that Matt Jones ran it, with help from you and Simon. I guess I really shouldn't blog when tired and forgetful. ;-) I would love to see this session run again in such a way as it could build on the beginnings we all managed to put together in what was really a very short time. As Simon said, you can't get very far in 45 minutes. But I do think that it illustrated something i hadn't realised, which was how comprehensive our disconnection from the natural world around us has become. Maybe there's a wiki to be started? A web-based collaborative project? Thanks for your comment, Matt. I’ve changed the post to more accurately reflect the fact that Matt Jones ran it, with help from you and Simon. I guess I really shouldn’t blog when tired and forgetful. ;-)
I would love to see this session run again in such a way as it could build on the beginnings we all managed to put together in what was really a very short time. As Simon said, you can’t get very far in 45 minutes. But I do think that it illustrated something i hadn’t realised, which was how comprehensive our disconnection from the natural world around us has become.

Maybe there’s a wiki to be started? A web-based collaborative project?

]]> By: mattw http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/23/eurofoo-building-a-tricorder#comment-2186 mattw Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:39:20 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/09/23/eurofoo-building-a-tricorder#comment-2186 Hi Suw Matt Jones has to take credit for putting together the session, not me--I was only looking after one stream. I think it was because I went into it thinking of myself as just reflecting the group position that we had so many avenues of conversation. I was trying to resist pushing my own opinion. Thinking about it afterwards, I should have put some example endpoints on the board to start with, to constrain the problem space. But it's very difficult to close things down with a mixed group, especially at the beginning of a conference. Still, I think you've done a good job at extracting the rich part of our discussion, and I think they'll make good starting points next time it's possible to run Matt (Jones)'s session. cheers Matt Hi Suw

Matt Jones has to take credit for putting together the session, not me–I was only looking after one stream. I think it was because I went into it thinking of myself as just reflecting the group position that we had so many avenues of conversation. I was trying to resist pushing my own opinion. Thinking about it afterwards, I should have put some example endpoints on the board to start with, to constrain the problem space. But it’s very difficult to close things down with a mixed group, especially at the beginning of a conference.

Still, I think you’ve done a good job at extracting the rich part of our discussion, and I think they’ll make good starting points next time it’s possible to run Matt (Jones)’s session.

cheers
Matt

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