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Learn from James -- Google Hangouts
« on: February 18, 2014, 01:39:54 PM »
[This new thread is based on James's original post as part of a conversation with Sean, located here: http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=1399.msg12076#msg12076]

Although we strive to provide as much support and documentation as we can, in the end there is a lot of material.  this is a good thing of course because it directly relates to the massive potential for customization.  Still it is easy to miss stuff, and there is a learning curve that can be a bit overwhelming.

It is really worth taking some time with the wiki though, especially since Nim5ter has been doing a great job of updating it.  On the main page of the wiki there is a custom search tool which searches all of the forum and the wiki and is very useful I think.  When I have time I will probably put this search box on the main site and the forum as well.

I am thinking it is time to start trying to organize some VoxCommando hangouts again.  We could focus on one person at a time and doing some problem solving, but in a public hangout so that others could watch and potentially pose questions.  If a few people have issues or just need some training, we could go through people one at a time.

Only problem is that I really want to focus on gettings the first beta of VC 2.0 out the door ASAP.  In the mean time, it would be great if someone wanted to pick up the reins here in terms of organizing hangouts.  Finding a time that works for people and making sure that as many people as possible know about it.  If someone wanted to do that, I would find the time to attend.

We are talking about free one on one support here, from the developer (well, maybe not one on one, but one at a time) so it seems that new users who want to get a leg up should take advantage of this.  I should point out that these hangouts should focus on solving problems and educating people, and not on idle chit chat.  A little bit of this is fine, but it is easy to blow an hour of time and get nothing done and I am not interested in that. :)
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Re: Learn from James -- Google Hangouts
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2014, 03:16:15 PM »
And Google Plus Post here, will begin organizing documentation for the hangout, way to share the recordings for those who can not make it, etc.  First and foremost I need everyone to confirm if they can make it and suggest dates or times, I have tentatively put Wednesday 8PM, but obviously can be flexible here if weekends or anything work better.
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Re: Learn from James -- Google Hangouts
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2014, 04:02:26 PM »
That time is fine for me. We can do a second hangout for people in European time zones.

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Re: Learn from James -- Google Hangouts
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2014, 11:38:27 PM »
Just to update folks who aren't (yet?) part of the VC Google Plus community (https://plus.google.com/communities/114617052029490561887) --

Sean has been working his butt off organizing the return of VC Hangouts: https://plus.google.com/events/cqsqp5aj71o3af6jr37qj7jqh4o?authkey=CJj0it3X3M_7Mw&cfem=1

Note the updated time. Looks like that is a solid compromise for users in the Americas and Europe. Thanks for all your efforts, Sean.

We have quite a few new users in Australia and New Zealand, which is challenging due to the time difference. However, if there is enough interest, and someone from Down Undah is willing to help organize a second hangout, perhaps you can pipe up here to start Ball No. 2 rolling.

The main issue is that James is hard at work, 24/7 basically, trying to get VC2 alpha out the door for user feedback, and so we should be careful not to put too many distractions in front of him. ;)
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Re: Learn from James -- Google Hangouts
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2014, 02:22:58 PM »
For those attending (and even if you are not, I would like your input), please fill out the following survey so that I can prepare content for the hangout, and if anyone has something cool, exciting, etc. they would like to show please let me know, really would like this to be a community driven Hangout, not just me (or James) yammering on... is yammering a word?

Here's the Survey Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KP1UcXisurnRNfOPHxyt0kSuR_rysU-0PmtliVQfkpo/viewform

And Again Here is the Google Event Link https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cqsqp5aj71o3af6jr37qj7jqh4o?authkey=CJj0it3X3M_7Mw

Thanks All, Really looking forward to this!

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Re: Learn from James -- Google Hangouts
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2014, 04:17:19 PM »
For those of you who missed it here it is:
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Thanks again Sean!  :hugs