Tech Talk '09 - Live Comments

I'm just starting this thread as a place to put comments and questions as we watch the Tech Talk. I'm not a Church employee, and I can't guarantee any Church employees will be watching this thread during the presentation of the Tech Talk.

Just thought this would be a good place to gather live comments.

Also, someone might want to start a twitter channel thingy if they want and we could post the name of it or link here.

Enjoy!

Prelude music / Pre-feed is up.

Thanks for starting this thread. I will be monitoring.

Excellent! Is a Twitter feed necessary?

LEGENDARYMEMBER wrote:Excellent! Is a Twitter feed necessary?

Nah, just if people want to comment through that means while it's going on.

#LDSMediaTalk is the hash? Is that what Joel said?

By the way, great video and streaming quality!

The tag is #ldstechtalk. It was a slip of the tongue. Sorry.

What is the bargraph measuring?

The blue is CHQ work and the red is the work of the community, yearly.

Bro. Dehlin mentioned a new map application with ward boundaries. Will there be a way to improve error correction on ward boundaries?

Yea Alan! way to go!

RussellHltn wrote:Yea Alan! way to go!

Yes indeed! He got my vote.

RussellHltn wrote:Yea Alan! way to go!

Ah, shucks

Note for Bro. Clarke: the new familysearch gives screen resolution error messages with at least the ASUS EeePC brand of netbooks. Since these lightweight computers are growing in popularity, could family history consider adjusting the UI to accomodate these computers?

James Francisco
STS - Queen Creek AZ North Stake

I'd love to join the fun, but all I get is this:

It looks like your operating system is not supported. The following operatings systems are supported at this time: ...

I hope the recording, at least the audio, will be available in a cross-platform format.

Try using a different web browser. That should solve the problem.

Alan_Brown wrote:Ah, shucks

Congratulations! You deserve it.

Congratulations, Alan!!!

Yeah! Internationalization of LUWS!!!

First, well-deserved congratulations to Alan!

I wish I had taken notes, so someone correct me if I get these details wrong. There were some nuggets of news to me:

• A beta of a maps application is already in progress, with an early focus on getting the geocoding data corrected interactively.
• An upcoming beta (did I hear by the end of the year?) of certain MLS-like features online.
• Obviously there are community-developed, LUWS-like functions in the works right now, including new calendaring and ward-directory modules. I am still trying to understand how these community-based modules fit in with the larger LUWS site, which I gather is not being wholly replaced after all but enhanced.

There was a lot more, but these items stuck out to me.

boomerbubba wrote:

• Obviously there are community-developed, LUWS-like functions in the works right now, including new calendaring and ward-directory modules. I am still trying to understand how these community-based modules fit in with the larger LUWS site, which I gather is not being wholly replaced after all but enhanced.

My understanding has been that their goal is to replace the features in a piecemeal fashion. I think they are starting with the most in-demand and historically lacking features. Perhaps they are trying to break apart the monster into more manageable modules.

mkmurray wrote:My understanding has been that their goal is to replace the features in a piecemeal fashion. I think they are starting with the most in-demand and historically lacking features. Perhaps they are trying to break apart the monster into more manageable modules.

That seems like a reasonable roadmap. The 64-dollar question about all the membership-directory issues is what will happen with the underlying data, its legacy structural problems and lack of integration with MLS. I heard no clues about that in the webcast.

boomerbubba wrote:The 64-dollar question about all the membership-directory issues is what will happen with the underlying data, its legacy structural problems and lack of integration with MLS. I heard no clues about that in the webcast.

Well, I noticed that MLS will always exist, but more of its reporting functions will move to the web. So I think the integration issues are being worked on. At least the data is getting reported back where it wasn't before.

Congratulations, Alan.

RussellHltn wrote:Yea Alan! way to go!

Had weekly stake meetings last night, so didn't get to play. Waiting eagerly to watch the replay that will be available in a couple of weeks. However, I get the drift that Alan was recognized for all his timely and well presented help through the forum. Well deserved!!

Helping Hand - recognizing an individual who has gone the extra mile to help and guide others within the LDSTech community

Indeed. When I saw that category, it had Alan's name all over it.