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General Meeting
Wednesday, 26 March 2008 - 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, 12th Fl, New York, NY. At the corner of 57th St.

Ira Hyman
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How to Create a Free Infrastructure for Multimedia and Internet TV Production

Ever have an idea for a TV show, a stage production, or a movie script? How do you get everyone on the same page? Collaboration is a very hot issue right now, and with good reason. Through the use of several cross-platform and web based applications, you can share documents, scripts, and whiteboards, while using VOIP, IM and chat all at the same time. These tools can be used for many other purposes as well, including workplace tasks. They are well suited for small offices and startup companies. The total software cost of this infrastructure is a whopping ZERO! The preferred OS is Linux of course, and all of the applications required are Open Source, but if you are running Windows you can still get on the same page. You can use all open source applications for video editing and graphics production, even subtitling.

About Ira Hyman:
Ira Hyman is the Director of the LinuxLoft.com development team, is a long-time NYLUG member, and believes in the power of Linux and FOSS to change the way we live for the better. Ira previously presented to NYLUG exactly one year ago at our March 2007 meeting.

The 8,675,309th NYLUG Wingfest was held in honor of Luis Murillo’s visit from Costa Rica. Like most Wingfests it was a bit spontaneous, which tends to limit how many people show up, but has the upside of keeping the gatherings small enough to be manageable.

Viza, lmurillo, Jonas, Sunny

Viza on n2aag’s bike

We met at Life Cafe in the East Village, and everyone seemed very pleased with our waitress, the food, and the drinks. In attendance were Luis, Viza, Ron, Jonas, and Jonas’s friend Sunny. After the Life Cafe,we ended up taking Luis to the Brooklyn Bridge, for its own sake and to take photographs. At the middle of the bridge, we met up with n2aag.

The next Wingfest will hopefully be within a few weeks, and will be known as the “Sofiedog and Rajesh got married (but not to each other!) Wingfest”.

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