Screening database, MorisMore IRC Notes
zoeyoung: simon presenting the screening and distro network
[09:43] zoeyoung: metamute.com
[09:43] zoeyoung: \
[09:43] zoeyoung: mutes has existed 13 years
[09:43] zoeyoung: started with digital media, publish a magazine
[09:44] zoeyoung: meamute.org sorry
[09:44] zoeyoung: metamute.org
[09:44] zoeyoung: 2002 started openmute
[09:45] zoeyoung: virtualisation of a CMS
[09:45] zoeyoung: one version of a CMS allows multiple versions of the website based on it
[09:45] zoeyoung: 1,00 websites generated through it
[09:45] zoeyoung: problems of spamming
[09:45] zoeyoung: stopped service function due to number of requests
[09:45] zoeyoung: 1,000 sites sorry
[09:45] zoeyoung: service called zoops
[09:46] zoeyoung: but spambots took advantage of open publishing
[09:46] zoeyoung: current project was called network distribution, now called more is more
[09:46] zoeyoung: distro niot jsut video media but different kinds of small scale media producers
[09:46] zoeyoung: books, mags, software, cmix, flyers
[09:47] zoeyoung: anything that can be reproduced cheaply
[09:47] zoeyoung: print on demand book services also offered
[09:47] zoeyoung: showing development site
[09:47] zoeyoung: no styling, rough work in progress
[09:47] zoeyoung: distro project will be called more is more
[09:47] zoeyoung: simon came to tx meet in rome,
[09:48] harcesz joined the chat room.
[09:48] zoeyoung: was looking at this project then, contact with tx network drove interest in screening database
[09:48] zoeyoung: non profit based in NL and UK
[09:49] zoeyoung: funded by Dutch funder tenislan?
[09:49] zoeyoung: 30k euro
[09:49] zoeyoung: planning a release in march, dutch and english
[09:50] zoeyoung: some interactive design
[09:50] zoeyoung: simon is not a coder, had an interacive designer who gave reality checks
[09:50] zoeyoung: about offline distro
[09:51] zoeyoung: use4rs can choose to give away or sell their stuff
[09:51] zoeyoung: economic model that can help to support people
[09:52] zoeyoung: as an agent, you need local knowledge - local book stores or whatever
[09:52] zoeyoung: producer and agent share the money with outlet
[09:52] zoeyoung: aim to get some money back to producers
[09:53] zoeyoung: project came out of Mute experience of distro with low profile, small sized organisation etc
[09:53] zoeyoung: model has relevance for independent video makers
[09:53] zoeyoung: issue of trust amiong users
[09:54] zoeyoung: might need recommendation structure
[09:54] zoeyoung: ratings?
[09:54] zoeyoung: working with Drupal now
[09:54] zoeyoung: might move to peer to peer way of organising info
[09:55] zoeyoung: issue of transport costs, people will becaome couriers within he neetwork
[09:56] zoeyoung: eg the showinabox people from sanfran could have brought some vids
[09:56] zoeyoung: community couriering and e-commerce don;t nec gelk
[09:56] zoeyoung: gel
[09:56] zoeyoung: germany has a tradditioon of ride sharing
[09:57] zoeyoung: how to make a web system deal with this things
[09:57] zoeyoung: issues of site localisation and language
[09:57] zoeyoung: new elemetns are the peer to peer e-commerce
[09:58] zoeyoung: big software commissions coming out, should have been out last year but got too complex, so will have them ready in feb
[09:58] zoeyoung: have money and details and seeking people to do the work
[09:58] zoeyoung: early feb
[09:59] zoeyoung: screenings work by drupal groups
[09:59] zoeyoung: software called civicrm
[10:00] zoeyoung: supported by OSI
[10:00] zoeyoung: for managing contacts and information about what you do with them
[10:00] zoeyoung: http://crm2.metamute.org
[10:01] zoeyoung: list of bookshops, list of media centres
[10:01] zoeyoung: with contact info\
[10:01] zoeyoung: and record of their purchasing
[10:01] zoeyoung: and their relations with other organisations
[10:02] zoeyoung: civicrm works within drupal, on its own, with joomla.. vv complex
[10:02] zoeyoung: takes a lot of configuration
[10:02] zoeyoung: maybe not quite what's needed, may move outside civicrm
[10:02] zoeyoung: run a public wiki, bug tracker etc
[10:03] zoeyoung: http://3d.openmute.org
[10:04] zoeyoung: merijn is woorking on thsi in NL
[10:04] zoeyoung: work in progress
[10:04] zoeyoung: next week will work on written content of site
[10:05] zoeyoung: merijn will be seeking groups in NL who will use it
[10:05] zoeyoung: they have a queestionnaire on survey monkey for media makers
[10:05] zoeyoung: to identify what help they may be wanting
[10:05] zoeyoung: please fill it out, anon or not
[10:06] zoeyoung: q what is mute?
[10:06] zoeyoung: a non profit, based in UK, and another in NL
[10:06] zoeyoung: nec for the ducth funding
[10:06] zoeyoung: mute supported by arts council of england
[10:06] zoeyoung: issue of virtualisation
[10:07] zoeyoung: thinktankportal using drupal
[10:07] zoeyoung: mute virtualised drupal for them
[10:07] zoeyoung: administrator can install instances of drupal sites and subdomain instantly
[10:08] zoeyoung: not done much with the \project
[10:08] zoeyoung: but is a resource for people to reuse if they like
[10:08] zoeyoung: say filmforge could give film makers their own site and tools
[10:08] zoeyoung: good for adin, because only one install means only one update
[10:10] zoeyoung: admin
[10:10] zoeyoung: can be made ti look better, be used better\
[10:11] zoeyoung: probnlem of translatuon to dutch, more than was needed because a lot of utch peoplee are used to englishg for certain terms etc
[10:11] zoeyoung: dealing with complex e-commerce issues because wanting it to be a global system
[10:11] zoeyoung: making drupal localisation reallly work
[10:12] zoeyoung: aiming for a later stage to deal with purchasing power parity, so that prices are appropriate in different places
[10:12] zoeyoung: can't just convert currency but reflect peoples' realities
[10:12] zoeyoung: q can this de done within country?
[10:13] zoeyoung: a maybe have to leave thjis to the producers users and users
[10:13] zoeyoung: at the mo, mopst stuff on web is only in euro or dollar
[10:13] zoeyoung: so even a strep towards more diversity is good
[10:14] zoeyoung: simon seeking questions
[10:14] zoeyoung: linkme2.net/dg
[10:14] zoeyoung: for survey
[10:15] zoeyoung: q, will you do a shout out from screeners
[10:15] zoeyoung: yes, can start in late feb
[10:16] zoeyoung: a lot of woork is going into usability now
[10:17] zoeyoung: looking into organisation to send information to different CMSs
