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While I agree with the sentiment, presentations via google hangouts/screen sharing has been absolutely wonderful. It's cross platform and in our experience usua

While I agree with the sentiment, presentations via google hangouts/screen sharing has been absolutely wonderful. It's cross platform and in our experience usually "just works" and doesn't require any wires!

riskneural 10y ago
If you have no confidentiality concerns at all in any way in your work, sure... My clients would not be happy with me blasting there stuff over the interwebs.
sandworm101 10y ago
If you have a decent internet connect. If the screen you want to display on is connected to the network. If nobody in the room is playing around with the wifi just for kicks. If you want to present data that you do not mind sharing with google. If your client doesn't care one iota about security. If all the equipment involved was purchased in the last few years. If you are on an even-numbered street. Wait until you want to display a breakdown of a merger bid to a board of directors who each had to lock their cellphones in a box before entering the room. Sometimes Google hangouts isn't an option. Sometimes that physical wire is needed.
- matt_wulfeck 10y ago
  Totally agree. It's been wonderful to have but I know it's not a fix-all. We're very close to a world where we only need to plug in the USB type-C connector and we'll get power, internet, and display all in one cable. To me that's the end-game. Up until this moment I actually believed Android/ChromeOS was ahead of the curve with USB type-C. I think we'll reach that moment as soon as we have Type-C laptops from Apple and Google.
- pavel_lishin 10y ago
  Not a criticism... but when the directors locked their cellphones in a box, did anyone check that they didn't have a secondary phone or other recording device on their person?
  - sandworm101 10y ago
    It's a ritual, not an absolute safety. The worry isn't that the board members may record something but that someone may have hacked one of the phones. Accounts of hacked mp3 players or cameras are extraordinarily rare. Also, no ringing phones during an important meeting. Only if you are into national security stuff are people physically searched.
    - pavel_lishin 10y ago
      Ah, I thought it was trying to prevent malicious behavior on the part of the board members. Worrying about hacks makes a lot more sense.

riskneural 10y ago

If you have no confidentiality concerns at all in any way in your work, sure... My clients would not be happy with me blasting there stuff over the interwebs.

sandworm101 10y ago

If you have a decent internet connect. If the screen you want to display on is connected to the network. If nobody in the room is playing around with the wifi just for kicks. If you want to present data that you do not mind sharing with google. If your client doesn't care one iota about security. If all the equipment involved was purchased in the last few years. If you are on an even-numbered street. Wait until you want to display a breakdown of a merger bid to a board of directors who each had to lock their cellphones in a box before entering the room. Sometimes Google hangouts isn't an option. Sometimes that physical wire is needed.

matt_wulfeck 10y ago
Totally agree. It's been wonderful to have but I know it's not a fix-all. We're very close to a world where we only need to plug in the USB type-C connector and we'll get power, internet, and display all in one cable. To me that's the end-game. Up until this moment I actually believed Android/ChromeOS was ahead of the curve with USB type-C. I think we'll reach that moment as soon as we have Type-C laptops from Apple and Google.
pavel_lishin 10y ago
Not a criticism... but when the directors locked their cellphones in a box, did anyone check that they didn't have a secondary phone or other recording device on their person?
- sandworm101 10y ago
  It's a ritual, not an absolute safety. The worry isn't that the board members may record something but that someone may have hacked one of the phones. Accounts of hacked mp3 players or cameras are extraordinarily rare. Also, no ringing phones during an important meeting. Only if you are into national security stuff are people physically searched.
  - pavel_lishin 10y ago
    Ah, I thought it was trying to prevent malicious behavior on the part of the board members. Worrying about hacks makes a lot more sense.