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I'd use it as background noise at work if it wasn't for the sudden alarm sounds for issues. I also couldn't click to change the sound set: the popup thingy dis

by gberger 13y ago

I'd use it as background noise at work if it wasn't for the sudden alarm sounds for issues. I also couldn't click to change the sound set: the popup thingy disappeared when I tried to click it.

nwh 13y ago
Was quite relaxing to watch until a huge crowd of foghorns rocked my apartment. It does, admittedly, feed my desire for pretty realtime data.
- cortesi 13y ago
  Apologies! The demo is tuned to be way more intrusive than a real-world data stream would be. Our theory is that if we have people's attention for 15 seconds, we should show them the full range of sound intrusiveness. Hope it wasn't too startling.
  - nwh 13y ago
    Not at all. More hilariously maritime than actually irritating. A minor bug report though; if you toggle playback on and off quickly you can end up with double/triple notifications for events — http://i.imgur.com/mu6Jr2o.png http://i.imgur.com/mu6Jr2o.png
    - cortesi 13y ago
      Thanks for the heads up. We'll track that down.
  - gala8y 13y ago
    if we have people's attention for 15 seconds, we should show them the full range of sound intrusiveness Great behind-the-scene thinking. Alarming, sound for issue still made a nice connection in the brain. We have an issue, its software, but its real. 'Houston, we had a problem' feeling. Funny. Should be less alarming 'in production' for sure. Fantastic project. Themes of sound pollution, ambient sounds, silence, hearing, listening (inside your head included) are much overlooked (!) stuff. And this modality is a very powerful one (as all the others). Reminded me of http://onesquareinch.org/ http://onesquareinch.org/ and myriads of other projects, people attentive to sounds, recording them, sharing them. Universe in itself. Apologies for emotional tone, just some quick thoughts.
cortesi 13y ago
We're looking at the sound set bug right now. Also, see my other comment about the intrusive sounds. We plan to have some demo streams tuned for real-world use (i.e. not as alarming) soon.

by gberger 13y ago

I'd use it as background noise at work if it wasn't for the sudden alarm sounds for issues. I also couldn't click to change the sound set: the popup thingy disappeared when I tried to click it.

nwh 13y ago

Was quite relaxing to watch until a huge crowd of foghorns rocked my apartment. It does, admittedly, feed my desire for pretty realtime data.

cortesi 13y ago
Apologies! The demo is tuned to be way more intrusive than a real-world data stream would be. Our theory is that if we have people's attention for 15 seconds, we should show them the full range of sound intrusiveness. Hope it wasn't too startling.
- nwh 13y ago
  Not at all. More hilariously maritime than actually irritating. A minor bug report though; if you toggle playback on and off quickly you can end up with double/triple notifications for events — http://i.imgur.com/mu6Jr2o.png http://i.imgur.com/mu6Jr2o.png
  - cortesi 13y ago
    Thanks for the heads up. We'll track that down.
- gala8y 13y ago
  if we have people's attention for 15 seconds, we should show them the full range of sound intrusiveness Great behind-the-scene thinking. Alarming, sound for issue still made a nice connection in the brain. We have an issue, its software, but its real. 'Houston, we had a problem' feeling. Funny. Should be less alarming 'in production' for sure. Fantastic project. Themes of sound pollution, ambient sounds, silence, hearing, listening (inside your head included) are much overlooked (!) stuff. And this modality is a very powerful one (as all the others). Reminded me of http://onesquareinch.org/ http://onesquareinch.org/ and myriads of other projects, people attentive to sounds, recording them, sharing them. Universe in itself. Apologies for emotional tone, just some quick thoughts.

cortesi 13y ago

We're looking at the sound set bug right now. Also, see my other comment about the intrusive sounds. We plan to have some demo streams tuned for real-world use (i.e. not as alarming) soon.