Janko in a Jar

Image via WikipediaI said I have one more of these “bullcrap” post to write before I go to a cleaner version of posts. I wanted this guy to come from vacation before I write it because I don’t want to ruin a fraction of his time or good feeling over there, because all in all, it’s not a big thing.

Ok. I have made some chat server which I wanted to use as a basis for making more interesting apps. I got some idea some day that could be used at cultural and other events.. that would make them more of a dual (real + online) events. The idea was basically simple and not something groundbreaking and also didn’t require any massive coding besides using my chat + some streaming video stuff + other ready available stuff.

it goes like this:
1) Event is happening .. for example a kiberpipa lecture
2) Video is streamed and available on a webpage in realtime
3) Besides the video, chat would also be embedded on that webpage so people who watch the video can chat one to another
4) Chat is projected on a wall in the room where the real event is happening
5) Near is a computer or two with chat loaded so that people from event can also chat back
6) Chat application could have some special funcionalities like voting for questions to ask the lecturer .. etc

So I proposed this to one guy from kiberpipa, I said I can do the chat part for free (they already do stream video). My reason was that I want my (open sourced) chat server to be used and progress somewhere and it would be a cool reference. The guy didn’t reply back, which is no problem to me, the idea can not sound so good to him, or whatever..

But a week or two later kiberpipa was organizing a big Firefox 3 Release Event, with talks, lectures and a party, etc… and I got a newsletter from them saying also (if I translate) “if you can’t join you can watch a video stream of the event here”, “you can join us in our IRC chatroom”, “chat will be projected on the wall, so we won’t miss a thing”.

So, WTH, I don’t care.. nice to see my ideas roughly in action without having to move an finger. Yes, maybe they (A)got the same idea at the same time totally independently of what I wrote, or maybe (B) I “inspired” them (as it’s often called in indie game community). In each case they could of written me at least a line back if they intended to use something like it. This post is just so it’s known that I know and the story can be closed to me here. If something is troubling me with someone I usually write him/she directly not post it publicly, but I would feel stupid writing an email to a person again if he didn’t reply the first one anyway.

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Otherwise, this doesn’t change anything to me. I love and am utterly happy with what Kiberpipa does and that it exists. They are the great and one of rare voices and meeting points of young, innovative tech crowd in Slovenia. And they have lectures, meetings, various stuff multiple time per week, so a lot of good will must go into running the thing. I will of course still visit it when I have time. Good thing I was reading too many Osho books once and totally dissolved my Ego by accident (joking).

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Update: The guy who I wrote to replied me and explained that my mail wasn’t seen by anybody else and that he wasn’t involved in organizing the FF3 release day. I believe him, so this seems to be just a case of 2 things happening at the time that made it look like it could be option B I mentioned upthere, but it’s A.

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 13th, 2008 at 3:51 pm and is filed under Other stuff.