Cheese in The Board

http://lucasr.org/2011/04/04/cheese-in-the-board/

by lucasr • 15 years ago

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martey2• 15 years ago

I have read a bunch of Lucas' posts on The Board (through Planet Gnome), but I still think that I am not sure why The Board is useful for people who do not need to keep a record of the dates and times they create content on their computers.

I admit that there might be something I am not getting - does The Board integrate with other systems or applications in innovative ways that are not coming across in the static screenshots and blog posts I am reading?

lucasr2• 15 years ago

Not sure what you mean with "people who do not need to keep a record of the dates and times they create content on their computers". Could you elaborate?

I think this specific blog post should clarify at least some of the use cases I have in mind for The Board:

  http://lucasr.org/2010/12/06/adding-to-the-board/

martey2• 15 years ago

https://live.gnome.org/TheBoardProject says:

The Board is a space for quickly placing daily records: photos, video, audio, text, and more. Think of it as a combination of a note-taking app, a photo and video booth, a photo album, a sketching board, and a digital scrapbook.

It would probably be helpful for people new to the concept if that page contained the use cases from the "Adding to the Board" blog post. I know what Cheese is because it is installed on my computer, but if I did not, the link you gave to the project's home page explains that it is a webcam application. I am not sure that the live.gnome.org page is as clear.

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