I wish they would have shown some visuals instead of 5 hours of talking. I mean it was a great documentary and such by Jason but it would have made things a little more interestingly enough.
Re: Re: Door programming
By: The Millionaire to Captain Kirk on Thu Jan 31 2013 19:27:18
I wish they would have shown some visuals instead of 5 hours of talking. I mean it was a great documentary and such by Jason but it would have made things a little more interestingly enough.
I don't think that was the point of his documentary. I remember it saying that he was trying to focus more on the people and user experiences with BBSing and not so much on the technology behind it, although that's certainly part of the experience.
Nightfox
Well he could have thrown the odd thing here and there to make it look a little more captivating. I mean 5 hours of talking is a lot of listening. Could you listen to someone talking to you for 5 hours with showing you anything? Trust me, you would be dying of boredom after all.
Even without covering much of the technology, I watched the whole BBS documentary without getting bored. I thought the whole thing was interesting. I also think it would have been good to cover some more of
the technology though.. But there's a fine line there where talking too much about technology could get boring.
I think it would get boring even for us, just from the sheer volume of it. There's really quite a bit of technology in the BBS world. At least with the Internet, much of that is built one thing on top of the other. Most BBS technology is a hodge-podge of varying, often quite different technologies.
Nightfox wrote to The Millionaire <=-
Even without covering much of the technology, I watched the whole BBS documentary without getting bored. I thought the whole thing was interesting. I also think it would have been good to cover some more of the technology though.. But there's a fine line there where talking
too much about technology could get boring.
Nightfox wrote to Dreamer <=-
I agree. Some of the technology can be so complicated that I feel
quite a sense of accomplishment when I finally get things set up and working properly.
Even without covering much of the technology, I watched the whole
BBS documentary without getting bored. I thought the whole thing
was interesting. I also think it would have been good to cover some
more of the technology though.. But there's a fine line there where
talking too much about technology could get boring.
We are the core target audience, though. We lived those years. I enjoyed the music as well as the nostalgia trip.
I agree. Some of the technology can be so complicated that I feel
quite a sense of accomplishment when I finally get things set up and
working properly.
I've been running BBSes since 1991, and I still haven't finished setting mine up!
Re: Re: Door programming
By: The Millionaire to Captain Kirk on Thu Jan 31 2013 19:27:18
I wish they would have shown some visuals instead of 5 hours of talking mean it was a great documentary and such by Jason but it would have mad things a little more interestingly enough.
I don't think that was the point of his documentary. I remember it saying t he was trying to focus more on the people and user experiences with BBSing a not so much on the technology behind it, although that's certainly part of t experience.
Nightfox
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