Bron/Keith - Screen Share - 3/4/12

So, how can I see one of you - use your computer as a presentation device?  I don’t have Windows 8 Metro.

I was thinking I’d have to pay for a “web conferencing” service to arrange this.

I don’t advise slow pace..

Bron,

You raise a good point that video conferencing like

with skype is not the whole story.  There is a need

to be able to share a screen, or a window.  I have

tried just pointing my webcam at something, but

it never shows up well.  A direct window/screen

capture and share would be much better.  The old

way has been to prepare and share a document,

that's not very spontaneous.

Windows 8 does not solve any of this.  I just copied

you on my email to Jarvis about how to use it well,

which is different from windows 7 and windows XP.

I don't think it should be necessary to pay for a web

conferencing solution.  That's where I was going with

some of the free google/youtube stuff.  I see how the

google people use that themselves, but I've never tried

to initiate such a session myself.

I guess the reason that Jarvis and I have never come

up with a solution for this is that it's just too easy

for us to get together face-to-face.

Right, a slow pace is not right.

Bron,

When you are in a skype video call, you can

select the menu item: call>share screen

which sends your screen rather than your

webcam video.  Jarvis and I just tried this.

This does the whole screen, so if you just

want a window, you can maximize that window.