The sound of GitHub

#1

Post by treskot » Fri, Sep 06, 2013, 10:08 AM UTC

The sound of GitHub
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Re: The sound of GitHub

#2

Post by joezhou » Fri, Sep 06, 2013, 10:36 AM UTC

Perhaps use drum set sounds?

Re: The sound of GitHub

#3

Post by gberger » Fri, Sep 06, 2013, 10:52 AM UTC

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.

Re: The sound of GitHub

#4

Post by cortesi » Fri, Sep 06, 2013, 11:13 AM UTC

joezhou wrote: post #2

Perhaps use drum set sounds?

There are so many possibilities. A few weeks from now, we should have the ability for users to create, edit and share their own soundpacks.

Re: The sound of GitHub

#5

Post by nwh » Fri, Sep 06, 2013, 11:14 AM UTC

gberger wrote: post #3

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.

Was quite relaxing to watch until a huge crowd of foghorns rocked my apartment.

It does, admittedly, feed my desire for pretty realtime data.

Re: The sound of GitHub

#6

Post by cortesi » Fri, Sep 06, 2013, 11:17 AM UTC

nwh wrote: post #5

gberger wrote: post #3

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.

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

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.

Re: The sound of GitHub

#7

Post by cortesi » Fri, Sep 06, 2013, 11:18 AM UTC

gberger wrote: post #3

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.

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.

Re: The sound of GitHub

#8

Post by nwh » Fri, Sep 06, 2013, 11:21 AM UTC

cortesi wrote: post #6

nwh wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

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.

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

Re: The sound of GitHub

#9

Post by cortesi » Fri, Sep 06, 2013, 11:29 AM UTC

nwh wrote: post #8

cortesi wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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

Thanks for the heads up. We'll track that down.

Re: The sound of GitHub

#10

Post by gala8y » Fri, Sep 06, 2013, 11:39 AM UTC

cortesi wrote: post #6

nwh wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

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.

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/ and myriads of other projects, people attentive to sounds, recording them, sharing them. Universe in itself.

Apologies for emotional tone, just some quick thoughts.