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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7808502, member: 19463"]I have had one on one Zoom meetings with a couple of Coin Talk friends and have participated in virtual club meetings on Zoom where I have given short talks to clubs a thousand miles away with live video and shared screen still photos. I was not aware of Discord having a group for ancient coins but my grandson uses that platform. I need to ask him about the technical parts of using it. Zoom is free for meetings involving only two people or limited in time for larger groups. I only do the free 1 on 1 format except when a club has purchased a membership that allows more. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the early days of Covid, I set up a rig that allowed switching back and forth between a macro camera and the one in the laptop so I could show my face (why?) or a coin in hand with ease. While this allowed tilting and turning a coin under discussion, the screen sharing feature allowing showing my regular photos seemed easier. I have not used this rig for quite a while now but it did work. Of course both participants would need one to get the most out of the idea. Usually when I got together with someone to talk coins, we ended up talking about a thousand different things of which coins were only a small part. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341163[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A few years ago, there was only one option for real time social interaction with other collectors: coin club meetings. Today we have a glut of options for virtual contact and not only have to find someone who shares our interests but someone who 'does' the same platform. I Zoom; my daughter has Teams through her work; my grandson has Discord and a dozen other things through his computer gaming interests. Times change faster than I can keep up. Coin Talk has many advantages not the least of which is that I have been using it for 12 years and have half a clue how to use it. I wish there were more of a 'standard' for the live chat world and people who share my interests in coins (not just prices realized) who also used that platform.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7808502, member: 19463"]I have had one on one Zoom meetings with a couple of Coin Talk friends and have participated in virtual club meetings on Zoom where I have given short talks to clubs a thousand miles away with live video and shared screen still photos. I was not aware of Discord having a group for ancient coins but my grandson uses that platform. I need to ask him about the technical parts of using it. Zoom is free for meetings involving only two people or limited in time for larger groups. I only do the free 1 on 1 format except when a club has purchased a membership that allows more. In the early days of Covid, I set up a rig that allowed switching back and forth between a macro camera and the one in the laptop so I could show my face (why?) or a coin in hand with ease. While this allowed tilting and turning a coin under discussion, the screen sharing feature allowing showing my regular photos seemed easier. I have not used this rig for quite a while now but it did work. Of course both participants would need one to get the most out of the idea. Usually when I got together with someone to talk coins, we ended up talking about a thousand different things of which coins were only a small part. [ATTACH=full]1341163[/ATTACH] A few years ago, there was only one option for real time social interaction with other collectors: coin club meetings. Today we have a glut of options for virtual contact and not only have to find someone who shares our interests but someone who 'does' the same platform. I Zoom; my daughter has Teams through her work; my grandson has Discord and a dozen other things through his computer gaming interests. Times change faster than I can keep up. Coin Talk has many advantages not the least of which is that I have been using it for 12 years and have half a clue how to use it. I wish there were more of a 'standard' for the live chat world and people who share my interests in coins (not just prices realized) who also used that platform.[/QUOTE]
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