B: D: Are you sure I got it all D: head's kinda small .
C: How're we placed in terms of the D: Okay . C: alright .
D: We're okay ?
B: Guess I should probably try to sit up straight .
C: A: Like that ?
A: Okay , cool .
D: We're good ?
B: Oh ,
B: I think mine's fallen off .
C: It fell C: That's why .
D: I guess it's gonna be hard to drink coffee .
B: D: Mm .
C: D: Uh okay .
C: Ah .
A: Okay ?
A: Right , so
A: I'm just gonna start this PowerPoint real quick .
C: B: Wow .
A: Yeah , PowerPoint .
D: Very official .
A: Yeah , well ,
A: you know ,    .
C: B: A: Yeah I kinda like this I'm kinda getting into it .
A: Right . Um . So
A: just to kick off the meeting
A: basically um so
A: we're working now for a real reaction ,
A: this is uh so it A: right .
A: Just got an agenda to set out what we're gonna try to accomplish in this particular first meeting . Um A: We're gonna just do a quick opening
A: and we can hopefully all get acquainted with one another
A: um then we're gonna start talk a little bit about tool training .
A: Essentially that means getting used to the only thing that we haven't tried out yet , the whiteboard .
A: Um we've got a general plan for the project how we're gonna go about accomplishing this
A: and then just a bit of discussion close up .
A: Um I guess you know game or something um in real life
A: um so yeah basically
A: I want to I'm just gonna you got A: of course you can discuss that ,
A: I'm thinking about um uh proposing that since we've got this weird blend of ourselves and our roles that we just don't ask , don't tell .
A: Um so um
A: if you say something about marketing , right , sorted ,
D: You're just gonna believe me ,
A: um y is
B: D: we'll go from there .
A: Exactly .
D: Fair enough .
A: Um I mean
A: obvi if if you guys if if at the same time if you like logically if something doesn't like if I'm
A: like
A: we're gonna sell a remote control that's the size of this paper book
A: you know um
A: you say like well that doesn't seem like such a good idea because of X_ obviously go with it .
A: I mean we'll discuss it
A: but I'm not gonna ask do you know that or uh yeah it seems like
D: Prove it
D: yeah , okay .
A: yeah yeah exactly
A: so ,
A: 'cause we're what
A: we're sort of role playing
A: is y g
A: yeah
A: you're gonna tap into your own knowledge as well um .
A: And that's the same for your when we do introductions I mean um and you talk about your background
A: you know
A: have fun ,
A: you know
A: maybe you went to
A: um uh you know
A: maybe i you're like in Maine you went to U_C_S_B_
A: but you wanna say you went to Harvard or something like that ,
D: A: why not ,
B: A: you know
A: you can this is
A: you know
A: I guess we can have a little bit of fun with it .
A: So are you guys okay with that
A: does that seem logical ?
B: Oh yeah , that's fine .
C: Sure .
D: Works for me .
A: Sweet .
A: Cool .
A: So
A: I guess that that we're totally A: we're making a remote control
A: which is thrilling
B: Right .
A: um uh but the idea is that we can make something based on the whole corporate model
A: I dunno if you guys had time to check the A: in real life I dunno if you guys uh checked the um uh the corporate website .
A: Um we've got to make something as fashionable as possible ,
A: that's kind of the corporate strategy is we're gonna try to take ordinary stuff
A: that nobody really thinks about
A: and try to make it nice
A: you know
A: like John Lewis nice or you know if you go to Debenham's or something .
A: So um basically
A: we are reinventing the wheel
A: but we wanna try to do it in a user friendly um slick sleek kind of way .
A: Um way we're gonna go about doing that is basically at first we're gonna start on the basics .
A: And that's where I'm gonna need you guys the User Interface Designers and the um um the other designer
A: that I can't remember ,
D: A: the the I_D_ and the U_I_D_
A: right
A: um the Industrial Designer
B: C: D: A: hey right on alright ,
C: Mm .
D: There you go .
A: getting into it um
A: to guide me and guide us on this project
A: 'cause you're gonna be you're g you guys are the bottom
A: you know
A: you're like no you can't do that you can't have you know X_ and Y_ um at the same time .
A: And then um we'll work up from what is necessary to more like what would be good ,
A: you know like um A: I I think you guys probably got the same emails I did
A: but the idea of um , yes a coffee pot needs to be able to hold coffee
A: but it's also better if it's not like really cheap glass
A: so that it if you touch it you hurt your hand , or something like that .
A: Um and so we'll work up from there
A: and um then we'll meet on
A: and talk about it
A: and then finally we'll incorporate as kind of the last stage you know where you guys build or tell me tell us what's possible
A: and then you tell us what we can um hope for and what way to go
A: take the the the take the basics
A: and make it nicer
A: and then ov obviously uh the U_I_D_ and the I_D_ you know you you can keep on the you know sort of at the cutting edge of how to get about maximising what is possible
A: um to try t of sync it all up .
A: So that's the detailed design .
A: So it's a three stage kind of thing .
A: Um right so
A: for now just for th the white board um basically uh just to get used to it ,
A: I haven't tried it yet either
A: um I'm just gonna start
A: and um mm carry like five remotes around
A: um and just write down I'm just gonna write down one of the names of my um desert discs
A: you know
A: if you if you were trapped on a desert island and you could only bring five C_D_s along with you name one of them that you could , not all five ,
A: if you wanna write all five go for it
A: but name one of them that you could um .
A: Oh ,
A: we skipped introductions .
A: Nice .
D: A: I'm a excellent Project Manager . Um .
C: B: A: I'm Marty ,
A: um I went to uni at uh U_C_ Santa Barbara
A: and I'm here working on a P_H_D_ in psychology .
A: Um yeah . So D: I'm Sarah ,
D: I went to Michigan ,
D: and I'm here doing cultural studies
D: and I'm the Marketing Manager or something .
D: Marketing ,
A: Expert D: yeah Expert . Expert .
A: Don't play yourself down .
C: D: Fine .
A: Expert D: That's me .
C: I'm Ron .
C: I uh once upon a time studied in Victoria
C: and I am the User Interface Designer .
B: I'm Nathan ,
B: I'm from California ,
B: and I'm here doing a Masters degree in social anthropology .
A: Where did you go to uni Nathan ?
B: U_C_L_A_ .
A: Oh
A: brilliant . Cool .
B: Yeah .
A: My little brother goes there .
B: Okay .
A: Right so
A: desert island discs .
D: So .
A: Yeah .
D: So
D: do we have to wait for you to write it down
D: or are you gonna tell us ?
A: Well
D: I'm waiting to know .
A: I'll t i
A: no no yeah
A: I'm just gonna write a couple of 'em down .
A: See I'm a big music fan
A: I don't know if you guys are ,
D: Uh A: I'm assuming everybody likes music to some lesser or greater extent
A: but
D: Fair enough .
A: there's some other options , if you're a T_V_ slut
A: like I am
A: like Smallville terrible television show
C: B: D: Oh , Smallville .
A: but I happen to love it ,
C:  A: it's rubbish
A: but I love it .
D: I went to high school with Tom Willing actually .
A: T the the main c the main character ?
D: The guy . Yeah .
A: Wow .
A: Is he a wanker ?
D: Yeah .
C: D: Very much so .
D: Hell of a soccer player
D: but a total bastard nonetheless .
A: He looks really tall ,
A: like he's gotta be like six six .
D: Yeah . He is a big guy . Yeah .
A: Yeah . Um okay so A: I really like Jeff Buckley .
A: You guys heard of Jeff Buckley ?
D: Mm-hmm .
B: Mm-hmm .
A: Um that's cool
A: 'cause like not very many people have .
A: Um and um oh well
A: I might as well throw a British person in there
A: um you can't go wrong with Radiohead .
C: A: It's a r
D: Good call .
A: Okay so
A: it really works just like a pen
A: only makes noises I think .
A: It's kinda weird .
A: Anyway
D: Interesting .
A: yeah . Yeah ,
A: you're like press and it's .
D: A: Kinda cool .
B: A: You'll see .
A: Alright so um
C: A: whoever wants to get up next , you can write down some telly that you watch or whatever you want .
D: I guess I'll go next then .
C: Go for it .
A: Right on .
D: Okay .
D: Don't wanna lose all my mikes , plugged in here .
D: Okay .
D: This is basically just pen practice
D: huh ?
A: W
D: Okay .
D: Oh you're much taller than me
D: so I'm gonna write down here .
D: Um .
D: Right now I'm listening to a lot of somebody nobody's ever heard of , Chris Bathgate ,
A: Mm .
D: local Michigan folk singer ,
A: Nice .
B: Wow .
D: really lame
D: and uh
C: D: uh what else did I bring with me ?
D: Probably classical ,
D: to totally geek it out ,
A: Okay yeah yeah .
D: yeah I think .
D: And my family guy D_V_D_s
A: Well
D: but we don't need to write that one down .
A: yeah .
A: Oh ,
A: family guy .
B: