[SWLUG] Lightning Talks

[Kris Zani]

linux programming workshops.

starting with the basics in either C or C++.
maybe even bash.

since linux is really about community driven development the more people 
who can program the better!!

Id be willing to run a couple on Python, php or Java.  Although 
scheduling would be important for me as I live in Cardiff.

for this type of thing you'd have a max of about 10 people per session.  
and session 1 would have to be software setup so that everyone has a 
stable environment for the course.

This kind of thing could perhaps be done in other Uni's as well.  Anyone 
have any contacts in Newport, Cardiff, UWIC or Glamorgan?

Lightning talks:
what would perhaps be best here is to set up a forum or such where users 
can request talks and then other users can say - yep I know about that - 
so I'll give the talk.  That way you only get talks on stuff people want 
to hear about.

anyway, just my humble opinion.

Kris

As an aside, got E17 working on FC4 yesterday.  Beautiful piece of work!!
and FC4 on my laptop no where near as fast as Gentoo.  :-(


Justin wrote:

>In a complete change of topic.
>
>We have discovered that we can obtain the use of certain rooms on the
>Swansea University campus in the evenings should we want them.
>
>Some of these rooms have a large conference table, with whiteboard and
>projector facilities, so would be great for more organised debate /
>talks. Although there would be no refreshments directly available, the
>pub (and campus bars in term time) are only a few minutes away
>afterwards.
>
>So i'm looking for suggestions on what we could do with such a room, as
>a one off, or as an occasional change of style.
>
>One suggestion is the idea of 'Lightning Talks' which consist of 5
>minute timeslots, where people can give a short talk on, well, pretty
>much anything they like. It can be a short talk with a few slides on
>some project you've been working on, through to just a few words on some
>program you love/loath and why.
>
>The idea being that the short time span makes it much easier, and less
>daunting for people to think up something and organise themselves, as
>there has been request for more talks but a shortage of people with the
>experience or confidence to stand up for a half hour or more in front of
>a crowd.
>
>To make this really work we would try to encourage everyone that came to
>the meeting to stand up and say something, once, or many times.
>
>What do people think of this idea? or any other suggestions?
>
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