[Wolves] Lightning Talks

[Blake]

Sounds great, I like the sounds of that. Happy to help out :)

I can teach Keyboard / Music Production if need be :)

On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 at 16:18, Adam Sweet via Wolves <
wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> So, here are some things I could talk about:
>
> * The command line for beginners
> * Network monitoring with Nagios
> * SNMP and how to monitor your network with it
> * Diet and exercise for geeks
> * Taking care of your back when you sit down all day
> * How to grow chillies (and other vegetables)
> * Setting up a website with Linux
> * Network file sharing with Linux (NFS, Samba and SSH)
> * Guitar basics
> * The basics of cooking good food well
> * Introduction to OpenBSD
> * The FreeBSD and OpenBSD pf firewall
>
> Some things I'd like to hear others talk about:
>
> * Containers (LXC, Docker, podman etc)
> * Kubernetes, what and why
> * ESP32 (firmware, language runtimes and power saving)
> * HomeAssistant
> * Python programming, maybe C, C++ and Java too
> * Introductions to other distros e.g. (Open)SUSE, Elementary OS
> * Basics of electronics
>
> So, go ahead. Feel free to post a list of things you could demo or talk
> about and let me know which of the above you'd like to hear about.
>
> Only rule here is you should offer more than you request...
>
> Ad
>
>
>
> On 05/06/2020 15:37, Adam Sweet wrote:
> > On Weds we discussed the idea of holding regular lightning talk
> > evenings, perhaps once a fortnight or once a month as a prelude to
> > holding longer format talks in future.
> >
> > By lightning talks we mean 5-15 minute introductions to a topic that you
> > know something about and can explain to others. Ideally, that would be
> > something geeky or to do with technology but it doesn't have to be, it
> > could be some other area you know about like music, cooking or gardening
> > since we're a diverse group and have lots of interests. Perhaps
> > something along the lines of:
> >
> > * Your preferred Linux distro
> > * A particular software application that you know that others might be
> > interested in
> > * What you do in your line of work (sysadmin or dev tools, the language
> > or IDE you use, what technologies you use)
> > * Hardware (PC, server, embedded, Arduino, ESP32/ESP8266, radio)
> > * Radio stuff
> > * A particular musical instrument you play and how to get started
> > * Gardening or some other hobby you might have
> >
> > Obviously, being a 5-15 min talk it doesn't need to be a deep dive, just
> > an intro and answering some questions.
> >
> > We're an interesting bunch and we have a lot of expertise in different
> > areas of technology and a lot of interests outside of technology so I'm
> > sure each of us can come up with something.
> >
> > So, for this coming Wednesday's virtual meeting, I'd like everyone to
> > think of something they could talk about for 5-15 mins on and we'll
> > choose enough to fill maybe an hour.
> >
> > Don't be worried about talking about stuff you think everyone will
> > already know, or won't want to know, or getting something wrong, or
> > being heckled, we're all in the same boat and most of us have known each
> > other a long time.
> >
> > I think we'd all like more LUG content, talks and presentations in
> > particular, but nobody actually wants to give them, so we all have to be
> > prepared to contribute and this is a low barrier to entry.
> >
> > So, that's the price of admission for the next virtual meeting. If you
> > want to join the conf, then be prepared to talk about something. Do a
> > bit of prep so you know what you're going to say, maybe prepare some
> > slides or do a screen share to show stuff. If we have more than an
> > hour's worth, then maybe you won't have to do yours until the next time,
> > but at least you'll have to volunteered and we'll have something in the
> > bank for next time.
> >
> > I'm going to post a follow-up containing a list of things I could talk
> > about and a list of things I'd like to hear others talk about.
> >
> > Ad
> >
>
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