[Wolves] Lightning Talks

[Adam Sweet]

On 05/06/2020 16:28, Blake wrote:
> Sounds great, I like the sounds of that. Happy to help out :) 
> 
> I can teach Keyboard / Music Production if need be :) 

Awesome. I don't have a keyboard but I'd be interested to hear something
about both of those. Have you ever used Linux for audio recording?




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