[Wolves] Lightning Talks

Kris Douglas krisdouglas at gmail.com
Tue Jun 9 12:57:29 UTC 2020


A snappy title, crikey! Let me have a think!

On Sun, 7 Jun 2020, 18:01 Adam Sweet via Wolves, <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
wrote:

> Thanks Kris. Good to hear from you. I'm sure there would be interest in
> that, 3D printing has been discussed on probably the last 2 or 3 virtual
> meetings. I don't have one though, so I'd sit quietly in the corner.
>
> If you could give that a snappy title I can add it to the proposed talks
> list.
>
> Ad
>
>
> On 06/06/2020 02:00, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > I could do something around 3D printing and building the Open Source
> > Marlin printer firmware that runs on various ARM chips in 3D printers.
> > It's something I've been on somewhat of a deep dive on recently. Would
> > need some time to put something together if anyone was interested.
> >
> > Quite keen to to the little lightning talk idea though!
> >
> > Cheers
> > Kris
> >
> > On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 at 18:25, Adam Sweet via Wolves
> > <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote:
> >
> >     Thanks Chris, I'd be interested all of those. The bottom 5
> particularly,
> >     and the first two later on. I've seen your Bergamot talk twice, but
> you
> >     can do it for those that haven't.
> >
> >     FWIW, I've put all this stuff up here:
> >
> >     http://wolveslug.org.uk/proposed-talks/
> >
> >     I'll keep this list updated as people offer subjects they can talk on
> >     and request some they'd be interested in and we can pick them off
> >     over time.
> >
> >     Ad
> >
> >
> >     On 05/06/2020 16:50, Chris Ellis via Wolves wrote:
> >     > This is a great idea, and I'd really encourage everyone to try and
> do
> >     > a short talk.  No matter how nervous you might feel about it,
> people
> >     > won't bite.
> >     > If you think you can't talk about anything that would interest
> others,
> >     > I'm fairly certain you will be able too, as they say, there is a
> book
> >     > in everyone.
> >     >
> >     > Things I'm happy to talk on:
> >     > * Ceph - Software Defined Storage - Quick overview and some of the
> >     > pain I went through with it
> >     > * Routed Network Fabrics - How to build really high throughput
> >     > networks dirt cheap using commodity switches and Linux cleverness
> >     > * Bergamot Monitoring - Need I say more
> >     > * ESP32 - What is it and getting started.
> >     > * Containers - Happy to do an intro to Docker / Containers /
> Podman,
> >     > how to run stuff and how to build containers.
> >     > * Kubernetes - What is it and getting started
> >     > * openSUSE - A quick look at MicroOS and Kubic - new variants of
> >     > openSUSE which are pretty interesting
> >     > * Anything PostgreSQL related
> >     >
> >     > Happy to listen to anything other people want to talk about,
> >     > especially things that they find interesting and are passionate
> about.
> >     >
> >     > Chris E.
> >     > On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 4:18 PM 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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