[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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> >
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