[Wolves] Lightning Talks
Adam Sweet
adamsweet at gmail.com
Wed Jun 10 09:15:13 UTC 2020
Don't worry about it too much, I just need a handle to refer to your
talk by so people can decide which talks they want most when there's
more choice than time. I'll just put '3D Printing Stuff' unless you have
a more descriptive one :)
Feel free to join in tonight whether you feel ready or able to give your
talk or not.
Ad
On 09/06/2020 13:57, Kris Douglas wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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>
> <mailto: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> <mailto: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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