[Inpycon] Open spaces & Lightning Talks

Mon Jul 14 11:12:43 CEST 2014

Hi Krace,

This should be enough info for me to update my blog post. I'll get back to
you if I need anything more.

Thanks,
Shrayas

On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Kracekumar Ramaraju <me at kracekumar.com>
wrote:

> Shrayas
>
>  I don't exactly remember all the events. The talks/topics are not in
> chronological order.
>
>
>    - Deploying python application in heroku
>    - Python 3 difference and experience in porting python 2 to python 3
>    - GSoC experience and how to apply for GSoC.
>    - Q&A testing in RedHat (don't remember the tool name).
>    - Web scrapping with scrapy.
>    - Learning science with expeyes (http://www.expeyes.in/)
>
>
> That's all I can recollect. Open session topics were diverse and few
> sessions had 80+ participants (audi 3 capacity). All open session had
> strict time of 45 minutes. Open sessions had lot of interaction from
> participants. Let me know if you need any more specific info.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Krace, could you give me a list of things that happened in the last
>> year's open space?
>>
>> I am writing a blog post now and I want to use that information in the
>> post.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, makes sense.
>>>
>>> I tried setting up ruby on my system to write the blog post but failed
>>> miserably. Will give it another shot today.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 10:44 AM, me kracekumar <me at kracekumar.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nice. Now that we have volunteers if we can have confirmation for
>>>> space, then writing a blog post and publishing will help.
>>>> I think it will be good once announcement of open space comes after
>>>> selected talks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Sukhbinder <
>>>> sukh2010 at yahoo.com.dmarc.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am based in Bangalore and can help as volunteer for this and any
>>>>> other activity.
>>>>>
>>>>> -sukhbinder
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 30, 2014, at 11:48 AM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Awesome.
>>>>>
>>>>> @Krace, Now that we have a person who can take up the lead, what do
>>>>> you suggest are the next steps?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Jaseem Abid <jaseemabid at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <
>>>>>> shrayasr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Completely agree with everything you just said.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That is precisely what i was going for. The level of interaction at
>>>>>>> open spaces is something that i dont think we can achieve in talks or even
>>>>>>> after the talks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have one thing to mention here though:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Consider the way these things are playing out, it seems like there
>>>>>>> is more of an opportunity to have multiple open spaces are compared to just
>>>>>>> one session at an open space.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If multiple open spaces make more sense, then I think the first
>>>>>>> floor would be the right place for it. We could arrange multiple small
>>>>>>> tables around which people could discuss. We could make like the first
>>>>>>> floor an "open zone" with multiple things happening at the same time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also Jaseem, could you take the lead for this? As Krace said, we
>>>>>>> need someone to organize all this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I dont mind :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /Shrayas
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Jaseem Abid <jaseemabid at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <
>>>>>>>> shrayasr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I was watching talks from 2014 Pycon and there is a lightning
>>>>>>>>> talk[1] where Greg of the aosabook fame talks about how they want people to
>>>>>>>>> come together in an open space and work on something. I feel that we should
>>>>>>>>> make way from great discussions like those.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Last year, I do remember that we had open spaces but they were
>>>>>>>>> tucked away in some corner of the place and it didn't attract too much
>>>>>>>>> attention (correct me if I am wrong)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What I feel is this time, we should bring more (way more) focus to
>>>>>>>>> Open spaces and Lighting Talks. It is a great way for people to connect, do
>>>>>>>>> things together and learn SO much more.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There are a few good things worth mentioning about
>>>>>>>> unconferences/open table
>>>>>>>> discussions/hack spaces.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. A lot of people (including me) still go to conferences and
>>>>>>>> attend no talks
>>>>>>>>    other than the keynote. Either they are there to socialize/hire
>>>>>>>> and an open
>>>>>>>>    space is perfect for that. Hacking on something interesting in
>>>>>>>> your own pace
>>>>>>>>    with a few similar minded people is a lot more interesting than
>>>>>>>> an average
>>>>>>>>    talk. It leads to a lot more interaction among attendees.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2. You can always learn from watching good folks work. We tried
>>>>>>>> Debian packaging
>>>>>>>>    at last foss.in and it went really well. I remember a vegetable
>>>>>>>> seller by day
>>>>>>>>    keenly observing, asking a million questions and towards the end
>>>>>>>> of the day
>>>>>>>>    managing to package a small gem. Those moments give you the
>>>>>>>> feeling that the
>>>>>>>>    conference actually have some real world value. Such level of
>>>>>>>> interaction is
>>>>>>>>    just not possible in a talk. Learning with a small group is
>>>>>>>> awesome.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 3. A lot of folks have ideas they want to share, but its not
>>>>>>>> possible to make it
>>>>>>>>    into a polished 30-60m talk. I could talk about interesting ways
>>>>>>>> we use ZMQ @
>>>>>>>>    Ideadevice or a 10m demo about the awesome things you can do
>>>>>>>> with decorators.
>>>>>>>>    Someone could show me an interesting refactoring technique. Its
>>>>>>>> too hard to
>>>>>>>>    make something like this into a talk, but it adds value to a lot
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>    not-so-beginner folks. Unconferences/open tables are perfect for
>>>>>>>> that. I've
>>>>>>>>    learned quite a bit like that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Generally all you need is a good wifi and lot of open space for
>>>>>>>> things like this
>>>>>>>> to happen. I can help if anything is required of me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What do y'all feel ?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> /Shrayas
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSLvERZQSok&list=PLLj6w0Thbv02lEXIDVO46kotA_tv_8_us#t=1311
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> github.com/jaseemabid
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