[Inpycon] Open spaces & Lightning Talks

[Shrayas rajagopal]

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:

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> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
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>> Completely agree with everything you just said.
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>> 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.
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>> I have one thing to mention here though:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Also Jaseem, could you take the lead for this? As Krace said, we need
>> someone to organize all this.
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> I dont mind :)
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>> /Shrayas
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>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Jaseem Abid <jaseemabid at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> 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.
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>>> There are a few good things worth mentioning about unconferences/open
>>> table
>>> discussions/hack spaces.
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>>> 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.
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>>>>
>>>> What do y'all feel ?
>>>>
>>>> /Shrayas
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>>>> [1]
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSLvERZQSok&list=PLLj6w0Thbv02lEXIDVO46kotA_tv_8_us#t=1311
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