[TriZPUG] Nov / Dec TriZPUG Meeting

[Josh Johnson]

yes, yes, YES!

Dont' think, just show up and talk! ;)

JJ

Philip Semanchuk wrote:
>
> On Nov 10, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Chris Calloway wrote:
>
>> On 11/10/2008 9:54 AM, Philip Semanchuk wrote:
>>> I'm not sure what a lightning talk is, but on Dec 4th I'll be 
>>> available to talk about the IPC modules I support (posix_ipc and shm).
>>
>> Please, yes. I'm all down with Dec 4th, then.
>>
>> A lightning talk is where someone spends five minutes sharing 
>> something they learned about Python in the last month.
>>
>> Normally at PyCon and other software conferences there will be a 
>> lightning talk sign-up sheet for each day so that the last hour of 
>> the day will have 12 lightning talk slots presented more or less 
>> extemporaneously. They don't generally require any preparation. 
>> Usually the best things about Python and other similar conferences 
>> are the lightning talks.
>>
>> We've been promoting lightning talks at TriZPUG meetings for awhile 
>> because they get more people involved in telling us about what 
>> they've been doing with Python. If there is no other program at a 
>> TriZPUG meeting, then the meeting could be all lightning talks. A 
>> meeting with ten lightning talks is a pretty interesting meeting. If 
>> there is a program at a TriZPUG meeting, there is still time for 
>> lightning talks because lightning talks are short.
>>
>> I think what you've done with IPC merits a bit more than a lightning 
>> talk. Your IPC modules qualify as a program presentation. Take as 
>> long as you'd like to talk about them.
>
> OK, GREAT! I LOVE to talk! I'll spend the first hour talking about a 
> history of computers, then a brief survey of modern programming 
> languages (I should be able to keep this under two hours), and then a 
> list of my favorite Monty Python sketches (four hours), and then...
>
> Seriously, would 30 minutes give or take 15 be an appropriate length 
> for a presentation? Can I get the screen of my Macbook Pro projected 
> onto a big screen, or...?
>
> Thanks
> Philip
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