[kwlug-disc] Fill-in talk needed for July

[Tim Laurence]

Yeah, I must confess I am "borrowing" from that. :)
--Tim
On Jun 13, 2014 7:11 PM, "CrankyOldBugger" <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> There's a video on YouTube by that name..
>
>
> On 13 June 2014 18:53, Tim Laurence <timdaman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I could try a very daring topic. 10 ways Linux sucks.
>>
>> --Tim
>>  On Jun 13, 2014 2:55 PM, "Paul Nijjar" <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Okay. I think that a short event night would work out. Maybe have
>>> people give talks that are from 5-15 minutes in length, with the
>>> emphasis being on informal and low-stress? We could even say "no
>>> slides" or "demo only".
>>>
>>> Do we have some offers? There are lots of topics, some not directly
>>> related to Linux:
>>>
>>> - Khalid talking about his adventures in free TV (maybe slides would
>>>   be necessary for this, since Khalid is not willing to give a live
>>>   demo of mounting an antenna at SJK)
>>> - Cranky talking about cutting the cord
>>> - Somebody talking about a new release of <distro> (eg Ubuntu 14.04)
>>> - Bob/Brian talking about their Bits and Bytes evangelism/installfest
>>> - Helpful Firefox/Chrome plugins
>>> - Living life on the commandline
>>> - Buying FLOSS-friendly hardware in 2014
>>> - Something about FLOSS tools in the maker movement
>>> - How to make a podcast using FLOSS tools (I don't think I should
>>>   suggest this as a possibility..)
>>>
>>> There are lots more, I'm sure.
>>>
>>>
>>> As for Bob's suggestion: I guess we could do a social night, but I
>>> would prefer for us to schedule one explicitly. Using social nights as
>>> backups for missed talks is a bad precedent. However, if lots of
>>> people want a social night then we could do this.
>>>
>>> - Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 06:47:54PM -0400, Tim Laurence wrote:
>>> > Yeah but finding people to speak for 10 minutes should be easier. I
>>> will
>>> > take one of the slots.
>>> > --Tim
>>> >
>>> > --Tim
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > So now we have to schedule 10 talks instead of one?
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >   On Thursday, June 12, 2014 6:05:29 PM, Tim Laurence <
>>> timdaman at gmail.com>
>>> > > wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > How about a contest?
>>> > >     10 people
>>> > >     5 minute presentation
>>> > >     5 minutes of Q&A/setup
>>> > >     The audience votes on the best.
>>> > >     The Firkin crowd cover's the winner's beer
>>> > >
>>> > > --Tim
>>> > >
>>> > > --Tim
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > >
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>>> > > How about a swap meet/social night/installfest?
>>> > >
>>> > > - --Bob.
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > On 14-06-12 01:48 PM, Paul Nijjar wrote:
>>> > > > Once again it looks like the high-availability computing talk won't
>>> > > > be happening in July. Is there anybody who can fill in with a
>>> > > > replacement talk on short notice?
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Sorry about this.
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > - Paul
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
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