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

[Paul Nijjar]

Okay. I have updated the website. So far I have: 

- Tim on "10 reasons Linux sucks"
- Brian and Bob on the Bits and Bytes installfest
- Me on creating the KWLUG podcast

I am not clear as to whether somebody is willing to present on
embedded devices, DLNA, media streaming or related topics (but I would
like these talks to exist)!

Can we pull together a few more talks? I know a lot of you have been
doing neat stuff, and even though presenting in front of a group is
scary most of us do not bite. The talks can be quick and informal.
Another 2-4 talks should give us plenty of material for the evening.

- Paul 


On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 02:55:08PM -0400, Paul Nijjar 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