On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Richard Weait <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard@weait.com">richard@weait.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> Recently I heard Richard give this talk in five minutes. It was pretty<br><div class="im">
> excellent. That leads me to believe that this might be a good final<br>
> talk for the June meeting, if Richard or somebody was willing to risk<br>
> his or her life by giving it.<br>
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</div>Er. Thanks? I wasn't too "ranty"? I'll reprise this talk for June<br>
if nobody objects. I'll add some slides for visual interest and keep<br>
it to five minutes. The regulars can use that time for a bio-break.<br></blockquote></div><br>There is actually something called "lightning talks" that was first invented<br>at some Python conference. Topics are 10 minutes, and focused on one<br>
particular thing.<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Talk">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Talk</a><br><br>We did something similar at DrupalCon for the core summit, with around<br>120 people submitting 10-15 minute topics in 4 or so slides, and then a few<br>
were selected among them.<br><br><a href="http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/core-developer-summit">http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/core-developer-summit</a><br><br>So, this can be a useful vehicle. I would use it for an audience that is <br>
more focused on a particular topic though, not for newbies. Unless we<br>want to show the breadth of topics and presenters or some such.<br>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><a href="http://2bits.com">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br>
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