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

[Tim Laurence]

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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