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

[CrankyOldBugger]

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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