Hadrian, I'm going to be on vacation next week. On the other hand, the time slot is on Thursday AM. So I'd propose tuning this up over beer on site.
--benson On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Mohammad Nour El-Din <nour.moham...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:23 AM, Ross Gardler > <rgard...@opendirective.com>wrote: > >> I gave it in Vancouver and wherever was before that (Atlanta?). Nour, gave >> it in Sinsheim with his own twist. One thing that has remained constant >> throughout has been the interactive nature of the session, i.e. spend ten >> minutes setting the scene then guide the audience through the topic by >> inviting questions and comments from the floor (I really don't like >> "lecture" style presentations). Delivering a session like this requires a >> certain amount of "on the feet" thinking, as well as a few stooges in he >> audience to help keep it lively. >> >> The min theme of the session, as I gave it, is captured in a blog post at >> >> http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/apache-asserts/2012/05/apache-openoffice-can-i-depend-on-software-built-by-volunteers/index.htm > > > Totally agree with what Ross has mentioned. Having an interactive talk is > much more fun and more attractive to the attendees. > > Ross, kindly, gave me a great chance to give this talk in Sienshein. The > only thing I added is to try to give a show case like scenario using the > attendees them selves. IIRC, Ross liked the idea but the case itself was > not a good example. He > mentioned some people made research in that area and they have a good case > using which the show can be better. > > @Ross: I hope you still remember that :) as you promised to give me > links/pointers about that research > > @Benson and @Hadrian: Good luck :) > > >> >> >> Ross >> >> >> On 13 February 2013 22:55, Nick Burch <n...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> > On Wed, 13 Feb 2013, Hadrian Zbarcea wrote: >> > >> >> Ross I think you delivered it in Vancouver. Do you happen to have some >> >> slides we could use as a starting point? >> >> >> > >> > Ross gave it in Vancouver: >> > http://na11.apachecon.com/**talks/19420< >> http://na11.apachecon.com/talks/19420> >> > >> > Nour gave it in Sinsheim: >> > http://www.apachecon.eu/**schedule/presentation/176/< >> http://www.apachecon.eu/schedule/presentation/176/> >> > >> > The Sinsheim talk ought to be here (but doesn't seem to be....) >> > http://archive.apachecon.com/**eu2012/presentations/07-** >> > Wednesday/PR-Community/< >> http://archive.apachecon.com/eu2012/presentations/07-Wednesday/PR-Community/ >> > >> > >> > The Vancouver talk ought to be here (but doesn't seem to be....) >> > http://archive.apachecon.com/**na2011/presentations/09-** >> > Wednesday/C-Business/< >> http://archive.apachecon.com/na2011/presentations/09-Wednesday/C-Business/ >> > >> > >> > >> > Ross, Nour - any chance you could add your missing presentation slides to >> > svn so they appear where they're supposed to be? :) >> > >> > Cheers >> > Nick >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Ross Gardler (@rgardler) >> Programme Leader (Open Development) >> OpenDirective http://opendirective.com >> > > > > -- > Thanks > - Mohammad Nour > ---- > "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" > - Albert Einstein
