So why No Slides? Mostly it's to prevent the switch-out of laptops which causes delays. This was back when the timer-app was run on my laptop on the podium. Since we do this differently now, we may consider a change ;)
> On Jun 6, 2016, at 5:06 PM, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > > As a regular LightningTalk MC at ApacheCon / Apache Big Data, we look > for a mix of talks, often focusing on the community and humor aspects. > > Talks are 5 minutes, with a timer. Slides are not allowed unless you're > Rich Bowen (or, can promise to be as informative *and* amusing as Rich is!). > > Sometimes we have the "Fast Feather" track, which is the 15 minute > format William notes below; that usually focuses on Incubating projects. > It depends on the ApacheCon program if we run that or not. > > Volunteering to help review talks, work with projects to suggest > track-days, and the like can also be a big help. Currently, Rich is the > ASF liaison to the Linux Foundation team that actually manages the whole > ApacheCon planning process. > > Separately, the Podling Shark Tank sessions at the past > ApacheCon|BigData in Vancouver were popular, contact Roman if your > content would fit in that format. > > ApacheCon past audio recordings (selected talks): > http://feathercast.apache.org/tag/apachecon/ > > ApacheCon|BigData 2016 videos (keynotes only; that's all that attracted > sponsors to help fund) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOZnf8Nn3Fo&list=PLGeM09tlguZTvqV5g7KwFhxDlWi4njK6n > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTfIAWhd3qI&list=PLGeM09tlguZQ3ouijqG4r1YIIZYxCKsLp > > - Shane > > William A Rowe Jr wrote on 6/6/16 4:46 PM: >> Note that we also have held incubator lighting talks in the incubator track >> (not a single unified session in the ballroom) which are perfect for what >> you are asking. >> >> Historically these have been 3 sessions per hour, 15 minutes each, replete >> with slide decks. Exactly what you are thinking of, but tuned to the >> incubating, not top-level projects. >> On Jun 6, 2016 2:03 PM, "Benedikt Ritter" <brit...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> William A Rowe Jr <wr...@rowe-clan.net> schrieb am Mo., 6. Juni 2016 um >>> 20:09 Uhr: >>> >>>> Our lightning talks have ranged from the theatrical, to the silly, to the >>>> deep >>>> tech dive into the edges of the ASF. >>>> >>>> The programming is 5 minutes. No slides are allowed (but some get away >>>> with them on the discretion of the MCs.) Some who use them choose the >>>> auto-advance program (n seconds per slide, no control/overrides allowed.) >>>> >>> >>> Thank you William! >>> >>> So it's not the right platform for a "I'll show you some code example to >>> get you started with Project XYZ" kind of talk, right? >>> >>> Benedikt >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> how are lightning talks organized at ApacheCon? I've seen very strict >>>>> sessions where you were not allowed to bring anything but yourself (so >>> no >>>>> slides) and less restricted ones where the only restriction was that it >>>> had >>>>> to be done in 10 Minutes. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> Benedikt >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
