Re: [APACHECON] Question about Lightning Talks

2016-06-12 Thread Rich Bowen
As I said, it is completely at the discretion of the MC. I'm just saying that is one rationale. It's not like there's policy on this On Jun 12, 2016 17:38, "Roman Shaposhnik" wrote: > On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 11:07 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: > > Another important reason to forbid slides is that one po

Re: [APACHECON] Question about Lightning Talks

2016-06-12 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 11:07 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: > Another important reason to forbid slides is that one point of lightning > talks is to offer the stage to people that would not otherwise give a talk. > Thus, keeping the bar as low as possible encourages people to step up who > haven't necessa

Re: [APACHECON] Question about Lightning Talks

2016-06-12 Thread Rich Bowen
Another important reason to forbid slides is that one point of lightning talks is to offer the stage to people that would not otherwise give a talk. Thus, keeping the bar as low as possible encourages people to step up who haven't necessarily prepared anything ahead of time. On Jun 12, 2016 10:03,

Re: [APACHECON] Question about Lightning Talks

2016-06-12 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 6:37 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > 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 ;) How about on

Re: [APACHECON] Question about Lightning Talks

2016-06-12 Thread Jim Jagielski
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 wrote: > > As a regular Lightnin

Re: [APACHECON] Question about Lightning Talks

2016-06-12 Thread Rich Bowen
> > 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!). This began as something of an inside joke, back in Stuttgart in 2006, and the slides thing is now entirely at the discretion of the MC. I have

Re: [APACHECON] Question about Lightning Talks

2016-06-11 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Shane Curcuru 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

Re: [APACHECON] Question about Lightning Talks

2016-06-06 Thread Shane Curcuru
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!). Someti

Re: [APACHECON] Question about Lightning Talks

2016-06-06 Thread William A Rowe Jr
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 t

Re: [APACHECON] Question about Lightning Talks

2016-06-06 Thread Benedikt Ritter
William A Rowe Jr 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 M

Re: [APACHECON] Question about Lightning Talks

2016-06-06 Thread William A Rowe Jr
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 sli