Hear hear for more lectures, shorter lectures, 'check it out, here it is, get info here here and here' lectures. Now, specifically, not ALL lectures... some lectures do deserve the full two-hour span, but not all.
Now, the question is does this mean more lectures (because they'd be easier and more attractive to write) (always good), same amount, or less lectures (because we'll be running out of subjects)? In the third case, will we have Orna coming up with a gavel and asking if there's any new business? On 3/15/06, Eli Billauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erez Hadad wrote: > > >OMG people. You sound like its time to close the shop and go home. > > > > > Noone wants to close the shop. But we need to find out why the sales go > down. > > I didn't answer my own question, by the way: I have found myself coming > less, simply because I know much more about Linux than I did six years > ago. Guy's lecture about GTk opened my eyes to a tool I couldn't dream > of, at the time. But this has happened less and less, as time went by. > > And let's face it, guys (and girls): This shop has been open for seven > years, and has kept more or less the same format. Time to open our eyes, > and realize that the world around us has changed? For example: > > 1. Linux and open source are not small and unknown movements anymore. > 2. Most computer-competent people are not afraid of installing Linux > (technically). > 3. The amount of information about Linux on the web has increased > dramatically (answered questions in forums and "survival" guides in > particular) > ...etc. > > One of the outcomes is that it becomes less and less relevant to cover a > subject completely, top to bottom. The info is all in the web. If you > know that a tool exists, and you know a few keywords to google for, you > have all you need to get going. > > The Perl community has realized this a long time ago. They have > lightning talks. We had one such session, and I think we all agree that > it was a success. > > But rather than forcing people down to 5 or 10 minutes, I would > encourage people to make short talks about those things that are too > small for a two hours lecture. How many times have you found yourself > discovering something, saying to yourself that you have to tell everyone > about it, but realized that you'll have to work too hard to develop that > into a full lecture? > > So I think we should try another format: Several short talks for each > lecture. "Short" could be anything from five minutes to one hour, if the > subject is cool enough. With or without slides, with live demonstrations > whenever possible. > > Show the point. Share the main pieces of wisdoms. Links and google > words. Thank you. Next. > > It should be less of a bother to prepare a lecture, and less of a > headache to listen to it. > > And if not anything else, several lecturers assures a minimal number of > participants. ;) > > What do you think? > Eli > > -- > Web: http://www.billauer.co.il > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) > To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To necessity... and beyond! Ohad Lutzky
