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

[APACHECON] Question about Lightning Talks

2016-06-06 Thread Benedikt Ritter
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