Hi, 2009/5/27 Jonathan <[email protected]>: > > Obviously I defer to John's experience in this, but for the > record, as a delegate I greatly prefer that the materials are > online in one central place (which feels like a gift), rather than > on a CD (which feels like a burden).
They are not exclusive, the intention id to have them on CD _and_ the wiki. > A CD requires me to carry it and not lose it and take it home and > file it somewhere and find it again and put it in the drive to > access. It's hard to search or index and does not receive any > updates. > > Online is the opposite - all those problems just magically > vanish. Except that during the conference itself the reverse may be true... ie during the conference the CD gives you independence from the vagaries of wifi in your hotel and at the venue. John -- > -- > Jonathan Hartley > [email protected] > +44/0 7737 062 225 > > On Wed May 27 08:26:11 CDT 2009, John Pinner <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> 2009/5/27 Zeth <[email protected]>: >>> Hello! > >>> I was just writing my EuroPython talk and I had a random >>> thought, what >>> are we doing about outlines/handouts/slide for regular talks? >>> Are we >>> putting them on the wiki, making a CD >> >> A CD allows people to look at the slides without having wifi in >> their >> hotel, and doesn't use up conference bandwidth. >> >> , or just having each speaker >>> just put their materials wherever? >> >> We couldn't rely on that! >> >>> For PyConUK we made a CD but that >>> requires a lot of work, >> >> The CD doesn't really mean much more work than putting them on a >> site. >> The work is in chasing the speakers for their slides and making >> sure >> that they are in a usable state. >> >> Producint the CD is no problem with our duplication robots. >> >>> and ideally we would a volunteer to edit it >>> and chase people for the outlines. >> >> Yes! We need the volunteer! >> >> Offers please, to produce a CD image the contents of which can be >> put >> on the website also. >> >>> If this has already been decided >>> and sorted out already then ignore me. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> John >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> Europython-improve mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve >> >> > _______________________________________________ Europython-improve mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
