On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf <lars.sonchocky-helld...@hamburg.de> wrote: > From my notes of last year: > > Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail: > >> stuff which is nice to have for the Dev-Room: >> >> - feedback sheets where attendees of the talks can rate the talks would be >> a good idea I think > > I hope to be able to prepare those on friday morning in brussels (a paper > version only, maybe we can have some online questionnaire next year)
a website would be nicer :-) >> - power cords with multiple plugs > > I'll bring one short extension cord with multiple plugs, but it would be > good to have more. > >> - adaptors, adaptors, adaptors. Don't forget those. For power (every >> european country has still its own "standard") and to plug your laptop into >> the projector. Richard had to go to the Apple Store to get one (since he >> forgot to bring his) and sadly this adaptor was useless in the end since the >> projectors didn't came with a DVI-input. > > I'll bring one DVI to VGA adaptor. Don't forget to bring something to > connect your computer to the projector (FOSDEM states their projectors have > VGA, 1024x768) > >> - one or two Ethernet hubs/switches are useful. FOSDEM did provide WLAN in >> each room but they didn't got it to work reliably until late Saturday >> afternoon. > > I'll bring one small 8-port switch. But ethernet-cables you'll have to bring > yourself. ok >> - loudspeakers (for video conferences or sound in the presentations) > > Does somebody have loudspeakers which he can bring? > >> - an own projector (FOSDEM does provide some but you never know what >> you'll get, the first day we had one with a resolution of only 800x600 and a >> somewhat broken keystone) > > Having an own projector would really be great (since the projectors FOSDEM > provides sometimes have their quirks). Can somebody bring one? > >> - If you're going to record the sessions on video, a small digicam should >> be sufficient. Be sure to have at least two batteries (so you can charge one >> while using the other) and two memory card (one to record while saving the >> contents of the other onto your laptop). You also need a small tripod (which >> can be used on desk - I brought my gorillapod >> http://joby.com/products/gorillapod/2 ). Recording in 320x240 @ 15fps is the >> absolute minimum to get somewhat usable video (this is what I did since my >> digicam allows only for 2GB SD Cards which gave me about 70 to 80 mins >> recording time) but don't forget that the slides are unreadable at that >> resolution (even at 640x480 it will be hard to read slides projected at a >> higher resolution than 1024x768) > > Tim brings his DV-cam and a tripod. I organize a FireWire cable. I'll bring a dv cam too and a tripod. >> - a clip microphone to record the speaker would increase the sound quality >> of the recorded speech by a magnitude > > Niels, you offered to bring a microphone. Is this offer still valid? > >> >> - a printer would also be nice (to print brochures/flyers or announcement >> of last minute talks ;-) but then again there ought to be a b/w laser >> printer at the front desk (and they let you print stuff if you're friendly >> and come with a PDF ready to print on an USB stick) > > well, a printer seems a bit to heavy and big to carry it by train or plane. > Sadly Gerold can not come this year (he brought a printer with his car in > the years ago). probably not necessary - there are printer shops near the university for flyers, if we need too. -- Nicolas Roard "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." -- Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list Discuss-gnustep@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep