On 11/04/2008, M.-A. Lemburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-04-01 23:12, Dinu Gherman wrote: > > M.-A. Lemburg: > > > >> The comments on talk length are interesting... 30 minutes were > >> considered too short. I found 30 minutes a bit short as well > >> last time I did a talk in Vilnius. If you want to have discussions > >> and more time switching between talks, then 45 minutes are a lot > >> better, IMHO: 30 minutes talk, 10 minutes discussion, 5 minutes break > >> and switching. > >> > >> What do others think ? > > > > > > I assume, the average speaker likes to give longer talks and the > > average listener likes to consume shorter talks - a least for > > average talks. > > > > If you need prove that exceptional talks can be less than 20 min- > > utes have a look at ted.com, maybe starting here: > > > > http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/92 (Hans Rosling) > > http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/140 (Hans Rosling) > > http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229 (Jill Bolte Taylor) > > http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/237 (Clifford Stoll) > > > > Thanks to Laura for pointing me to Hans Rosling's videos. > > > Thanks, I like those TED talks as well, but their scope is different. > > If you stick to the 30/60 schedule, please at least tell the speakers > (and the track managers) to leave 5 minutes at the end for switching.
Yes, we really must start enforcing this. And there should be no problem scheduling a mix of 30, 45 and 60 minutes talks. John -- _______________________________________________ EuroPython mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
