Hey guys,
How hard would it be to put up a video presentation for the
introductory stuff and leave the more advanced stuff for the meetings?
That way the beginners can learn over time and use the meetings as they
become more proficient with the usage of Linux. Just a suggestion and
anyone is welcome to "shoot me down" on this idea.
Thanks,
Bud
Vern Ceder wrote:
Simón
Ruiz wrote:
> As an example, last night's meeting was advertised with the
sentence
"If you've never moved beyond the point and
click world of the GUI,
but want to see what's under the hood, this is [the] meeting for you."
However, I strongly feel that we
irresponsibly advertised a geekfest
as being a beginner-friendly introduction.
My apologies to all of the people who showed up at the last meeting
expecting a beginners' tutorial. I was the one who irresponsibly sent
out the misleading advertisement, and I freely admit that was wrong. I
had originally proposed a beginner's talk, but by the time the notice
went out we had already changed it to be more heavy on the hacks and
tricks end. Unfortunately my brain remained stuck on the earlier
description, so again my apologies. This does prove what I've always
known - that I suck at sending out PR notices, but so far that fact
hasn't gotten me fired from the job. Maybe it should... ;)
Let's use my wife, who came in understandably
expecting a
beginner-friendly presentation, as an example. Bash dictionaries were
merely the last thing discussed; I know Sarah—who was hoping to learn
something, and even had a terminal window up in anticipation—was lost
almost immediately after the meeting started.
Of course. My dozen slides were more an attempt at lightening review
for the somewhat knowledgeable, than an introduction for beginners.
Again, that was my fault.
This does point out a need for changes in the level of topics and the
way we choose topics for LUG meetings. If you all will bear with me on
that, I hope to have something for discussion soon.
Cheers,
Vern
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