Updated. On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:45:21 -0600 Mev412 via Houston <[email protected]> wrote:
> Really enjoyed the lightning talks. > > Some benefits I see, > -Wider variety of topics. Some topics may be difficult to stretch as > a full presentation, but just about ANYTHING can be talked about for > 5 minutes. -Wider variety of presenters. Some people may have > difficulty putting together a long presentation or simply do not have > the time to. Lightning talks require little to no preparation. It's > also less daunting for an inexperienced presenter. This opens the > doors to new presenters where they can build up experience. Thanks for the input. > I don't see an issue with 10 min. talks. > > Info from my presentation > > Code: https://github.com/despertargz/demo-tailrecursion > Slides: > https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ab6Z_ttUMwpobPgb1AZooco4w8TyoP2i0cmcvVDmI2Q/pub?start=true&loop=false&delayms=60000&slide=id.g4b6c40694_11 > > Best Regards, > Christopher Mevissen > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Todd Rinaldo via Houston > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 1:15 PM, G. Wade Johnson via Houston > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > For those people who came, did you like this format? > > Yep. worked out good. Gives a something for everyone. Sometimes just > > one talk isn't interesting to everyone. > > > > > For those people who presented, would you do it again? > > > > > Sure. > > > > > A request was made afterward to allow the talks to run to 10 > > > minutes rather than being limited to 5. What do you think? > > The hard cutoff is entertaining but given some of us probably had > > limited time to prep, I think extending to 10 minutes might be a > > better idea. 5 mins is way harder than 30 mins for me to prep a > > talk. > > > > Todd > > _______________________________________________ > > Houston mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > > -- Machines take me by surprise with great frequency. -- Alan Turing _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/
