I'm really not sure about that; I've been to forty minute talks that kept me rapt from beginning to end.
I feel it would just support weaker subject matter. Granted the reverse nomination scheme would ease some of that pain but it's really easy for someone to stand in front of someone else and give a talk that sounds really exciting at first blush but there's really nothing to it after the first ten to twenty minutes. I think saying that forty minutes is a "lecture" is pretty unfair and overbearing. This isn't a two hour and fifty minute "session" class at a university... and I've even been to talks that were four hours long and incredibly engaging. Why not just focus on the content and then let the timing work itself out? Doesn't a arbitrary limit seem, well... arbitrary? Don't you think you will be doing certain subjects/speakers injustice? I mean, some people just operate in "long form". I don't think there's anything wrong with short form, either, but to "each subject its own". Just my .02 On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Nuno Job <[email protected]> wrote: > The thing is this is not about what you, the speaker, has to talk about > and things he can show in dept. > This is about the audience, and they have an attention span of 10/20 > minutes. > > This means extra work for you, the speaker, that needs to filter and > choose what content the audience should head about. But for the audience it > means that during that time period the usage of their time as optimal, at > the cost of your work. But hey, don't sign up to speak if you arent up for > it :) > > Personally I like to do talks between 14/20 minutes, but when someone asks > me for 40 I got like WTF. I'll be bored to death by the end of it I'll be > asking for beer. > > Nuno > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Marco Rogers <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hmmm, not sure how I feel about this. I won't argue because I'm positive >> it won't do much good. But do you see as the venue for people who want more >> in depth talks about node? I think the community needs that as well. >> >> Either way, I have some ideas about how to make an awesome 20 minutes >> about streams. >> >> :Marco >> >> >> On Thursday, March 15, 2012 4:35:52 PM UTC-7, Mikeal Rogers wrote: >>> >>> yes, it's a talk, not a tutorial. >>> >>> btw, TED talks are all between 10 and 20 minutes :) >>> >>> On Mar 15, 2012, at March 15, 20124:33 PM, Stewart Mckinney wrote: >>> >>> Wait; is that for real? ( 20 minute limit? ) >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Mikeal Rogers >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> All talks are 20 minutes this year :) >>>> >>>> On Mar 15, 2012, at March 15, 20123:38 PM, Marco Rogers wrote: >>>> >>>> The call for speakers is open for NodeConf 2012. I want to talk about >>>> streams in node. Last year I only got a half hour to cover a large topic. >>>> This may be a simliar situation. But at a high level you an vote for any or >>>> all of these. >>>> >>>> - What do we mean by streams? require('stream'). How these relate to >>>> net sockets and fs streams. >>>> - What are some best practices for working with streams? >>>> - How to take advantage of custom streams to do cool things in node >>>> without breaking things or ruining efficiency >>>> - How to add stream compatibility to your module >>>> - How to maintain state across streams. When would you even want to do >>>> this? See >>>> https://github.com/**polotek/procstreams<https://github.com/polotek/procstreams> >>>> >>>> Feel free to suggest others. 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