On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Stewart Mckinney <[email protected]>wrote:
> I'm really not sure about that; I've been to forty minute talks that kept > me rapt from beginning to end. Same here. In fact, more often than not -- I've been pretty lucky (and pretty selective) with the conferences I've attended. But I personally haven't seen too much trouble with the 40 minute standard. That said... > 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. > Exactly. This format does a wonderful job of keeping that from happening :D > 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. > Is that the exception or the rule? I'm guessing the former -- let's not get crazy ;) > Why not just focus on the content and then let the timing work itself out? > Doesn't a arbitrary limit seem, well... arbitrary? > I tend to agree but I can't see how this could possibly work for scheduling purposes. People need to know what they're getting into -- both speakers and attendees. This isn't a local meetup we're talking about. > 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". > I agree with this sentiment as well, but as Nuno said, *don't sign up to speak if you arent up for it*. Same goes for conference goers -- if you don't think the format is for you you should probably stay home. What matters is that the format is communicated clearly, *especially* if it's a little experimental. It's hard to argue that Mikeal hasn't done that. I'm personally not sure how I feel about the short timeslots either but I'm really curious to see how it turns out. If anything we need more experimentation with conference formats, not less. -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
