Hi Michael, That's great that you're organising this unconference. Best of luck with it. I sadly won't be able to make it as I'm away at FOSDEM in Brussels but I hope it goes well!
I'll keep an eye on the #pythonireland tweets! Maybe we can do a joint event across some the Open Source language groups sometime. Ciao, Dec On Jan 22, 5:54 pm, Michael Twomey <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.python.ie/meetup/2010/python_ireland_unconference/ > > Python Ireland is holding its first unconference on Saturday 6th February. > > What is an unconference I hear you ask? > > An unconference is an anti-conference, it takes the most interesting > bits of conferences (the hallway chat) and turns that into the entire > conference. You turn up with whatever you want to talk about (or ask) > and everyone there agrees the schedule. Then whatever happens after > that is the unconference. > > The rules are fairly simple (lifted > fromhttp://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/UnConference_'Rules'): > > 1. The people who come are the best people who could have come. > 2. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened. > 3. It starts when it starts. > 4. It's over when it's over. > 5. The Law of Two Feet (also known as if the topic doesn't interest > you, wander off to one that does). > > Bruce Eckel is a huge fan, in fact he gave a good talk on the > topic:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD3S0wlbek0 > > When is it? > > Saturday, 6th February from 11:00 to whenever we want (or we get > kicked out at night, whichever comes first). > > Where is it? > > The Computer Science building, UCD. Helpful signs will be posted on the doors. > > http://www.csi.ucd.ie/directions > > What do I need? > > Yourself, bring a laptop if you want (for showing off stuff or hacking > on things). > > Will there be food? > > The canteens should be open, 10 and 5 minutes walk from the unconference. > > What will happen? > > We'll get together in the morning and go over how the unconference > will work. Then everyone stands in front of a session board and puts > up sessions. Once we've got a schedule we like the unconference > starts. > > Many thanks to Seán Murphy for helping organise this and providing > facilities in UCD. > > mick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" 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/pythonireland?hl=en.
