Re: [CODE4LIB] Reminder - call for proposals, New England code4lib!
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Stern, Randall randy_st...@harvard.edu wrote: This will be a great opportunity to meet your peers at local institutions and generate conversation on code4lib related topics in which you are interested! Please add your proposals now (please, by August 1) for (a) Prepared talks (20 minutes) (b) Lightning talks (5 minutes) (c) Posters Maybe it's just me, but doesn't It seem a bit odd to submit proposals months in advance for lightning talks? My experience of lightning talks is that people can sign up for them at the event, so they can be more spontaneous and of-the-moment. //Ed
Re: [CODE4LIB] Reminder - call for proposals, New England code4lib!
I thought the distinction was that Lightning talks are very short and more informal. Carol On Jul 7, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Ed Summers wrote: On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Stern, Randall randy_st...@harvard.edu wrote: This will be a great opportunity to meet your peers at local institutions and generate conversation on code4lib related topics in which you are interested! Please add your proposals now (please, by August 1) for (a) Prepared talks (20 minutes) (b) Lightning talks (5 minutes) (c) Posters Maybe it's just me, but doesn't It seem a bit odd to submit proposals months in advance for lightning talks? My experience of lightning talks is that people can sign up for them at the event, so they can be more spontaneous and of-the-moment. //Ed Carol Bean beanwo...@gmail.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] Reminder - call for proposals, New England code4lib!
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Carol Bean beanwo...@gmail.com wrote: I thought the distinction was that Lightning talks are very short and more informal. well, that too :-)
