On Jan 20, 2005, at 13:55, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
BTW, I've always wondered why people at a conference use
IRC to talk to each other... isn't the whole purpose of
a conference to meet each other face to face ? ;-)
Sure. Next time I have a question during a talk, I should get up, walk
over to wherev
Tom,
> > I guess backup-beamers which get warmed up by the speaker before are a
> > quiete easier solution.
>
> That's a nice idea, but it is also a costly one. At Charleroi, the beamer
> rent was expensive. Also you need at least have the same beamers in the
> same room.
You really do not nee
> I guess backup-beamers which get warmed up by the speaker before are a
> quiete easier solution.
That's a nice idea, but it is also a costly one. At Charleroi, the beamer
rent was expensive. Also you need at least have the same beamers in the same
room.
There were some people who brought a beame
Marc,
> Fair enough. How about we ask the attendees as the opening event ?
either that or at the beginning of a talk.
At least I will do that. Sth. along the lines:
"I as a speaker am OK with people using Laptops, maybe to google me up or to
browse porn during my talk. But to get the most for ev
Harald Massa wrote:
This may be hard to understand for some people, but in general
I think we strive to make EuroPython a better experience for
*everybody*, not just the geek camp and thus listen to requests
like Mikael's.
I am quite positive about listening to every request. At the same time not
o
On 20 Jan 2005, at 13:46, Harald Massa wrote:
And you are very correct: some might be annoyed by the sound of
keyboards.
I've seen a reasonable compromise at a couple of conferences I've been
to: people who want to use their laptops during the presentation
should sit at the back of the auditori
Marc-Andre,
> You have a wrong view on things here: this is not
> about increasing *your personal* experience, but instead that of
> *your fellow talk attendees* who get annoyed by the click-addy-clack
> of your notebook keyboard
I am not really sure if it is possible to talk about "wrong" and "
Harald Armin Massa wrote:
Michael Hudson schrieb:
"Mikael Jansson (mailing lists)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I just talked to a friend who attended EP '04, and he wanted me to
tell you guys that there should be a sign or such telling people
_not_ to use their computers (check e-mail, irc, whate
