On 2008-04-01 23:12, Dinu Gherman wrote: > M.-A. Lemburg: > >> The comments on talk length are interesting... 30 minutes were >> considered too short. I found 30 minutes a bit short as well >> last time I did a talk in Vilnius. If you want to have discussions >> and more time switching between talks, then 45 minutes are a lot >> better, IMHO: 30 minutes talk, 10 minutes discussion, 5 minutes break >> and switching. >> >> What do others think ? > > > I assume, the average speaker likes to give longer talks and the > average listener likes to consume shorter talks - a least for > average talks. > > If you need prove that exceptional talks can be less than 20 min- > utes have a look at ted.com, maybe starting here: > > http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/92 (Hans Rosling) > http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/140 (Hans Rosling) > http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229 (Jill Bolte Taylor) > http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/237 (Clifford Stoll) > > Thanks to Laura for pointing me to Hans Rosling's videos.
Thanks, I like those TED talks as well, but their scope is different. If you stick to the 30/60 schedule, please at least tell the speakers (and the track managers) to leave 5 minutes at the end for switching. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Apr 12 2008) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ :::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,MacOSX for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 _______________________________________________ EuroPython mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
