Reminder! These lightning talks are tomorrow. We have 5 talks lined up: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lightning_Talks
Remote viewing details will be sent out in advance of the talks. ** We will best testing out using #wikimedia-tech as the IRC channel for questions/discussion during the talks, if this causes too much disruption in the channel please let us know. ** On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Rachel Farrand <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello wikitech-l, > > We will be doing a test run of lightning talks on June 23. > ~ Details are below ~ > > If you would like to do a lightning talk yourself on whatever project you > are working on please feel free to add yourself - also please add contact > information (or email it to me) so we can coordinate with you to make sure > and get you on the hangout in advance to be able to present. > > If you watch the lightning talks and appreciate them please let us know > and will enough interest and content we will continue to do them in the > future. > > A youtube stream will be sent out to this list just before the talks start > so you can join in and ask questions, and the talks will also be recorded > so that you can watch them whenever you like. > > These lightning talks should be relevant to something related to our > movement and will mostly be focused on tech related projects however some > may be unrelated to tech. > > We will adapt this process as we go to make it as interesting and useful > to everyone as we can. > > Rachel > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kevin Leduc <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 3:44 PM > Subject: Lightning Talks June 23 > To: [email protected], Engineering list < > [email protected]> > Cc: Rachel Farrand <[email protected]>, Megan Neisler < > [email protected]> > > > Hello! > > Due to high demand, we are starting up Lightning Talks again! This effort > will not work without your participation... > > Lightning Talks are an opportunity for teams @ WMF to showcase a > milestone, exciting developments, releases, or anything of significance to > the rest of the foundation and the movement as a whole, as these talks will > be open to our communities. > > Each presentation will be 10 minutes or less, the formal part should be > not be longer than 5 minutes and the remainder can be used for questions. > > Too many questions to answer in the allotted time? No worries, your > lightning talk will be a great candidate for a future Tech Talk. > > First Round of Lightning Talks: > > When: Tuesday June 23, 1800 UTC > <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Lighting+Talks%2C+Round+1&iso=20150623T18&p1=%3A&ah=1>, > 11am PDT > > Where: 5th Floor > > Remotees: On-Air google hangout will be provided just before the meeting > > IRC: #wikimedia-tech > > Sign up for a 10 minute slot here: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lightning_Talks > > With interest, this meeting will become a monthly event. > > Thanks! > Kevin Leduc, Rachel Farrand, Megan Neisler > > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
