[Buffalo-pm] Lightning Talk Reminder

[Kevin Christopher]

P.S. to Rob's reminder:

I really want to stress again the fact that this Lightning Talk meeting is
a very casual, fun, kind of thing. No spit-and-polish or slaving over
dozens of presentation slides required. If you were interested in Perl
enough to join this list, you will certainly have at least 5 minutes of
comments about Perl. You can talk about anything remotely related to Perl
(I'm talking about Ruby!). A presentation on your favorite one-liner, for
example, will easily fill 5 minutes, and you'll need more time, if
anything, to talk about a module. (We will allow a little more time (e.g.
up to 10-15 minutes if you need it.).

How should you present a Lighting Talk? A few of us were up in Toronto on
9/25 for their Lightning Talks meeting: presenters there used PowerPoint,
the Internet, paper photocopies of source code, and the commandline for
notes, illustrations, and demos.

Just put together a few slides of PowerPoint and bring your laptop, or let
let one of your fellow Perl mongers know if you need to borrow a laptop or
have some other AV/network needs/questions.

See you this Thursday at Bell 242, North Campus, at 7:00 p.m.!

-Kevin


> Hi All--
>
> Just taking a look at who signed up for lightning talks this Thursday
> and I'm a little disappointed!  Please take the time to sign up, let's
> have some fun with this.
>
> Remember, the meeting is:
> -----------------
> Thursday, October 9, 2003
> 242 Bell Hall (subject to change)
> 7:00 p.m.
> UB North Campus
> ------------------
>
> The lightning talk details (off the website)
>
> Lightning Talks are 5-10-minute talks about anything you want to share
> about Perl:
>
>       * Your favorite modules
>       * An interesting one-liner
>       * A cool thing you did with Perl
>       * Something you like (or hate) about Perl
>       * Comparing Perl to another programming language
>       * Etc....
> This is an evening meeting where everyone can (and SHOULD) participate.
> Five to ten minutes goes by faster than you think: it's a great
> opportunity to talk about something without the pressure of putting
> together a full talk. It's a great forum to discuss a subject that
> doesn't need a long discussion.
>
> Sign up at http://buffalo.pm.org/kwiki/index.cgi?BuffaloLightningTalks
>
> If you're interested in *exactly* what this talk is, take a look at
> http://perl.plover.com/lightning-talks.html
>
>
> I look forward to seeing you all there and I sure hope that we have some
> more sign-ups.  Don't be shy!
>
> Rob