[pm-h] Thursday's meeting

[G. Wade Johnson]

Updated.

On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:45:21 -0600
Mev412 via Houston <houston at pm.org> wrote:

> Really enjoyed the lightning talks.
> 
> Some benefits I see,
> -Wider variety of topics. Some topics may be difficult to stretch as
> a full presentation, but just about ANYTHING can be talked about for
> 5 minutes. -Wider variety of presenters. Some people may have
> difficulty putting together a long presentation or simply do not have
> the time to. Lightning talks require little to no preparation. It's
> also less daunting for an inexperienced presenter. This opens the
> doors to new presenters where they can build up experience.

Thanks for the input.

> I don't see an issue with 10 min. talks.
> 
> Info from my presentation
> 
> Code: https://github.com/despertargz/demo-tailrecursion
> Slides:
> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ab6Z_ttUMwpobPgb1AZooco4w8TyoP2i0cmcvVDmI2Q/pub?start=true&loop=false&delayms=60000&slide=id.g4b6c40694_11
> 
> Best Regards,
> Christopher Mevissen
> 
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Todd Rinaldo via Houston
> <houston at pm.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 1:15 PM, G. Wade Johnson via Houston
> > <houston at pm.org> wrote:
> > > For those people who came, did you like this format?
> > Yep. worked out good. Gives a something for everyone. Sometimes just
> > one talk isn't interesting to everyone.
> >
> > > For those people who presented, would you do it again?
> > >
> > Sure.
> >
> > > A request was made afterward to allow the talks to run to 10
> > > minutes rather than being limited to 5. What do you think?
> > The hard cutoff is entertaining but given some of us probably had
> > limited time to prep, I think extending to 10 minutes might be a
> > better idea. 5 mins is way harder than 30 mins for me to prep a
> > talk.
> >
> > Todd
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