<div dir="ltr">Hi all!<div style><br></div><div style>I'd like to run 5 minute lightning talks at this month's meeting. Do we have any takers to sign up? Come practice with LAPM what you'll be presenting at YAPC (june 3-5).</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>5 minutes. you can do it!</div><div style><br></div><div style><i>A definition from our friends at wikipedia:</i></div><div style> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px">A </span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px">Lightning talk</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px"> is a short </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentation" title="Presentation" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px">presentation</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px"> given at a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_conference" title="Academic conference" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px">conference</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px"> or similar forum. Unlike other presentations, lightning talks last only a few minutes and several will usually be delivered in a single period by different speakers.</span></div>
<div style>...</div><div style><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px">The term "lightning talk" was first coined by</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Jason_Dominus" title="Mark Jason Dominus" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none">Mark Jason Dominus</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px">for a similar session at the</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yet_Another_Perl_Conference" title="Yet Another Perl Conference" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none">YAPC 19100 Conference</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px">(Yet Another</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl" title="Perl" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none">Perl</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px">Conference) in June 2000</span><sup id="cite_ref-yapc2000_2-0" class="" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1em"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_talk#cite_note-yapc2000-2" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Berkun_3-0" class="" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1em"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_talk#cite_note-Berkun-3" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap">[3]</a></sup><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px">and gradually spread to other technical conferences.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.833333015441895px;line-height:23.997394561767578px"><br></span></div><div style><br></div><div style>Peace,</div><div style>Andrew</div></div>