[WindyCity-pm] [Chicago-talk] Is anyone interested in trying their hand at a lightning talk?
Mike Fragassi
frag at ripco.com
Wed May 21 13:57:05 PDT 2008
On Tue, 20 May 2008, Jonathan Rockway wrote:
> * On Tue, May 13 2008, Mike Fragassi wrote:
>> The next downtown Perl Mongers meeting is in 2 weeks, and this is the
>> last meeting before YAPC is held in town in June. As I suggested last
>> month, this would be a great time for anyone who is interested in giving
>> a lightning talk at YAPC to come on down and practice it in advance.
>>
>> The deadline for submitting a lightning talk for YAPC is still open (in
>> fact, I don't think the actual deadline has been set yet), so it's still
>> possible to give a talk there.
>>
>> But even if you're not keen on talking at YAPC, giving a lightning talk
>> is a great way to get your feet wet when it comes to giving
>> presentations. If you're not familiar with lightning talks, this page
>> gives an explanation, along with a great list of suggestions for topics:
>>
>> http://perl.plover.com/lightning-talks.html
>>
>> So, is anyone interested?
>
> Sure, I can recycle my String::TT talk from YAPC::Asia. Recycling is
> good for the environment ;)
OK, that's one. If no one complains, I'd like to give a lightning-ized
version of my Pycon 2008 talk from February. Does anyone else want to
volunteer to give a lightning talk?
-- Mike F.
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