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| 15:06.19 | nibb13 | any plans for geek lunch tomorrow? |
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| 15:20.39 | herlo | nibb13: maybe, did you announce any? |
| 15:20.57 | herlo | notes that geek lunch isn't something that UTOS has to plan, but we'll help promote |
| 15:21.33 | nibb13 | ah, i thought it was a bit more formal |
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| 15:29.30 | bbeattie | herlo: I've been thinking and the 'Weather with Linux' isn't something I'm too sure will get a high number of attendees as there aren't many people who would be into it. How do the Birds of a Feather meetings going to be handled? I'm wondering if it would be better to just make myself available during a certain time to answer questions (as weather under linux is really diverse and there dozens of ways to do it depending on what hardware and what you want t |
| 15:35.34 | herlo | bbeattie: yeah, that might be good |
| 15:35.46 | herlo | bbeattie: BoFs are in the evening for about 45 minutes |
| 15:35.52 | herlo | sessions |
| 15:36.02 | bbeattie | sessions: what are some examples of past BoF? |
| 15:36.20 | herlo | um, let me look |
| 15:36.33 | herlo | bbeattie: http://2009.utosc.com/presentation/cat/14/ |
| 15:36.39 | herlo | that's the list from last year |
| 15:38.13 | bbeattie | k, let me think about that and home automation, I might just group those two since they often go together.. when are submissions due? midnight 31st or midnight 1st? |
| 15:51.25 | thaddeusq | wishes submissions were always due at 11:59 pm to avoid the whole midnight of which night issue. |
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| 16:47.27 | herlo | bbeattie: did you know that you can edit and delete your presentations? I see that you have two on zoneminder, was that intentional?? |
| 16:47.50 | bbeattie | One is a presentation, the other is the hands on lab |
| 16:48.12 | bbeattie | even if I do just one presentation, I can bring in hardware for the hands on lab for both |
| 16:48.31 | bbeattie | is one not marked for the lab? |
| 16:49.30 | herlo | bbeattie: oh, they are both marked as lab |
| 16:49.45 | bbeattie | .. I'll edit, one moment |
| 16:49.54 | herlo | that makes sense, if you just change that, it's cool |
| 16:52.00 | herlo | btw, try-it-lab stuff is just an hour long, if you need it to be longer, we can do a 2-part lab |
| 16:52.07 | herlo | I think there will be a few of those in the sessions... |
| 16:52.35 | herlo | bbeattie: in fact, the presentation followed by a lab would be pretty *awesome* |
| 16:52.47 | bbeattie | .. oh, in previous years you had the lab where I could leave equipment for people to stop in whenever and try out |
| 16:53.06 | bbeattie | that's what I thought the hands on lab was. |
| 16:53.14 | herlo | we could do that, but last year we had it hands-on instruction |
| 16:53.20 | herlo | worked better |
| 16:53.36 | herlo | if you want to just be in there to answer questions for an hour or something though, that could work... |
| 16:53.53 | herlo | i'm flexible with it. Maybe a table in the hall would work too |
| 16:54.18 | herlo | then we could put up a flyer saying, come see my presentatino at X time in room Y |
| 16:54.26 | herlo | so it's doable |
| 16:54.26 | thaddeusq | Maybe a table in the bathroom would work too. :) |
| 16:54.31 | herlo | thaddeusq: for you, sure |
| 16:54.56 | herlo | plus we could put the camera in there just so people can watch what's going on at the show floor while they pee |
| 16:55.11 | herlo | s/camera/video screen/ |
| 16:55.33 | thaddeusq | herlo: That'd be awesome |
| 16:55.42 | bbeattie | MythTV, XBMC are something that you can give a presentation but what hooks someone is when they can sit down and see what it can/can't do. Zoneminder is something that you have to customize to an install so a presentation can only cover one item (ie: a single IP camera) but the lab lets people see how difficult zoneminder can be and then I can be around to answer questions for how to do specifically what they want to |
| 16:56.03 | herlo | bbeattie: we'll plan on giving you some space for sure |
| 16:56.10 | herlo | not sure where yet, but we'll get it worked out |
| 16:59.03 | bbeattie | I would have at most 3 systems, 1u rack for zoneminder, mid tower for mythtv/mediatomb (and a ps3 to show mediatomb), and a tiny htpc with XBMC (it's one that you buy and it comes with XBMC already installed). |
| 16:59.53 | bbeattie | I know last time I came (two years ago) there was the room in the basement for hands on stuff, it didn't get much traffic but that's fine with me, I just know I won't be around all the time in the lab to make sure an IP camera doesn't walk off. |
| 17:01.06 | bbeattie | ... a "Showroom" for utosc could be nice, let people put things from presentations there, books about topics covered (for jsmith), show hardware, place for literature, etc. |
| 17:01.44 | herlo | yeah |
| 17:02.11 | herlo | there's a showroom at the conference. We generaly could have an area where people can come and see working examples of some of the presentations |
| 17:02.14 | herlo | I like this idea |
| 17:02.18 | bbeattie | also it could let people see stuff before presentations so it could help them decide if it's something they want to see |
| 17:02.38 | herlo | I'm sure we could corner off something good and have a volunteer or two sit there to watch that nothing walks off |
| 17:03.55 | fugue88 | It's typically been, um, difficult, to keep volunteers at a post for any lengthy period of time. |
| 17:04.42 | herlo | fugue88: well, we can have a few rotate in and out |
| 17:04.51 | herlo | plus if we train them, I think it's doable |
| 17:04.58 | fugue88 | okay. |
| 17:05.01 | herlo | in 2008, it was simpler than last year |
| 17:05.30 | herlo | but I think it takes someone with time to manage them. Jayce^ had too many other things during the conference to really do both things, thus certain items suffered |
| 17:05.52 | fugue88 | Heh, last year a couple of room managers decided to just walk away from their rooms, and we missed a few presentations because of it. |
| 17:06.02 | herlo | this is not a dig on Jayce^ btw |
| 17:06.06 | fugue88 | Agreed. |
| 17:06.18 | herlo | yeah, that *should* *not* happen! |
| 17:06.32 | fugue88 | Yeah, might be a good idea for the Volunteer Manager to walk around and chit-chat with volunteers, make sure they're doing okay, &c, every hour or so. |
| 17:06.48 | herlo | yup |
| 17:06.51 | fugue88 | "Still having fun? Need a break? Food?" |
| 17:06.55 | herlo | yup |
| 17:08.56 | herlo | so, I have to run and catch a plane, I will hopefully be back on in a few hours at most |
| 17:09.01 | herlo | ttfn |
| 17:09.09 | Gate | I would be willing to plant a laptop in such a display with a running demo of my presentation |
| 17:17.52 | Jayce^ | hey, quit picking on me when I normally can't respond!!!!! |
| 17:17.57 | Jayce^ | why is herlo always so mean :( |
| 17:18.19 | Jayce^ | good, dbrady just got his proposal in.. that should be a good one |
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| 22:14.16 | herlo | Jayce^: I's not mean |
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