[Noisebridge-discuss] Musings

[jim]

   thanks for the reply. 
   for clarification: as to a j'bean 
talk, the baypiggies (python interest 
group, meets down around mountain view) 
has a "newbie nugget" that is pretty 
much unrelated to the main talk. so too 
the j'bean talk, tangential is good 
enough (don't have a spanish idiom 
j'bean precede the electronics main 
topic...). 


On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 13:40 -0800, aestetix aestetix wrote:
> I've chatted with a few people and tried to flesh this out more. 
> 
> I like the idea of five minutes for two reasons: it's a good way for
> new speakers to help counter speaking anxiety (and get their name on a
> speaker list) without giving a huge long talk, and it's also
> experience for things like job interviews and product presentations.
> SF is a huge startup culture, and if you can't explain what your
> startup is doing within five minutes, nobody will listen. 
> 
> Mitch: it could definitely be a monthly event. Consider it something
> like open mike night at noisebridge. I'm also hoping it could lead to
> a lot of diversity in projects, because if someone has an idea they're
> thinking about doing, they can do a brief talk on it and get community
> support.
> 
> daniela: "open to the general public" is kind of tricky. My thought
> was we could have a single night where a bunch of talks happen, rather
> than some impromptu lecture that you miss if you come five minutes
> late. If we did something like videotaping the talks, I could see that
> some speakers would want to opt out of that.
> 
> jim: that's a similar vein, but a jellybean talk sounds more like an
> introductory segway into the main talk, whereas these would be
> completely random interests people have in no particular order (unless
> someone requested it). The advantage of a five minute talk is that if
> you miss it, you can find the speaker, and they can tell you what the
> talk was about in five minutes :)
> 
> aestetix
> 
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:25 PM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
>         
>           i've got a similar tho't: a "jellybean" talk
>         that precedes a main talk.
>           for example, a jellybean talk about using solder
>         suckers that precedes some electronic-oriented
>         workshop or lab or other event.
>           another example, a jellybean talk about some
>         particular commonly used idiom in spanish that
>         precedes the main spanish seminar....
>           jellybean talks, in my view, necessarily
>         have someone other than the presenter or
>         coordinator of the main talk and take up from
>         five to fifteen minutes. they're a reward for
>         getting there on time and they allow a little
>         slop for those stuck in traffic or otherwise
>         delayed in getting to the event. (we do like
>         starting events on time, yes?)
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 21:33 -0800, aestetix aestetix wrote:
>         > Greetings, all...
>         >
>         > Quick question. I know there are "formal" labs and lectures
>         that go on
>         > at scheduled times at noisebridge, but would anyone be open
>         to having
>         > "lightning lectures"? I'm kind of lifting this from the CCC
>         format,
>         > but I think a lot of people are working on little projects,
>         or maybe
>         > want to give a 5 to 10 minute talk on an idea they've been
>         playing
>         > around with, and don't want to devote a longer session to
>         it. I
>         > suggest this because I'm kicking around a few things I may
>         want to
>         > present.
>         >
>         > I apologize if this has already come up.... if not, what do
>         you think?
>         >
>         > aestetix
>         
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