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'''The DC Week Lightning Talks were a blast. See below for photo and slides. The next Lightning Talks will be likely be scheduled in August-Sept'''


== Overview ==
== Overview ==


HacDC Lightning Talks sessions feature 12 speakers, each talking for 5 minutes. Topics can be anything of interest to the speaker. Speakers submit their ideas for approval, and 12 topics are chosen for a given session. Rejected topics may be resubmitted for any future session. To submit a talk topic proposal, please email me a title and brief description (if not self explanatory) at dp - at - danielpacker - dot - org or say hello on #hacdc on freenode (my nick is obscurite).
HacDC Lightning Talks sessions feature 12 speakers, each talking for 5 minutes. Topics can be anything of interest to the speaker. Speakers submit their ideas for approval, and 12 topics are chosen for a given session. Rejected topics may be resubmitted for any future session. To submit a talk topic proposal, please [mailto:[email protected] e-mail Katie] a title and brief description (if not self explanatory).


Why would you want to do a lightning talk?
Why would you want to do a lightning talk?
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'''LOCATION''':
'''LOCATION''':
* For Digital Capital Week, HacDC Lightning Talks will be held at:
** Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church
** 900 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC
** [http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=18145717886991467512&q=Mount+Vernon+United+Methodist+Church,+dc&hl=en&cd=2&ei=Go3sS_3LKY2MzATutMzIDQ&sig2=xr7FM6yAn6kZSAxRamehnw&dtab=0&sll=38.899236,-76.945499&sspn=0.014848,0.193422&ie=UTF8&ll=38.986367,-77.127457&spn=0,0&z=12&iwloc=B google map]


* Normally held at: HacDC @ St. Stephen's Church
* Normally held at: HacDC @ St. Stephen's Church
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** [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1525%20newton%20st%20nw%2C%20dc google map]
** [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1525%20newton%20st%20nw%2C%20dc google map]


== Past Lightning Talks ==
=== Lightning Talks VII: November 9, 2013 ===


We're excited to have this session be part of Digital Capital Week's "Digital Garage" conference. Tickets are currently free.
The next round of HacDC Lightning Talks took place at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2013, in the auditorium at Saint Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church.
See location info above for address. Event will be held on Saturday, June 19 at 4:45PM.


Digital Capital Week links:
[http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/143833402/ Meetup event] / [https://www.facebook.com/events/113760082157267 Facebook event]
* [http://schedule.digitalcapitalweek.org/event/f48b97a40a264029aff31d8e4b83e091 Digital Capital Week event website]
 
* [http://digitalgarage.eventbrite.com/ Digital Capital Week Digital Garage conference registration]
Talks:
* The Slow Runway: Launching a Hardware Startup Without Outside Funding, by Rustom Meyer
* Memorizing phone numbers quickly and easily: Pegging, by Darius Roberts
* Bitcoin, by Darrell Duane
* Project Byzantium, by Ben Mendis
* NVIS and ALE: A Cost Effective Alternative to Satellite Communications by Lee (tentative)
* Wine Tasting, by Celeste Lyn Paul
* Compiling functional programs into Arduino Due sketches using EmbeddedML, by Andrew Harris
* The state of the art in private submersibles, by Alec Smyth
 
 
=== Lightning Talks VI: November 3, 2012 ===
 
The last round of HacDC Lightning Talks took place at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 3, 2012, in the auditorium at Saint Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church.
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnufdeJPyy8 Video footage of these talks has been uploaded to YouTube.] See below for links to individual talks within the video footage.
 
[http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/73602492/ Meetup event] / [https://www.facebook.com/events/257429464360475/ Facebook event]


NOW ACCEPTING TALK PROPOSALS. EMAIL [[User:Obscurite]] WITH YOUR TALK TITLE AND CONCEPT.
Talks:
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnufdeJPyy8#t=22m16s nature aquaria] by Dave
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnufdeJPyy8#t=51m44s DC Community Access Network] by Greg Bloom
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnufdeJPyy8#t=31m27s Deep Space Network] by Katie
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnufdeJPyy8#t=42m4s Rapid Robot Prototyping with ROS] by David Pietrocola
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnufdeJPyy8#t=0m10s next-generation robotic ocean sampler by Andrew]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnufdeJPyy8#t=15m35s van living] by Shawn
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnufdeJPyy8#t=8m24s My First Patent by David]


== Next Lighting Talks (Date TBA) ==
=== Lightning Talks V: June 9, 2012 ===


The next HacDC Lightning Talks will be scheduled in August or Sept.
The most recent HacDC Lightning Talks took place at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 9, 2012, in the dining room at Saint Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church. We invited folks from other DC/MD/VA-area hackerspaces—specifically, Baltimore Node, Harford Hackerspace, Unallocated Space, Southern Maryland Hackerspace, Nova Labs, 757 Labs, Apple Space, FredHack, hack.rva, North Street Labs, Roastella Labs, and Reverse Space—to come check out our space that afternoon and join our lightning talks.


[http://youtu.be/oQoisbN8tEY Video footage of these talks has been uploaded to Youtube.]


== Past Lightning Talks ==
The lineup:
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQoisbN8tEY#t=0m9s Building a Software Sound Synthesizer in 5 Minutes], by Brock
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQoisbN8tEY#t=5m13s Language Learning in the Digital Age], by Todd Anderson
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQoisbN8tEY#t=10m26s Robotic Ocean Sampler], by Andrew Harris
** ''[http://www.algalita.org/uploads/Riosetal2010.pdf Quantitation of persistent organic pollutants adsorbed on plastic debris from the Northern Pacific Gyre’s ‘‘eastern garbage patch’’]'', a paper from the Journal of Environmental Monitoring
** the [http://www.algalita.org/ Algalita Marine Research Institute] provides information on plastics in the oceans
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpUyIjDV-As Youtube video of Prototype Robotic Ocean Sampler test in the Chesapeake Bay]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQoisbN8tEY#t=15m52s Cycling the C&O Canal], by Nick B.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQoisbN8tEY#t=22m17s Amateur Radio], by Lee Ciereszko
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQoisbN8tEY#t=28m40s The Day That Took SOPA Down], by Jeremy Pesner
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQoisbN8tEY#t=35m19s Open Source Hardware for CNC], by Alden Hart
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQoisbN8tEY#t=41m16s Are We Living in the Cyberpunk Dystopia?], by Todd Fine


=== HacDC Lightning Talks IV: June 19, 2010 ===
=== HacDC Lightning Talks IV: June 19, 2010 ===
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** Intro to HacDC (Daniel Packer)
** Intro to HacDC (Daniel Packer)
** DIY cyborg implants (Jeremy Ruhland)
** DIY cyborg implants (Jeremy Ruhland)
* For Digital Capital Week, HacDC Lightning Talks were held at:
** Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church
** 900 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC
** [http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=18145717886991467512&q=Mount+Vernon+United+Methodist+Church,+dc&hl=en&cd=2&ei=Go3sS_3LKY2MzATutMzIDQ&sig2=xr7FM6yAn6kZSAxRamehnw&dtab=0&sll=38.899236,-76.945499&sspn=0.014848,0.193422&ie=UTF8&ll=38.986367,-77.127457&spn=0,0&z=12&iwloc=B google map]
Digital Capital Week links:
* [http://schedule.digitalcapitalweek.org/event/f48b97a40a264029aff31d8e4b83e091 Digital Capital Week event website]
* [http://digitalgarage.eventbrite.com/ Digital Capital Week Digital Garage conference registration]


=== HacDC Lightning Talks III: February 23, 2010 ===
=== HacDC Lightning Talks III: February 23, 2010 ===
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*** [http://www.hex-rays.com/idapro/idadownfreeware.htm IDA Free]
*** [http://www.hex-rays.com/idapro/idadownfreeware.htm IDA Free]
*** [http://www.immunityinc.com/products-immdbg.shtml Immunity - an alternative to IDA Free suggested by Riley]
*** [http://www.immunityinc.com/products-immdbg.shtml Immunity - an alternative to IDA Free suggested by Riley]


=== HacDC Lightning Talks I: October 1st, 2009 ===
=== HacDC Lightning Talks I: October 1st, 2009 ===
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** Using PGP web of trust to authenticate users??? (Derek)
** Using PGP web of trust to authenticate users??? (Derek)
** A 5 Minute Discourse On The Exploration Of Mercury And The [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/mer_flyby3.html MESSENGER Flyby] Discoveries (Indy)
** A 5 Minute Discourse On The Exploration Of Mercury And The [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/mer_flyby3.html MESSENGER Flyby] Discoveries (Indy)


== Other Hackerspace Lightning Talks ==
== Other Hackerspace Lightning Talks ==

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Overview

HacDC Lightning Talks sessions feature 12 speakers, each talking for 5 minutes. Topics can be anything of interest to the speaker. Speakers submit their ideas for approval, and 12 topics are chosen for a given session. Rejected topics may be resubmitted for any future session. To submit a talk topic proposal, please e-mail Katie a title and brief description (if not self explanatory).

Why would you want to do a lightning talk?

  • To show off a project
  • Let people know what you're into
  • Get feedback on an idea
  • Practice talking about a particular topic
  • Practice public speaking in a nonthreatening way
  • Find project contributors/volunteers/members

LOCATION:

  • Normally held at: HacDC @ St. Stephen's Church
    • 1525 Newton St NW (corner of 16th St NW)
    • Look for a red door facing the parking lot. Take the green line metro to Columbia Heights.
    • google map

Past Lightning Talks

Lightning Talks VII: November 9, 2013

The next round of HacDC Lightning Talks took place at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2013, in the auditorium at Saint Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church.

Meetup event / Facebook event

Talks:

  • The Slow Runway: Launching a Hardware Startup Without Outside Funding, by Rustom Meyer
  • Memorizing phone numbers quickly and easily: Pegging, by Darius Roberts
  • Bitcoin, by Darrell Duane
  • Project Byzantium, by Ben Mendis
  • NVIS and ALE: A Cost Effective Alternative to Satellite Communications by Lee (tentative)
  • Wine Tasting, by Celeste Lyn Paul
  • Compiling functional programs into Arduino Due sketches using EmbeddedML, by Andrew Harris
  • The state of the art in private submersibles, by Alec Smyth


Lightning Talks VI: November 3, 2012

The last round of HacDC Lightning Talks took place at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 3, 2012, in the auditorium at Saint Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church.

Video footage of these talks has been uploaded to YouTube. See below for links to individual talks within the video footage.

Meetup event / Facebook event

Talks:

Lightning Talks V: June 9, 2012

The most recent HacDC Lightning Talks took place at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 9, 2012, in the dining room at Saint Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church. We invited folks from other DC/MD/VA-area hackerspaces—specifically, Baltimore Node, Harford Hackerspace, Unallocated Space, Southern Maryland Hackerspace, Nova Labs, 757 Labs, Apple Space, FredHack, hack.rva, North Street Labs, Roastella Labs, and Reverse Space—to come check out our space that afternoon and join our lightning talks.

Video footage of these talks has been uploaded to Youtube.

The lineup:

HacDC Lightning Talks IV: June 19, 2010

Lightning Talks IV at DCWeek

These talks were presented as part of Digital Capital Week's Digital Garage mini-conference at the Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church.

  • Speakers:
    • Sysadmins: Have smartphone, will travel (Betsy Nichols and Andrei Tchijov) Media:HaveSmartphoneWillTravel.pdf
    • AI: Perceptions and Misconceptions (Bradford Barr) Media:Ai_perceptions_and_misconceptions.pdf
    • Writ Large: scaling a Cartesian robot (Dan Barlow) SVG
    • Fast Creativity: Using the DNA of Improvisational Comedy to Foster Ideas Fast (Shawn Westfall)
    • While you sleep: Making Art with your mind (and a little code) (Jack Whitsitt)
    • Intro to HacDC (Daniel Packer)
    • DIY cyborg implants (Jeremy Ruhland)
  • For Digital Capital Week, HacDC Lightning Talks were held at:
    • Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church
    • 900 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC
    • google map

Digital Capital Week links:


HacDC Lightning Talks III: February 23, 2010

What an amazing Lightning Talks. The talks were well attended and the setup was better than ever with a great sound system setup and an actual camera crew. We had fantastic presentations spanning tech, science, art, music and even comedy.

  • Speakers:
    • The Word Clock (Alden Hart)
    • Digital Capital Week (Peter Corbett)
    • Equipping and Empowering the Faithful (Rev. Fred Williams)
    • Machine self replication for fun and profit (R. Mark Adams, PhD)
    • Computer Graphics Ain't Basket Weaving (but Close!) (Jim Mallos)
    • The Strap-On SharkFin (Justin Shaw)
    • Should Libraries be Homes for Human Ingenuity? (Phil Shapiro)
    • Chicken (Benjamin Hartley)
    • The USB Scroll Wheel of DOOM! (Elliot Williams)
    • Creating a Kit is not Quick (Nikolas Coukouma)
    • Musical actors for performance in SuperCollider (James Harkins)
    • The Cure for Cancer: Medicine as Engineering (Darius Roberts)
    • BrainQuartz (Jack Whitsitt)
  • Cancelled:
    • Low Power Design Techniques, system/board level (William Gibb)


HacDC Lightning Talks II: November 17, 2009

Lightning Talks II at St. Stephens

Top notch talks made this a night to remember and we managed to improve upon the first talks in several ways including more comfortable seating arrangements, video recording (will be posted here eventually), and smoother transitions between speakers with mini Q&A sessions. The cookies were tasty (if I must say so myself), and about a dozen attendees enjoyed drinks and mingling after the talks at a nearby pub.

  • Speakers:
    • The future of space-based lidar (Brian)
    • Rapid Open Source Hardware Prototyping (Riley)
    • Intro to DSP (Omer)
    • sudo make me a website (Daniel)
    • Best food near HacDC (Timball)
    • Taking high-res photos with cheap point-and-shoots (Jim)
    • Simple devices, complex sounds (Elliot)
    • Developing Firefox Extensions (looking at Greasemonkey as an example) (Nikolas)
    • XMPP - It's more than just IM (Arc)
    • Eating Tag Soup (Kevin)
    • "Pwn" your neighbor: Enhanced WEP/WPA brute force cracking using GPU hardware acceleration (Andy)
    • Five Foods to Try in Japan (User:Katie)
    • Bonus talk: Dis-assembly of windows notepad using IDA Free (Jason)


HacDC Lightning Talks I: October 1st, 2009

The first Lightning Talks at St. Stephens in the old HacDC space

We packed the house with smiling hackers at the first monthly HacDC Lightning Talks! The talks were awesome and so were the cookies! Thanks to everyone who participated and made this a success. Next month will be even better organized with more space, better arrangement, more advance scheduling, and video recording.

  • Speakers:
    • Unearthing an 8-bit Dungeon (Jason)
    • Kōdō, the Japanese Way of Incense (Katie)
    • Cross-Platform Multiple Compiler Build System (Eryc)
    • The Solenoid Beat: towards a mechanical drum machine w/ MIDI controller (Michael)
    • I CAN HAZ LOLSPEAK?: Examining LOLspeak through linguistics. (Ederlyn)
    • After the End of the World: Lessons We Can Learn from the Black Death (Benjamin)
    • A few minutes about cache coherency (Andrew)
    • Miniaturizing your projects - Techniques for using tiny little QFN surface mount components at home (Alden)
    • The Last Gasp of the Time Capsule (Luke)
    • Building a Sailboat in Five Days (Andrew J)
    • The Evolution of Death (Daniel)
  • Cancelled/Postponed:
    • Daimoku (Rodney
    • Remembrancer (Alberto)
    • Using PGP web of trust to authenticate users??? (Derek)
    • A 5 Minute Discourse On The Exploration Of Mercury And The MESSENGER Flyby Discoveries (Indy)


Other Hackerspace Lightning Talks

* Noisebridge Five Minutes of Fame (old site)
* Lightning Talks at MetaLab, Vienna (2008-11-15)
* Lightning Talks at Interlock Rochester (2010-01-12)