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== Next Lightning Talks (October 1st, 7:30PM) == | == Next Lightning Talks (October 1st, 7:30PM) == | ||
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== Past Lightning Talks == | == Past Lightning Talks == | ||
HacDC Lightning Talks I: October 1st, 2009 | |||
[[Image:LightningTalks1_thumb.jpg]] | |||
* 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 via skype??) | |||
** Remembrancer (TBA) (Alberto - unconfirmed - unlikely) | |||
** Using PGP web of trust to authenticate users??? (TBA) (Derek) | |||
** Developing Firefox Extensions (looking at Greasemonkey as an example) Nikolas | |||
** 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 == | ||
Revision as of 13:45, 2 October 2009
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).
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
Next Lightning Talks (October 1st, 7:30PM)
Unconfirmed:
Past Lightning Talks
HacDC Lightning Talks I: October 1st, 2009
- 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 via skype??)
- Remembrancer (TBA) (Alberto - unconfirmed - unlikely)
- Using PGP web of trust to authenticate users??? (TBA) (Derek)
- Developing Firefox Extensions (looking at Greasemonkey as an example) Nikolas
- A 5 Minute Discourse On The Exploration Of Mercury And The MESSENGER Flyby Discoveries (Indy)
Other Hackerspace Lightning Talks
* Noisebridge Five Minutes of Fame * Lightning Talks at MetaLab, Vienna (2008-11-15)