LightningTalks

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 (DATE TBA - Around Nov 1st)

Topic? (Elliot) Topic?? (Katie)

Past Lightning Talks

HacDC Lightning Talks I: October 1st, 2009

Hi-res We packed the house with simling hackers at the first monthly HacDC Lightning Talks and enjoyed a variety of yummy cookies while listening to a really fascinating array of talks. Thanks to everyone who participated or helped! 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)
  • 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)