[Inpycon] Open spaces & Lightning Talks

[me kracekumar]

Nice. Now that we have volunteers if we can have confirmation for space,
then writing a blog post and publishing will help.
I think it will be good once announcement of open space comes after
selected talks.


On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Sukhbinder <
sukh2010 at yahoo.com.dmarc.invalid> wrote:

> I am based in Bangalore and can help as volunteer for this and any other
> activity.
>
> -sukhbinder
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 30, 2014, at 11:48 AM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Awesome.
>
> @Krace, Now that we have a person who can take up the lead, what do you
> suggest are the next steps?
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Jaseem Abid <jaseemabid at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Completely agree with everything you just said.
>>>
>>> That is precisely what i was going for. The level of interaction at open
>>> spaces is something that i dont think we can achieve in talks or even after
>>> the talks.
>>>
>>> I have one thing to mention here though:
>>>
>>> Consider the way these things are playing out, it seems like there is
>>> more of an opportunity to have multiple open spaces are compared to just
>>> one session at an open space.
>>>
>>> If multiple open spaces make more sense, then I think the first floor
>>> would be the right place for it. We could arrange multiple small tables
>>> around which people could discuss. We could make like the first floor an
>>> "open zone" with multiple things happening at the same time.
>>>
>>> Also Jaseem, could you take the lead for this? As Krace said, we need
>>> someone to organize all this.
>>>
>>
>> I dont mind :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> /Shrayas
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Jaseem Abid <jaseemabid at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Shrayas rajagopal <shrayasr at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was watching talks from 2014 Pycon and there is a lightning talk[1]
>>>>> where Greg of the aosabook fame talks about how they want people to come
>>>>> together in an open space and work on something. I feel that we should make
>>>>> way from great discussions like those.
>>>>>
>>>>> Last year, I do remember that we had open spaces but they were tucked
>>>>> away in some corner of the place and it didn't attract too much attention
>>>>> (correct me if I am wrong)
>>>>>
>>>>> What I feel is this time, we should bring more (way more) focus to
>>>>> Open spaces and Lighting Talks. It is a great way for people to connect, do
>>>>> things together and learn SO much more.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There are a few good things worth mentioning about unconferences/open
>>>> table
>>>> discussions/hack spaces.
>>>>
>>>> 1. A lot of people (including me) still go to conferences and attend no
>>>> talks
>>>>    other than the keynote. Either they are there to socialize/hire and
>>>> an open
>>>>    space is perfect for that. Hacking on something interesting in your
>>>> own pace
>>>>    with a few similar minded people is a lot more interesting than an
>>>> average
>>>>    talk. It leads to a lot more interaction among attendees.
>>>>
>>>> 2. You can always learn from watching good folks work. We tried Debian
>>>> packaging
>>>>    at last foss.in and it went really well. I remember a vegetable
>>>> seller by day
>>>>    keenly observing, asking a million questions and towards the end of
>>>> the day
>>>>    managing to package a small gem. Those moments give you the feeling
>>>> that the
>>>>    conference actually have some real world value. Such level of
>>>> interaction is
>>>>    just not possible in a talk. Learning with a small group is awesome.
>>>>
>>>> 3. A lot of folks have ideas they want to share, but its not possible
>>>> to make it
>>>>    into a polished 30-60m talk. I could talk about interesting ways we
>>>> use ZMQ @
>>>>    Ideadevice or a 10m demo about the awesome things you can do with
>>>> decorators.
>>>>    Someone could show me an interesting refactoring technique. Its too
>>>> hard to
>>>>    make something like this into a talk, but it adds value to a lot of
>>>>    not-so-beginner folks. Unconferences/open tables are perfect for
>>>> that. I've
>>>>    learned quite a bit like that.
>>>>
>>>> Generally all you need is a good wifi and lot of open space for things
>>>> like this
>>>> to happen. I can help if anything is required of me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What do y'all feel ?
>>>>>
>>>>> /Shrayas
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSLvERZQSok&list=PLLj6w0Thbv02lEXIDVO46kotA_tv_8_us#t=1311
>>>>>
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>>>>
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