[Inpycon] Open spaces & Lightning Talks

Shrayas rajagopal shrayasr at gmail.com
Fri Jul 4 07:49:31 CEST 2014


Yes, makes sense.

I tried setting up ruby on my system to write the blog post but failed
miserably. Will give it another shot today.


On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 10:44 AM, me kracekumar <me at kracekumar.com> wrote:

> 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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>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Jaseem Abid
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