[Inpycon] Open spaces & Lightning Talks

[Jaseem Abid]

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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