[Inpycon] Open spaces & Lightning Talks

[Sukhbinder]

I am based in Bangalore and can help as volunteer for this and any other activity.  

-sukhbinder

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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:
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>> 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 :)
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>>  
>>> 
>>> /Shrayas
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Jaseem Abid <jaseemabid at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
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>>>> 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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