Demo Night - Gainesville Hackerspace

The old Google Groups will be going away soon, but your browser is incompatible with the new version.
Message from discussion Demo Night
Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of calan...@gmail.com designates 209.85.219.46 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.219.46;
Message-ID: <5076C182.7070...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:54:26 -0400
From: Chris Lane <calan...@gmail.com>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120912 Thunderbird/15.0.1
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: gainesville-hackerspace@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Demo Night
References: <50724B1A.40...@gmail.com> <CADKxRmuM3JCbPZKjwv+bCnr+nEMNo5FMzpesyhejbiSbjF4...@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CADKxRmuM3JCbPZKjwv+bCnr+nEMNo5FMzpesyhejbiSbjF4...@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
 boundary="------------060505010902050506070003"

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--------------060505010902050506070003
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Hi Mike

To answer your questions:

  * There's a separate email list for demo nights?

Such a list exists, but it's not currently in use. Because the "main" 
mailing list is still low-traffic anyway, we're just keeping the demo 
night discussions on the main list for now. If the demo night traffic 
picks up to the point that some start to feel we're spamming the main 
list, then we will start using the dedicated list.

  * How long are typical presentations? Do they vary?

Presentations are ideally about 10 minutes. QA afterwards may push you 
just slightly beyond 10 minutes, but 10 minutes start-to-finish is the goal.

  * How long are demo nights? Until they're done?

"Until they're done" is right. They tend to vary in length, historically 
ranging somewhere from 1 to 2+ hours, depending upon how many presenters 
we have.

  * Any cap of number of presentations?

 From a practical standpoint, I think seven is about the most we can 
cram into an evening without the event running for hours and hours.

  * Can someone give more than one presentation, hypothetically?

Let's handle that this way: if there are empty presentation slots, then 
yes, it's OK to give to presentations on the same night. I would prefer, 
however, that 1 person does not consume two slots on the night of an 
event that is "booked", where there are others who would like to 
present. You may reserve your presentation slot as far ahead in time as 
you'd like, though, so if you can't present both topics on one night, 
you can present the first topic and reserve your place to present the 
second on the next demo night.

  * I suggest a Google Doc for tracking a list of topics (perhaps a
    spreadsheet. requester, requester email, topic, request date,
    priority [low/med/high], presenter [empty until someone takes it]).
    Entries get deleted after they're completed on demo nights.
    Otherwise, the fancy route would be creating a web portal for demo
    nights (maybe Python/Django) where you can find presentation
    powerpoints, pictures, videos, and the request list.

Great suggestion. I'll take care of this later on today and will mail 
the list with the URL.

  * I know a handful of you have your HAM licenses, but would there be
    anyone interested in a amateur radio presentation?

I, for one, would love to see that.

  * Anyone interested in a high altitude balloon presentation?

Also yes!

Regarding the next demo night: I'm afraid we've already got 8 presenters 
signed up, so this one is at capacity. Would you like me to reserve your 
slot for November's demo night? I, personally, would love to learn more 
about Arduino, so I think that would be a great presentation.

Lastly, a note to the list: if we ever get to the point where we have 
/far/ too many presenters for a once-per-month demo night, we can always 
increase the frequency of the event. If you were considering presenting 
this month but were not able to because we hit capacity, let me know. I 
suspect this "problem" will get worse as we attract new members, though 
perhaps this isn't so much a "problem" as "progress" :)

Thanks for your questions and suggestions, Mike!

Chris



On 10/11/2012 01:24 AM, Mike Seese wrote:
> A couple of questions:
>
>   * There's a separate email list for demo nights?
>   * How long are typical presentations? Do they vary?
>   * How long are demo nights? Until they're done?
>   * Any cap of number of presentations?
>   * Can someone give more than one presentation, hypothetically?
>   * I suggest a Google Doc for tracking a list of topics (perhaps a
>     spreadsheet. requester, requester email, topic, request date,
>     priority [low/med/high], presenter [empty until someone takes
>     it]). Entries get deleted after they're completed on demo nights.
>     Otherwise, the fancy route would be creating a web portal for demo
>     nights (maybe Python/Django) where you can find presentation
>     powerpoints, pictures, videos, and the request list.
>   * I know a handful of you have your HAM licenses, but would there be
>     anyone interested in a amateur radio presentation?
>   * Anyone interested in a high altitude balloon presentation?
>
> If everything works out and my schedule looks fine, I might present 
> Arduino programming and MOSFET driving (LEDs and DC motors).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Seese
> University of Florida, ECE Department
> http://mikeseese.com <http://mikeseese.com/>, W4MIQ
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 11:40 PM, Chris Lane <calan...@gmail.com 
> <mailto:calan...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Guys and Gals
>
>     The next demo night is on Tuesday, 16 October, and this one is
>     special: to the best of our group recollection, this is going to
>     be the 1-year anniversary of Demo Night. Let's make it great!
>
>     With that said, I've got a few announcements:
>
>     First, FYI, Christian Campbell has passed on the torch to me
>     (Chris Lane) to run Demo Night for a while, so please route all
>     Demo Night related queries to me from now on. More importantly,
>     please join me in thanking Christian Campbell for all of his hard
>     work in getting Demo Night off the ground! Demo Night has been
>     great tool for sharing knowledge, recruiting new members, and -
>     most importantly, in my opinion - kicking people's asses to finish
>     projects. Next time you see him around the space, be sure to give
>     Christian a high-five and to thank him for his hard work. Thanks,
>     Christian!
>
>     As we kick off year two of Demo Night, there's really only one
>     adjustment I'd like to propose: I request that, if there's
>     something that you'd like to know more about (as in, if there's
>     something you'd like to see presented), please make a request on
>     the list (exactly like Galadriel did regarding using a router). My
>     hope is that this will encourage even more people to participate,
>     and will facilitate even more knowledge-transfer.
>
>     To "seed" this request list, here are some things that I
>     personally would love to know more about:
>
>     - Metasploit
>     - Maltego
>     - GPG/PGP
>     - Snort
>     - Raspberry Pi
>     - Programming Arduino
>     - Processing (the programming language)
>     - Unity (game programming engine)
>
>     (I'm a software guy, so my list has a software bias, but that's
>     not at all to discourage presentations unrelated to software. I've
>     yet to encounter a single demo that I didn't think was both
>     appropriate and interesting, regardless of the domain.)
>
>     How about the rest of you? What would you like to see presented?
>     What would you like to present?
>
>     In the (hopefully near) future, I plan on coming up with a more
>     formal system to track these requests, but for the time being,
>     please just email the list. Also, if the Demo Night list traffic
>     becomes overwhelming, there is also a dedicated Demo Night mailing
>     list to which we could eventually migrate. If you think the Demo
>     Night traffic starts to get spammy, let me know, and we'll
>     segregate out into the separate list.
>
>     That's it for announcements - now to the nitty-gritty:
>
>     As a general reminder, Demo Night is always on the third Tuesday
>     of every month. Doors open at 7:00, and presentations begin at
>     7:30. I'll be presenting /something/ on 16 Oct, though I've yet to
>     decide what. I believe we have a router demonstration scheduled as
>     well. Who else would like to present?
>
>     Thanks, everyone. Let's work together to make year two of Demo
>     Night great!
>
>     Chris
>     -- 
>     You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
>     Groups "Gainesville Hackerspace" group.
>     To post to this group, send an email to
>     gainesville-hackerspace@googlegroups.com
>     <mailto:gainesville-hackerspace@googlegroups.com>.
>     To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
>     gainesville-hackerspace+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
>     <mailto:gainesville-hackerspace%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups.com>.
>     For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>
>
>
> -- 
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google 
> Groups "Gainesville Hackerspace" group.
> To post to this group, send an email to 
> gainesville-hackerspace@googlegroups.com.
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
> gainesville-hackerspace+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
>
>


--------------060505010902050506070003
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

<html>
  <head>
    <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
      http-equiv="Content-Type">
  </head>
  <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
    Hi Mike<br>
    <br>
    To answer your questions:<br>
    <br>
    <ul>
      <li>There's a separate email list for demo nights?</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Such a list exists, but it's not currently in use. Because the
      "main" mailing list is still low-traffic anyway, we're just
      keeping the demo night discussions on the main list for now. If
      the demo night traffic picks up to the point that some start to
      feel we're spamming the main list, then we will start using the
      dedicated list.<br>
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>How long are typical presentations? Do they vary?</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Presentations are ideally about 10 minutes. QA afterwards may
      push you just slightly beyond 10 minutes, but 10 minutes
      start-to-finish is the goal.<br>
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>How long are demo nights? Until they're done?</li>
    </ul>
    <p>"Until they're done" is right. They tend to vary in length,
      historically ranging somewhere from 1 to 2+ hours, depending upon
      how many presenters we have.<br>
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>Any cap of number of presentations?</li>
    </ul>
    <p>From a practical standpoint, I think seven is about the most we
      can cram into an evening without the event running for hours and
      hours.<br>
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>Can someone give more than one presentation, hypothetically?</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Let's handle that this way: if there are empty presentation
      slots, then yes, it's OK to give to presentations on the same
      night. I would prefer, however, that 1 person does not consume two
      slots on the night of an event that is "booked", where there are
      others who would like to present. You may reserve your
      presentation slot as far ahead in time as you'd like, though, so
      if you can't present both topics on one night, you can present the
      first topic and reserve your place to present the second on the
      next demo night.<br>
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>I suggest a Google Doc for tracking a list of topics (perhaps
        a spreadsheet. requester, requester email, topic, request date,
        priority [low/med/high], presenter [empty until someone takes
        it]). Entries get deleted after they're completed on demo
        nights. Otherwise, the fancy route would be creating a web
        portal for demo nights (maybe Python/Django) where you can find
        presentation powerpoints, pictures, videos, and the request
        list.</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Great suggestion. I'll take care of this later on today and will
      mail the list with the URL.<br>
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>I know a handful of you have your HAM licenses, but would
        there be anyone interested in a amateur radio presentation?</li>
    </ul>
    <p>I, for one, would love to see that.<br>
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>Anyone interested in a high altitude balloon presentation?</li>
    </ul>
    Also yes!<br>
    <br>
    Regarding the next demo night: I'm afraid we've already got 8
    presenters signed up, so this one is at capacity. Would you like me
    to reserve your slot for November's demo night? I, personally, would
    love to learn more about Arduino, so I think that would be a great
    presentation.<br>
    <br>
    Lastly, a note to the list: if we ever get to the point where we
    have <i>far</i> too many presenters for a once-per-month demo
    night, we can always increase the frequency of the event. If you
    were considering presenting this month but were not able to because
    we hit capacity, let me know. I suspect this "problem" will get
    worse as we attract new members, though perhaps this isn't so much a
    "problem" as "progress" :)<br>
    <br>
    Thanks for your questions and suggestions, Mike!<br>
    <br>
    Chris<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/11/2012 01:24 AM, Mike Seese
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CADKxRmuM3JCbPZKjwv+bCnr+nEMNo5FMzpesyhejbiSbjF4...@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">A couple of questions:
      <div>
        <ul>
          <li>There's a separate email list for demo nights?</li>
          <li>How long are typical presentations? Do they vary?</li>
          <li>How long are demo nights? Until they're done?</li>
          <li>Any cap of number of presentations?</li>
          <li>Can someone give more than one presentation,
            hypothetically?</li>
          <li>I suggest a Google Doc for tracking a list of topics
            (perhaps a spreadsheet. requester, requester email, topic,
            request date, priority [low/med/high], presenter [empty
            until someone takes it]). Entries get deleted after they're
            completed on demo nights. Otherwise, the fancy route would
            be creating a web portal for demo nights (maybe
            Python/Django) where you can find presentation powerpoints,
            pictures, videos, and the request list.</li>
          <li>I know a handful of you have your HAM licenses, but would
            there be anyone interested in a amateur radio presentation?</li>
          <li>Anyone interested in a high altitude balloon presentation?</li>
        </ul>
        <div>If everything works out and my schedule looks fine, I might
          present Arduino programming and MOSFET driving (LEDs and DC
          motors).</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Thanks,</div>
        <br>
        Mike Seese<br>
        University of Florida, ECE Department<br>
        <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://mikeseese.com/"
          target="_blank">http://mikeseese.com</a>, W4MIQ<br>
        <br>
        <br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 11:40 PM, Chris
          Lane <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:calan...@gmail.com" target="_blank">calan...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>
          wrote:<br>
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
            <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Guys and Gals<br>
              <br>
              The next demo night is on Tuesday, 16 October, and this
              one is special: to the best of our group recollection,
              this is going to be the 1-year anniversary of Demo Night.
              Let's make it great!<br>
              <br>
              With that said, I've got a few announcements:<br>
              <br>
              First, FYI, Christian Campbell has passed on the torch to
              me (Chris Lane) to run Demo Night for a while, so please
              route all Demo Night related queries to me from now on.
              More importantly, please join me in thanking Christian
              Campbell for all of his hard work in getting Demo Night
              off the ground! Demo Night has been great tool for sharing
              knowledge, recruiting new members, and - most importantly,
              in my opinion - kicking people's asses to finish projects.
              Next time you see him around the space, be sure to give
              Christian a high-five and to thank him for his hard work.
              Thanks, Christian!<br>
              <br>
              As we kick off year two of Demo Night, there's really only
              one adjustment I'd like to propose: I request that, if
              there's something that you'd like to know more about (as
              in, if there's something you'd like to see presented),
              please make a request on the list (exactly like Galadriel
              did regarding using a router). My hope is that this will
              encourage even more people to participate, and will
              facilitate even more knowledge-transfer.<br>
              <br>
              To "seed" this request list, here are some things that I
              personally would love to know more about:<br>
              <br>
              - Metasploit<br>
              - Maltego<br>
              - GPG/PGP<br>
              - Snort<br>
              - Raspberry Pi<br>
              - Programming Arduino<br>
              - Processing (the programming language)<br>
              - Unity (game programming engine)<br>
              <br>
              (I'm a software guy, so my list has a software bias, but
              that's not at all to discourage presentations unrelated to
              software. I've yet to encounter a single demo that I
              didn't think was both appropriate and interesting,
              regardless of the domain.)<br>
              <br>
              How about the rest of you? What would you like to see
              presented? What would you like to present?<br>
              <br>
              In the (hopefully near) future, I plan on coming up with a
              more formal system to track these requests, but for the
              time being, please just email the list. Also, if the Demo
              Night list traffic becomes overwhelming, there is also a
              dedicated Demo Night mailing list to which we could
              eventually migrate. If you think the Demo Night traffic
              starts to get spammy, let me know, and we'll segregate out
              into the separate list.<br>
              <br>
              That's it for announcements - now to the nitty-gritty:<br>
              <br>
              As a general reminder, Demo Night is always on the third
              Tuesday of every month. Doors open at 7:00, and
              presentations begin at 7:30. I'll be presenting <i>something</i>
              on 16 Oct, though I've yet to decide what. I believe we
              have a router demonstration scheduled as well. Who else
              would like to present?<br>
              <br>
              Thanks, everyone. Let's work together to make year two of
              Demo Night great!<span class="HOEnZb"><font
                  color="#888888"><br>
                  <br>
                  Chris<br>
                </font></span></div>
            <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
                -- <br>
                You received this message because you are subscribed to
                the Google Groups "Gainesville Hackerspace" group.<br>
                To post to this group, send an email to <a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:gainesville-hackerspace@googlegroups.com"
                  target="_blank">gainesville-hackerspace@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>
                To unsubscribe from this group, send email to <a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:gainesville-hackerspace%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups.com"
                  target="_blank">gainesville-hackerspace+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>
                For more options, visit <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out"
                  target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out</a>.<br>
                &nbsp;<br>
                &nbsp;<br>
              </font></span></blockquote>
        </div>
        <br>
      </div>
      -- <br>
      You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
      Groups "Gainesville Hackerspace" group.<br>
      To post to this group, send an email to
      <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gainesville-hackerspace@googlegroups.com">gainesville-hackerspace@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>
      To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
      <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gainesville-hackerspace+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com">gainesville-hackerspace+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>
      For more options, visit <a moz-do-not-send="true"
        href="https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out">https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out</a>.<br>
      &nbsp;<br>
      &nbsp;<br>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
  </body>
</html>

--------------060505010902050506070003--
Create a group - Google Groups - Google Home - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy
Account Options
