[OKC JUG] November Lightning Talks

[Les Martin]

What time tomorrow do you want the slides? What format should they be in?
(odf, ppt, pdf)?

thanks.

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On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Jason Lee <jason at steeplesoft.com> wrote:

> We're only a week away from our lightning talks.  Here is the current line
> up (note that participants can and order almost certainly will change):
>
> Brent - JSF 2
> Derek - ???
> Shane Kempton - Software Bill of Rights
> Ryan - Biography of Duke
> Mitch Blevins - Automatic test data generation
> Grzegorz Bugaj - JSFConsole
> Ash - Google App Engine
> Scott - JavaFX
> Chad Gorshing - How to write untestable code
> Les Martin - ???
> Forrest Humphrey - Mule ESB
>
> If you'd like to get on the list, we can probably squeeze in a couple more.
>  For those already committed, please remember that the deadline for slides
> is this Friday, as we need time to get the logistics worked out for the
> actual presentation.
>
>
> On Oct 30, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Jason Lee wrote:
>
>  As we mentioned at the meeting last week, November's meetings will consist
>> of several lightning talks.  If you've even been to OpenBeta, then you know
>> what these are.  For those that don't, the speaker gets only 5 minutes and
>> 20 slides, with 15 seconds per slide.  Every 15 seconds, the slides advance,
>> whether or not the speaker is ready.  It may sound a bit chaotic, but they
>> really are pretty effective, and really, really fun. :)
>>
>> We'd like to have as many as possible participate, and we'd like it to be
>> as many non-regular speakers as possible, so that means you.  Five minutes
>> is an incredibly *short* amount of time to speak on a topic, and I'm
>> guessing if you had a speech class in college (or high school, or even Toast
>> Masters!) then you've done at least 5 minutes.  If you need help planning
>> your talk or slides, there are plenty of people at the JUG who would be
>> willing to help out.
>>
>> If you're interested in speaking, please reply to the list with the topic
>> you'd like to cover.  If you've always wanted to speak at the JUG but didn't
>> feel comfortable with the whole hour, now's your chance to get your feet
>> wet!
>>
>> Jason Lee, SCJP
>> President, Oklahoma City Java Users Group
>> Senior Java Developer, Sun Microsystems
>> http://blogs.steeplesoft.com
>>
>>
> Jason Lee, SCJP
> President, Oklahoma City Java Users Group
> Senior Java Developer, Sun Microsystems
> http://blogs.steeplesoft.com
>
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