Lightning Talks

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Sign up here if you'd like to give a 5-minute Lightning Talk.

If you're not sure what a Lightning Talk is, consult Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Talk.

For more background: OSDC Lightning Talks

5 minute Lightning Talk Slots

We have 10 slots available. Lightning talks will be in Founders.

  • Each slot is 5 minutes
  • You may have slides.
  • For those who have are making slides, Remember Less is more!
  • Ensure they are ready to go on your laptop.
  • If using slides, always have a slide with your name, topic, contact info and link tothe project/subject you are talking about. Especially important if you aren't going to create a wiki page on your talk.
  • Use 1024 x 768 resolution.
  • Ensure your laptop has VGA output, or you have the appropriate connector
  • Put up a page on the wiki with a brief outline AND your contact info.
  • You will be timed using http://lightningtimer.net
  1. Francois Marier -- How not to delete your important files (slides and recording, also on Slideshare)
  2. Bdale Garbee -- Moonshot and Odyssey
  3. Tim_Ansell -- Other LA things!
  4. Christopher Neugebauer -- PyCon Australia -- Hobart 2012
  5. Arjen Lentz -- BlueHackers
  6. Michael Lake -- How Linux and Open Source looks after our Alpacas
  7. Peter Lawler - Update on the status of Tuz and friends
  8. Nicolas Erdody -- It's A Multicore World [1]
  9. Stewart Smith - HOWTO build a monorail
  10. Quintuple: Joel Stanley: C123. David Rowe: My Electric Car. Josh Triplett: LCA2012 Stickers! Rusty: LCA presenter call. Mark Jessop: HORUS.

These talks are beyond the 10 slot buffer - if we have time, we will get to you

  1. Julien Goodwin -- World IPv6 Launch day / Google IPv6 day results

30 second slots

Want to get up and say "Hi, this my project" or "Hi, we're hiring"? Great! In between the slots above, you've got 30 seconds to get up and say hello while the next speaker sets up.

Note: The 30 second "flash bulb" talks are talking only (no slides allows as the next lightning talk will be setting up at the same time. Therefore, please add contact details below, even if as simple as a link to a web page with further information and how can someone get in touch with you.

  1. Simon Lyall web, Twitter @Slyall
    Talk to Simon Lyall (or Lin Nah) if
    Interested in participating in Sysadmin barcamp in Auckland later this year
    Interested in an LCA in Auckland in 2 - 3 yrs
  2. Thomas Sprinkmeier - OGPC
  3. Jason White
  4. Jim Mussared - Friends don't let friends get their email compromised. Getting started with 2-step verification
  5. Paul Fenwick - Learn more with anki
  6. Tomas Miljenovic - LilyPond TextToVocals
  8. Rob Thomas - LCA VoIP Summary and thanks.
  9. (before Stewart) Donna Benjamin - Digitise the Dawn


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