Call for future speakers

[John Vetterli]

I think another possibility is for developers to give a short talk
about any projects they are currently working on.

Good idea?  Bad idea?

JV

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Robert Brockway wrote:
> Hi all.  Could anyone interested in doing talks for September or later in
> the year please email with possible topics.  Is there anyone who has not
> done a talk at all?  Now is your chance? :)
> Talks can be anything Linux/Unix related.  Got a favourite utility or
> application?  Tell us why you love it.  Know some cool tricks with the
> shell?  Great.
> I also believe lighter talks are fine.  Linux isn't just about work.  Got
> a favourite Unix game?  Tell us about that.
> I think that talks on games would probably be shorter so we may try to fit
> 2 or 3 into one evening.  Ideally these would be games that were
> exclusively or predominantly Unix rather than cross-platform games that
> are probably better known.  Examples include Crossfire and Netrek.  Both
> of these started life on Unix and despite the existance of non-Unix
> clients they are still predominantly played by Unix users.
> Is anyone interested in a (fun) debate for a meeting.  This would consist
> of two teams each with 3 participants.  Each speaker would have a period
> of about 3 minutes in which to talk.  Ie, pretty standard debating format.
> I helped organised one of these for another club and it was a big success.
> Suggested Debate Topics:
> 		Vi vs Emacs.
> 		"C is too much trouble to learn these days" (for/against)
> 		"LAMP/LAPP is the future" (for/against)
> Please follow-up with support or opposition to a debate and possible
> topics.
> TLUG Talks Coordinator
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