D Conference 2008

[Michael Neumann]

Brad Roberts wrote:
 >> If I can get out there (huge if)I might be able to put something
 >> together. But I'm not committing to anything, yet. However I think it
 >> would be more of a 5-10 "here is something cool I'm working on" kind of
 >> thing. Any way you could put out a category for those and string 5-6 of
 >> them together?
 >
 > I'm sure you'll understand that I won't be reserving a time slot for a
 > non-commitment. :)
 >
 > That said, I'm not super opposed to one session of rapid-fire 5 minute
 > 'see what I did' talks, as long as they're informative and interesting.
 >  And, sigh, I guess I have to be the judge of that.  However, I'd much
 > rather aim for meaty talks, since those sorts of 5 minute short talks
 > are roughly the equivalent of putting up a web page and saying 'look at
 > this'.

At last years RubyConf they organized in the evening the so-called
RejectConf. The one with the shortest "talk" (the first took just one
minute) was allowed to talk first. Then the second-shortest and so on.
This turned out to be *really* interesting. And note that you don't have
to plan anything up front (both you and the presenter :).

Just my 5 cents.

Regards,

   Michael