[NYCBSDCon] presentations

[Dan Langille]

On 2013-11-20 10:15 AM, Wiley, Glen wrote:
> On 11/20/13 10:10 AM, "George Rosamond" <george at ceetonetechnology.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Wiley, Glen:
>>> We found that switching to speakers laptops took about 5 minutes on
>> 
>> Hey Glen!  Welcome aboard!
> 
> George,
> 
> Rick and I are both looking forward to visiting new york for the
> conference!
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>>> average during vBSDcon and it seemed to fit naturally with the breaks 
>>> we
>>> had between talks.  Those breaks were important for ensuring that 
>>> folks
>>> had a chance to chatter about what they just heard and to give them a
>>> chance to leverage personal connections related to the topic.  We got 
>>> a
>>> lot of positive feedback on the hallway track.
>> 
>> That was a lesson we learned long ago--in-between time is critical 
>> since
>> informal discussion is as critical to a con's success as the formal
>> presentations.  We have definitely accounted for it on our tentative
>> schedule.
>> 
>> In terms of laptops, it's always dependent on the right adapters and
>> onsite hardware, but yes, it should be relatively smooth.  The 
>> question
>> is integrating the recording/streaming.
> 
> We had one issue with adapters - Devin's macbook was OLD and the spare
> that I had for presenters used the newer apple video connector. My 
> guess
> is that 15-pin SVGA is common enough to meet almost everyone's needs.  
> We
> sent a note to all the speakers before hand to make sure we know about 
> any
> special AV needs.

A word of caution about 'special'.  To them, it's not special; it's 
normal.

You want to word it along these lines: we'll be providing a 15-ping SVGA 
connection to the projector.  If your laptop uses something else, please 
let us know in advance.

-- 
Dan Langille - http://langille.org/