[clue-tech] speaker for March meeting

[David L. Willson]

Where I said "On slide-shows", I meant "These are what I think a good slide-show should be", or something like that.

David L. Willson
Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
MCT, MCSE, Linux+
tel://720.333.LANS
Freeing people from the tyranny (or whatevery) of Microsofty-ness, one at a time.

----- "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU> wrote:

> I can't speak for anyone else, but let me say this on my own behalf: 
> I really, really want to see OpenNMS / Nagios compared and contrasted.
>  I would be willing to sacrifice some depth, in order to see the two
> solutions side-by-side.
> 
> In addition to whatever speaker guidelines Dennis will give, I have
> these:
> 
>  - It takes longer to get that projector going than you think it
> will.
>  - You can show up as early as 6:30pm.
>  - Zach Giezen is grateful if you will give the same talk at
> CLUE-North.  Zach, chime in with details.
> 
> Still speaking for myself:
>  - A boring slide-show is better than nothing, but not much
>  - A demo of what I might do with the product is more fun to watch
> than a slide-show
>  - Actually doing it is the most fun, but that doesn't work for the
> CLUE room...  :-(
> 
> On slide shows:
>  - is a good outline
>  - is full of good references to websites and other resources
>  - reminds the presenter of what to cover
>  - records (briefly) the most important pieces of information (command
> lines are Good)
>  - posted to the CLUE website before the show, so attendees can use it
> to take notes on.
> 
> I'll buy you a beer after your presentation, which reminds me, Ryan
> McDowell, did anyone buy you a beer after yours?  If not, I will buy
> you a late one.
> 
> David L. Willson
> Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
> MCT, MCSE, Linux+
> tel://720.333.LANS
> Freeing people from the tyranny (or whatevery) of Microsofty-ness, one
> at a time.
> 
> ----- "chris fedde" <chris at fedde.us> wrote:
> 
> > Happy to step in. I think that I'd rather focus on Nagios alone to
> > begin with. Maybe also touching on a few useful network command
> line
> > tools along the way. We can leave OpenNMS and other network
> monitoring
> > tools for a future talk.
> > 
> > Are there general guidelines for speakers?
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:53 AM, < dennisjperkins at comcast.net >
> > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I see Dave has already responded. :) I'm looking forward to your
> talk.
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "chris fedde" < chris at fedde.us >
> > To: "CLUE technical discussion" < clue-tech at cluedenver.org >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:53:50 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada
> Mountain
> > Subject: Re: [clue-tech] speaker for March meeting
> > 
> > Maybe I should actually read my email before responding. When is
> the
> > next meeting? I can have something ready by then.
> > 
> > chris
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:43 AM, < dennisjperkins at comcast.net >
> > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I'd like to hear about it. So would Dave. When can you give a talk
> on
> > them?
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "chris fedde" < chris at fedde.us >
> > To: "CLUE technical discussion" < clue-tech at cluedenver.org >
> > 
> > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 8:51:37 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada
> Mountain
> > Subject: Re: [clue-tech] speaker for March meeting
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > April?
> > 
> > What topics are interesting enough? I could talk about OpenNMS or
> > Nagios if anyone cares.
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:45 AM, < dennisjperkins at comcast.net >
> > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > We need a speaker for March. Any volunteers?
> > 
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