[mdlug] Meeting topics for general public Instruction and training

[gib at juno.com]

I see.  I don't know that we have ever done a video conference with the presenter remote.  It may be interesting.

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Mike Mikowski <z_mikowski at yahoo.com>
To: gib at juno.com
Cc: mdlug at mdlug.org
Subject: Re: [mdlug] Meeting topics for general public Instruction	and training
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:14:59 -0800

>> I'm not sure what you mean when you say: "if a video conference works"

This means I live in silicon valley and the 96 hour round trip drive is a bit too much :-)

We could use Google hangouts though with up to 11 participants.  That could allow for micro meetings, where those from Dearborn, for example, might share one large screen.

Cheers, Mike

On Feb 21, 2014 8:56 AM, "gib at juno.com" <gib at juno.com> wrote:
>
> I like some of the ideas you listed. I'm not sure what you mean when you say: "if a video conference works". Typically we have a live presenter which is broadcast on a Google Plus hang-out.Programmer type topics have been something I've wanted to see. We have some members who may fall asleep. 
> ---------- Original Message ---------- 
> From: Michael Mikowski <z_mikowski at yahoo.com> 
> To: Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00 at gmail.com> 
> Cc: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org> 
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] Meeting topics for general public Instruction and training 
> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:48:22 -0800 
>
> Guys, I moved to silicon valley from Detroit, and have continued my use of Linux in all facets of my work.  I have presented numerous times to various conferences, including developer week and html5devconf.  I have a best selling book, "Single Page Web Applications" which reflects my current focus. 
>
> If you are open to a video conference, I have numerous presentations "in the can" about cutting edge web application development while using Linux.  I also publish a reference guide of the tools I use https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0Ak6s-8up66hRdEw5RkxVcDhwM0xiU0dUaDZBU1ptdkE&usp=docslist_api 
>
> So, if a video conference works, I'm game.  All of these are completed and previously presented to large, tech savvy audiences: single page web application intro and techniques; the fog of single page applications (best practices); headless testing of single page applications; replace sass, less, bootstrap, and other hacks with JavaScript programmatic styling (wip). 
>
> I might be convinced to present on why using desktop Linux as a web developer workstation makes a lot more sense than wasting time on windows and osx; or why dumping ruby for node makes a lot of sense. But that are not yet written. 
>
> Cheers, Mike 
>
> On Feb 20, 2014 11:33 PM, Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > gib at juno.com wrote: 
> > > If we want to draw in more people from the general public which topics could we cover?  Instruction and training ideas . . . 
> > 
> > 
> > No-cost equivalents to popular Windows programs. 
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