Re: Things to bring along for FOSDEM

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

Am 02.02.2011 um 02:06 schrieb Ivan Vučica:

> I have not been to FOSDEM; but how come lecture halls don't have  
> some sort of organizer-provided speaker system?

It's an University – small seminar rooms in an old building, even  
the windows are still in single glazing with wonderful brass knobs.  
All they have there on default is an old overhead projector and a  
silkscreen.

> Almost any public speech I have been to in Croatia had one (for use  
> with microphone) -- isn't it easier to plug laptop into that?
>
> (All the talk about FOSDEM on this list warmed me up to it,  
> hopefully one of these years I'll be able to go :-))
>
> Regards,
>
> Ivan Vučica
> via phone
>
> On 2. vel. 2011., at 00:22, Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf <lars.sonchocky- 
> helldorf@hamburg.de> wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > it would be nice if somebody could bring one of the following  
> > things to FOSDEM:
> >
> > - a pair of computer speakers
> > - a second projector (we'll get one from the FOSDEM organizers)  
> > with adapters
> > - some printed out material (flyers, brochures and so on)
> > - Live-CDs anyone? (we could bring blank CD-Roms or DVDs and burn  
> > them ad hoc)
> >
> > What do we need that for? Gregory Casamento is presumably giving  
> > his speech via Skype. We did something similar before when David  
> > Chisnall gave his speach via iChat:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSQaROKGIsY
> >
> > From that experience we know that the build in speakers of a  
> > computer are to silent and that the screen of a laptop is to small.
> >
> > we would need the flyers and brochures for people to take away so  
> > they have something printed about GNUstep in their hands
> >
> >
> > Btw. Tim Käck will bring a tripod plus video camera so we can  
> > record the talks. I will bring a small router and a multiple plug.  
> > Bring your own ethernet cables!
> >
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> >    Lars
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