[EdLUG] CFT : can anybody give a talk? (2020-2021)

[Tai Kedzierski]

Everybody is being oh so shy and modest.... ;-)

Nobody want to try their hand at giving a talk?


===
Tai Kedzierski

EdLUG Maintainer: https://edlug.gitlab.io/

Edinburgh Language Meetup Organiser
https://www.meetup.com/Edinburgh-Language-Exchange-Meetup-Group/

*Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price.*
https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software



On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 at 12:07, Tai Kedzierski <dch.tai at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Pretty Please Call for Talks: if you have anything you would like to give
> a presentation on, from anything between absolute beginner "hey I just
> found this cool thing" to seasoned professional "deep dive with
> technology X", all is welcome!
>
> This may be especially great for you if you've never done public speaking
> and would like to give it a go. We've always had a friendly audience :-)
>
> You can see a list of example topics here, or suggest your own!
>
> https://gitlab.com/edlug/Meetings/-/wikis/call-for-talks
>
>
>
> Some very good ones for beginners:
>
> * Writing in Markdown - how and why
> * Mastodon - the FOSS alternative to the birdy microblogging social
> network.
> * Switching to LibreOffice for a month - wins and fails
> * AdBlockers - why, what types
>
> Some that could be interesting "intermediate" ones
>
> * Running a home server - game, files, VPN, etc
> * The GPL licenses, as well as MIT and BSD licenses - what, why, when
> * Use version control for all your projects - introductory session
>
> Also good candidates:
>
> * That new tech thing you found out about last month/year - what it's for,
> what you think it could be used for
> * That pet project you started, using Open Source components
> * A brief history of technology X (FOSS-related)
> * etc !
>
>
>
> Currently slots are open for October and November 2020, as well as
> January, February, March 2021.
>
> Pretty please :-)
>
> Nota: there are no talks in August and December, these are self-organised
> socials instead due to the seasonal events in town.
>
>
> Tai
>
>
> ===
> Tai Kedzierski
> Linux Operations and Deployments Engineer
>
>
> I use LibreOffice <https://www.libreoffice.org/> , a free,
> Freedom-respecting replacement for MS Office
>
> *Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price.*
> https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software
>
>
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