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Roan Kattouw

13 Jun 2014 13 Jun '14

12:49 a.m.

The linux.conf.au conference, which I have presented to and love going to, just opened up its call for talks: http://linux.conf.au/cfp . They want talks about all kinds of open source programming stuff, not just Linux: Trevor and I presented about ResourceLoader in 2012, and James and I presented about VisualEditor in 2014. LCA 2015 will be 12-16 January in Auckland, New Zealand. That's summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and the climate there is very moderate, so no sweltering heat like in Australia :) LCA provides travel funding to some speakers, and Wikimedia funds TPS grants for people going to conferences to talk about Wikimedia-related things: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS . So you could even get to go for free. LCA is basically my favorite conference - the talks are great and of high quality, they treat speakers well, and their audience gets what we're doing. This is a fun chance to show off your project. I encourage you to suggest a talk, or tell someone else that they should talk about their project. Roan P.S.: Thanks to Sumana for writing most of this email, and for talking me into proposing a talk for LCA in the first place back in 2011

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Luis Villa

13 Jun 13 Jun

1:08 a.m.

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On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Roan Kattouw <roan.kattouw(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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they treat speakers well,

I got a balloon ride the year I spoke. It was trumped the next year by a helicopter ride. Definitely an amazing trip. Luis

Roan Kattouw

6:56 a.m.

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On Jun 12, 2014 4:08 PM, "Luis Villa" <lvilla(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

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I got a balloon ride the year I spoke. It was trumped the next year by a helicopter ride. Definitely an amazing trip.

Wow, when was that?! I got no such thing :) In 2012 they did take all the speakers a show (and dinner) at a staged Gold Rush town (which is the *the* tourist attraction in Ballarat), in 2014 it was just a dinner at the local marina. Roan

Luis Villa

4:04 p.m.

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On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Roan Kattouw <roan.kattouw(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Jun 12, 2014 4:08 PM, "Luis Villa" <lvilla(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

I got a balloon ride the year I spoke. It was trumped the next year by a helicopter ride. Definitely an amazing trip.

'05 for balloons over lovely Canberra, '06 for helicopters over Sydney harbor. (I only went in '05, heard about '06 later.) Maybe they've toned it down a little, but still a great conference! Luis

Tyler Romeo

4:07 p.m.

I’ve always wanted to submit a cool MediaWiki talk to these conferences, but I have no idea what I’d talk about (or whether I’m even experienced enough to talk about anything at a conference). Are there any guidelines on what would make a good talk? -- Tyler Romeo 0xC86B42DF From: Luis Villa lvilla(a)wikimedia.org Reply: Wikimedia developers wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Date: June 13, 2014 at 10:05:14 To: Wikimedia developers wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Tell my favorite conference about your Wikimedia tech On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Roan Kattouw <roan.kattouw(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Jun 12, 2014 4:08 PM, "Luis Villa" <lvilla(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

I got a balloon ride the year I spoke. It was trumped the next year by a helicopter ride. Definitely an amazing trip.

'05 for balloons over lovely Canberra, '06 for helicopters over Sydney harbor. (I only went in '05, heard about '06 later.) Maybe they've toned it down a little, but still a great conference! Luis _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Luis Villa

4:52 p.m.

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On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 7:07 AM, Tyler Romeo <tylerromeo(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I’ve always wanted to submit a cool MediaWiki talk to these conferences, but I have no idea what I’d talk about (or whether I’m even experienced enough to talk about anything at a conference).

The answer to that second part is "yes" :) LCA is not TED :) Background on their speaker selection process and what makes for a good submission (useful for any conference, not just LCA): http://opensource.com/life/14/1/get-your-conference-talk-submission-accepted

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Are there any guidelines on what would make a good talk?

http://speaking.io/plan/an-idea/ ? [All of speaking.io is useful.] HTH- Luis

Sumana Harihareswara

16 Jun 16 Jun

5:36 p.m.

Thanks, Luis! And for Tyler or anyone else on this list who has the same questions: Sometimes I come up with a talk idea by asking myself, "What do I know now that I wish I'd known a year ago?" This is a way to think about what you've learned that a lot of other people don't know as well as you. That's basically how I thought of "A Few Python Tips". To practice it in front of a small crowd first, I'm doing a tech talk this Thursday: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Meetings/2014-06-19 before I talk next week at Open Source Bridge. To give a Wikimedia tech talk about your topic: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Calendar/How_to_schedule_an_event And, just like with submitting patches, don't reject *yourself* before the conference organizers have a chance to. ;-) -Sumana On 06/13/2014 10:52 AM, Luis Villa wrote:

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On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 7:07 AM, Tyler Romeo <tylerromeo(a)gmail.com> wrote:

I’ve always wanted to submit a cool MediaWiki talk to these conferences, but I have no idea what I’d talk about (or whether I’m even experienced enough to talk about anything at a conference).

Are there any guidelines on what would make a good talk?

http://speaking.io/plan/an-idea/ ? [All of speaking.io is useful.] HTH- Luis _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Nikolas Everett

5:39 p.m.

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Man! I'd love to go ride in a balloon and give a talk but Auckland is so close to half way around the world.... On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Sumana Harihareswara < sumanah(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

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I’ve always wanted to submit a cool MediaWiki talk to these conferences, but I have no idea what I’d talk about (or whether I’m even experienced enough to talk about anything at a conference).

The answer to that second part is "yes" :) LCA is not TED :) Background

their speaker selection process and what makes for a good submission (useful for any conference, not just LCA):

http://opensource.com/life/14/1/get-your-conference-talk-submission-accepted

Are there any guidelines on what would make a good talk?

_______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Sumana Harihareswara

14 Jul 14 Jul

4:14 p.m.

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Deadline extended to Sunday 20 July. http://linux.conf.au/media/news/41 The conference organisers will notify you (about whether they accepted your talk) in September. linux.conf.au/cfp Sumana Harihareswara Senior Technical Writer Wikimedia Foundation On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Roan Kattouw <roan.kattouw(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Luis Villa
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