[Scale-planning] Hands-on activities in the Expo hall?

[Hriday Balachandran]

Won’t this affect any happy hour events that happen on the expo floor?
Happy hours contribute towards our F&B obligations at the venue, so they
are important too.
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 6:47 AM Lori Barfield <itdirector at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018, 22:44 Lan Dang <ldangmlist at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> I envisioned space at the other end of the Expo hall with a few large
>> round tables with power and either reliable wifi or wired connections.
>>  Maybe access to loaner computers and hardware like Arduinos, so things can
>> be set up ahead of time.
>>
>> The adult-friendly activities should be fun or valuable enough to lure
>> people into the expo hall, but not require such a time commitment that
>> they'd need to make a choice about whether to attend a talk.   The key
>> would be that the activities are something people could just stop by,
>> participate, and leave.
>>
>
> i love this idea!  keep in mind it's a bigger challenge to staff an
> activity zone all day long instead of at a specific time.  we'd probably
> want to time slice the areas to avoid inevitable empty intervals.
>
> Ideas for activities: Scratch programming. Resume clinic.  Lockpicking.
>> Linux clinic.  Learn something with Jupyter Notebooks. Learn how to
>> solder.  Making LED flowers or wearable electronics.  A brief primer on
>> securing data privacy.  How to get started with GitHub.   Vim Adventures.
>> Maybe VR or AR experiences.
>>
>
> these are great ideas.  RaiseMe is in, if we want a career development
> activity like resume review.
>
> I recently had fun with JavaScript with this activity:
>> https://codeclubprojects.org/en-GB/webdev/pixel-art/
>>
>> It'd be even better if we can pull in participation from the sponsor
>> booths.
>>
>
> i know sponsors sometimes feel constrained by the small booth area, and
> wonder how much they might enjoy free space elsewhere for oddball demos.
>
> ...lori
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