<div dir="ltr"><br><div>I really like the short video idea, we definitely can use a few to help give people an idea of what SCALE is all about.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:03 AM, Christopher Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbsmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">cbsmith@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I too tend not to watch long videos. I mostly prefer to just read. Everyone is different though.<div><br></div><div>I was just going for hitting more modalities with minimalist effort. In reality, before you arrive at a conference, you've at least somewhat locked in your plans and your schedule. I figure a talk at the conference might be too late for many newbies. So, a video of said talk that you check out well before you attend would fit the bill. If someone wants to put together some short length videos on the subject, I would definitely support that idea.</div><div><br></div><div>--Chris<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:43 AM, <a href="mailto:ldangmlist@gmail.com" target="_blank">ldangmlist@gmail.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ldangmlist@gmail.com" target="_blank">ldangmlist@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif'"><div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">I don't have the time or attention span to watch videos that are more than a couple of minutes long. Perhaps we can do quick video clips, which can become advertisements for next year.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">At my workplace, HR did a series of short videos on specific topics aimed at new employees. That is a lot easier to digest than a long video that tries to cover everything. It also helps that it had good production values.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Lan</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my HTC</div></div>
</div><div><div class="m_-6667718789220652569h5"><br><div id="m_-6667718789220652569m_1364477037252366988htc_header">----- Reply message -----<br>From: "Christopher Smith" <<a href="mailto:cbsmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">cbsmith@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "SCALE Planning List" <<a href="mailto:scale-planning@lists.linuxfests.org" target="_blank">scale-planning@lists.linuxfes<wbr>ts.org</a>><br>Subject: [Scale-planning] SCALE 101 / helping new attendees<br>Date: Sat, Mar 11, 2017 1:31 AM</div></div></div></div><div class="m_-6667718789220652569HOEnZb"><div class="m_-6667718789220652569h5"><br><div dir="auto">I say we email out the video of the talk to at least new attendees.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 10, 2017 12:51 AM, "Phil Dibowitz" <<a href="mailto:phil@ipom.com" target="_blank">phil@ipom.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 03/09/2017 09:37 PM, Lei Zhang wrote:<br>
> In another thread, Chris Smith said "A recurring theme I observed this<br>
> year with people new to SCALE was that they weren't as aware of<br>
> SCALE's offerings as one might hope."<br>
><br>
> Should we make a "new to SCALE" guide on the website and link to it in<br>
> the registration emails?<br>
><br>
> Should we take 1-2 pages near the front of the printed program and put<br>
> the "new to SCALE" guide there?<br>
><br>
> Did anyone go to the SCALE 101 talk? [1] Was it useful? Should we have<br>
> held it on Friday, instead or ran a second session on Friday?<br>
<br>
<br>
Gonna answer these in reverse.<br>
<br>
The SCALE 101 talk, like last year, was not well attended (about 15 people,<br>
including those that filtered in late), but the panel / Q&A portion was<br>
incredibly interactive, nearly everyone asked questions or commented, and<br>
nearly all of them either stayed late to thank me or found me later to do so.<br>
<br>
Ilan had a suggestion that we do this between the keynote and the first<br>
session, in the keynote room. It's a good suggestion, but we'd probably have<br>
to move the keynote slightly earlier to account for the panel, which I think<br>
is the magic of it all (since I think the breaks are only half hour).<br>
<br>
This would I think be more useful than stuff in the program which people don't<br>
read as it is.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Phil Dibowitz <a href="mailto:phil@ipom.com" target="_blank">phil@ipom.com</a><br>
Open Source software and tech docs Insanity Palace of Metallica<br>
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<br>
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter<br>
and those who matter don't mind."<br>
- Dr. Seuss<br></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div class="m_-6667718789220652569gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Chris</div>
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