On Fri, Nov 2, 2018, 22:44 Lan Dang <ldangmlist@gmail.com wrote:

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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