Shane is founder of Punderthings℠ LLC consultancy, helping organizations find better ways to engage with the critical open source projects that power modern technology and business. He blogs and tweets about open source governance and trademark issues, and has spoken at major technology conferences like ApacheCon, OSCON, All Things Open, Community Leadership Summit, and Ignite.
Shane Curcuru serves as VP Brand Management for the ASF, wrote the trademark and branding policies that cover all 200+ Apache® projects, and assists projects with defining and policing their trademarks, as well as negotiating agreements with various software vendors using Apache software brands. Shane is serving a seventh term as an elected Director of the ASF, providing governance oversight, community mentoring, and fiscal review for all Apache projects.
Otherwise, Shane is: a father and husband, a BMW driver and punny guy. Oh, and we have cats! Follow @ShaneCurcuru and read about open source communities and see my FOSS Foundation directory.
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How do you feel about editing in public? That is, publishing your first or second draft as a public resource, knowing that you'll be coming back to edit and/or take pull requests from some reviewers that you'll be asking for help.
Obviously, this depends on the site you're writing for, the audience, and what their expectations are. But I think a lot of us open source types tend to want to perfect things too much before releasing our articles out on the wild. What are some techniques for feeling OK in publishing my useful-but-not-quite-done article to get it out there?
Thanks!
Excellent points, and well-planned lighting talk additions to most conferences would be great. Key things are to schedule the overall slot in advance - so that attendees and speakers alike know what to expect. Be crystal-clear to your presenters what the rules are: many places are strict on the 5 minute timeline; some places have slide restrictions (or no slides, which is sometimes a good idea).
As several regular speakers note, as do the Ignite recommendations, the great thing about short talks is that you can practice a *lot* without taking up much time. Having a shared video hangout to help your presenters practice is a great idea if you can get it organized!