>________________________________ > From: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> >To: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] net> >Cc: Ottawa Linux Users Group <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> >Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 9:08:38 AM >Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more emphasis on online tutorials as opposed to meetings? > >On Sun, 20 Jan 2013, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 02:22:48PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >> > for instance, after rob e. mentioned the raspberry pi, i offered >> > to demo how easy it is to build a bootable image for one using >> > openembedded and the publicly-available meta-raspberrypi layer. >> > but it so happens i've already written that up and it's available >> > at my wiki (might need a bit of updating but should still work): >> > >> > http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Building_basic_RPi_image >> > >> > so there's not much point using meeting time to explain something >> > that anyone can read at their leisure at my web site. >> >> You may not see much point, but different people learn in different >> ways and different people get different things out of in-person >> meetings. > > just to be clear, i wasn't suggesting there was no need for >meetings; i was suggesting that, after pondering, i didn't see much >value in my presenting a lightning talk about using openembedded for >building an image for a raspberry pi since i'd already described the >process in detail on a web page. > > > the point i'm suggesting is that, if someone proposes an interesting >topic, one need not always wait for a meeting to cover it. if someone >knows of a good web page, or wants to write one, on that topic, that >might be the solution. > >rday Hi Rob Day, I agree with Richard. There are many reasons why people go to a presentation by you at OCLUG, either instead of or as well as reading the process on your web site. - better fits their learning style - ask you related questions or followup questions, while you have the computer handy - meet other people with similar interests - go to see if its worth while asking the boss to hire you to do some training - they set aside time for the meeting, but haven't set aside separate time for learning about that subject - they want to debate the value of changing some element in the process, or using a completely different process The point is, if someone proposes an interesting topic, any individual who needs it for work, now, can go to the web and find related info before the meeitng. The interesting topic is still interesting as a presentation at the meeting. Cheers! Rob Echlin