[TOS] LinuxCon Education Summit successful

[Jeff Osier-Mixon]

The LinuxCon hotel network being what it is, I'm afraid the uploads will
have to wait until next week.

Re held captive - I guess I shouldn't be so literal with my "literals"!  But
I thought every one of the 9 speakers we had were extremely interesting and
generated some excellent conversations.

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at openhatch.org>wrote:

> Excerpts from Jeff Osier-Mixon's message of Tue Aug 10 03:59:23 +0000 2010:
> > We had a long and vibrant day today, just a few short notes:
> >
> > - There were some very active discussions, a few romping debates, and
> some
> > really interesting demos
> > - We had a varied participation of between 18 and 28 people, with fewest
> at
> > beginning and end, and several people coming and going.  Participants
> ranged
> > from professors to college (and one high school!) students to K-12
> teachers
> > to industry professionals.
> > - I was literally held captive by every single one of the 9 sessions.
>
> Literally held captive? Jeff, I left my handcuffs at home! (-;
>
> > - I was able to find the pens (yay!) and enlist a few early attendees to
> put
> > stickers on them, making it a group effort.  I still have about half of
> the
> > pens and a large quantity of stickers.
> > - We filmed 95% and recorded audio for 100% of the sessions
>
> Yes -- and I really look forward to seeing the video. I'll blog the heck
> out of it,
> so long as it looks decent.
>
> -- Asheesh.
>
> --
> He jests at scars who never felt a wound.
>                -- Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet, II. 2"
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