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Like Declan, I too have been asked to present at this year's Speedgeeking session. In case you're not familiar with the format, it's 12 speakers per track (this year they're splitting it into separate development and admin tracks), but instead of all the speakers on one stage speaking for 5 minutes each, we'll be at "stations" throughout the room (for those who have been to 'Sphere before but not to Speedgeeking, picture a miniature Product Showcase, with each speaker having their own "booth"). Each speaker then presents their 5 minute session... 12 times in a row. Attendees start off at one station, and when the emcee announces the 5 minutes are up, everybody hurries to the next station. In one sense, the result is the same as if you'd sat in a chair and watched 12 speakers on stage: you learn about 12 topics in a single hour. But the station format is more interactive: during each segment, you're only a few feet from the presenter.
My topic will be "zero-index NSF design". In other words, no views. In under 5 minutes, you'll see firsthand how easy it is to structure an application that performs better, is easier to maintain, and is more intuitive to end users than the all-too-common 200-view alternative. Declan is presenting on "Global Multilingual Applications" and, rumor has it, a couple of my coworkers will be presenting as well. So swing by the Dolphin Pacific Hall at 6 PM on Tuesday for a rockin' good time.
Like Declan, I too have been asked to present at this year's Speedgeeking session. In case you're not familiar with the format, it's 12 speakers per track (this year they're splitting it into separate development and admin tracks), but instead of all the speakers on one stage speaking for 5 minutes each, we'll be at "stations" throughout the room (for those who have been to 'Sphere before but not to Speedgeeking, picture a miniature Product Showcase, with each speaker having their own "booth"). Each speaker then presents their 5 minute session... 12 times in a row. Attendees start off at one station, and when the emcee announces the 5 minutes are up, everybody hurries to the next station. In one sense, the result is the same as if you'd sat in a chair and watched 12 speakers on stage: you learn about 12 topics in a single hour. But the station format is more interactive: during each segment, you're only a few feet from the presenter.
My topic will be "zero-index NSF design". In other words, no views. In under 5 minutes, you'll see firsthand how easy it is to structure an application that performs better, is easier to maintain, and is more intuitive to end users than the all-too-common 200-view alternative. Declan is presenting on "Global Multilingual Applications" and, rumor has it, a couple of my coworkers will be presenting as well. So swing by the Dolphin Pacific Hall at 6 PM on Tuesday for a rockin' good time.
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