Ignite Portland 2
Last week, I heard that my presentation proposal for Ignite Portland 2 was accepted. The idea is that you present your passion in 5 minutes with 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds.
I was originally going to do a standard (if very compressed) introduction to the Portland State Aerospace Society. Where we started, what the different teams are, and what does open source, open hardware, and an open community mean. However, I think my proposal was interpreted a little differently. The quote from the Oregonian Living section is "An electronics guru will describe how to build a rocket."
I had originally thought that my audience would be a little less technical, and wouldn't be interested in the details of actually *making* a rocket that would go into space. Of course, I thought the video of the talk at Ignite Seattle on the multi-person pogo stick was pretty awesome.
So, should I go more technical? The audience and the Oregonian seems to expect me to. This is a pretty geeky audience. Blah, I've got to get the slides done before tomorrow, so I'd better make my mind up fast.
I was originally going to do a standard (if very compressed) introduction to the Portland State Aerospace Society. Where we started, what the different teams are, and what does open source, open hardware, and an open community mean. However, I think my proposal was interpreted a little differently. The quote from the Oregonian Living section is "An electronics guru will describe how to build a rocket."
I had originally thought that my audience would be a little less technical, and wouldn't be interested in the details of actually *making* a rocket that would go into space. Of course, I thought the video of the talk at Ignite Seattle on the multi-person pogo stick was pretty awesome.
So, should I go more technical? The audience and the Oregonian seems to expect me to. This is a pretty geeky audience. Blah, I've got to get the slides done before tomorrow, so I'd better make my mind up fast.