Lightning talks

very cool.

Anyone who wants can give a talk (have to sign up beforehand). Talk is <= 5 minutes. There are two podiums, one done the active presentation and the other setting up for the next talk. Most have slides. MC controls introduces speakers and enforces the rules rigidly. Sound/tech guys do a good job managing the switching process.

Also works because the audience are the type of people who are interested in ‘content above all’ and are quite willing to accept presentation glitches and nervy/geek personas.

There’s no limit to the number of talks, they just go on until everyone has had enough…. i.e. people vote with their feet.

Right now there are at least 500 people listening.