What are SUCS Talks?
SUCS Talks are a collection of lightning-fast talks (roughly 10 minutes apiece) given by SUCS members for SUCS members. Anyone is welcome to do a talk! People have spoken about topics as wide-ranging as Lego Mindstorms NXT, Music & DRM, and Power Management in Linux. The talks are a great way to meet people, learn things, and share your knowledge. We've done it once so far, and it was a huge success, so you can bet we'll be doing it again!
When are the next ones?
The next set of lightning talks are next term, this page will be updated when we have a date.
Can I take part?
You certainly can! If you want to do a talk at a future SUCS Talks event, either e-mail us at exec [at] sucs [dot] org, or leave a post on the SUCS Forum.
How can I watch the videos?
Each talk is available below as both a streaming flash video (you just need flash installed in your web browser and then click play on any of the videos below) or as a high resolution Ogg Theora (for the first set of talks) or H.264 .mov file (for the later talks). There are many free players available for Ogg Theoras, one of the best being VLC - get it here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/.
Archive of Previous Talks
#3 - 2007-11-07: Episode III: Revenge of the Talks
- James Frost (frosty) - What's A Linux?
- James Frost (frosty) - Tips For Effective Presentations
- Chris Elsmore (elsmorian) - Digital Audio: What Happened After Music, Media, and DRM
- Tim Clark (eclipse) - PICAXE, etc
#2 - 2007-05-15: Talks the Second
Apologies for the poor sound quality in some of these talks.
- Andy Price (welshbyte) - FLOSSing Your Bits
- Chris Elsmore (elsmorian) - Semiconductor & Microprocessor Technology
- James Frost (frosty) - "Dude, What's Up With Your Keyboard?": The Dvorak Keyboard Layout
- Ian Tucker(bogglesteinsky) - I Can Hear You Typing
- Chris Jones (rollercow) - Hiking + Geek
- Sean Handley (talyn256) - Why WEP Is Broken
- Will Blackstock (wedge) - Will's Top 10 List of Fictional Computers EVER!
- Nicholas Corlett (worldinsideme) - A Beginner's Guide to UNIX Commands: Part 2
#1 - 2007-03-20: The First Talks
- Andy Price (welshbyte) - "Why Pybackpack Sucks"
- James Killick (jk) - "LaTeX"
- James Frost (frosty) - "Procrastination and That"
- Jean van Mourik (jean) - "3D Programming in DarkBASIC"
- Sean Handley (talyn256) - "The Wonderful World of NXT"
- Sitsofe Wheeler (sits) - "Power Management on Linux"
- Nicholas Corlett (worldinsideme) - "A Beginner's Guide to UNIX Commands: Part 1"
- Chris Elsmore (elsmorian) - "Music, Media & DRM"
- Chris Jones (rollercow) - "An Introduction to MythTV"