[Ubuntu-SG] Speaker Request for NUS SFD, 19 Sept 2008 @ NUS

[Chen Xiangpeng]

Hi,

Can we get a white dude who wears a black turtleneck shirt with jeans to do
our presentation? If he comes with a reality distortion field, it would be
greatly appreciated :)

XP

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:32 PM, C David Rigby <c.david.rigby at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello Chew,
>
> I sort of serving as a go between here for Dang Thanh Son, the person from
> NUS who first contacted me via the softwarefreedomday.sg site seeking a
> speaker. Perhaps it is time we bring him into the loop, as it seems your
> questions about the audience are best directed to him. He is not on the TUSG
> mailing list, last I looked. He can be reached at:
>
> Thanh [dot] Dang [at] sun [dot] com
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Chew EK <chew4097 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hi
>> I can help with the presentation, including being the speaker if no one
>> else is available, though you would have to excuse my Singlish accent, lol.
>>
>> But I have these questions:
>> What type of audience is expected to attend?  It is normal NUS students?
>> What level of Linux or Ubuntu awareness in the audience?
>>
>> The specific audience will determine the presentation topic:
>> Whether it's about introduction to Ubuntu, about Ubuntu background
>> philosophy, who, when, why it was started, etc.
>>
>> Or a more practical intro to the desktop, like in Heidir presentation
>>
>> Or Wubi and Wine approach.  Why switch from Windows to Ubuntu.
>>
>> Heidir's presentation will make a good starting point, but for talking to
>> an audience, I think it would be too dry and people would fall asleep after
>> 10 minutes, especially for an afternoon presentation (no offense).  You need
>> some funny slides, or jokes, some story telling added here and there.
>>
>> regards
>> Chew
>>
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