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Re: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Blogging about our great program
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Is anybody interested in doing a podcast about their category? It'd be
great if we could do one each week in the new year. I can set up a
schedule in the wiki if there's interest.
Wayne
Bjorn Freeman-Benson wrote:
PC members,
I add my voice to Scott's thanking you for your help in putting together what I
believe is the pinnacle of EclipseCon programs. With no disrespect to Tim or
Doug or Rich of PCs past, I've threatened to retire from EclipseCons after this
one because I don't see how we can put together a better collection of talks in
the future...
However, all kidding aside, there are still three tasks for you:
*(1) BLOG ABOUT THE BEST*
It's not unexpected, but it is disappointing when some of the first few planet
posts about EclipseCon are "I'm not going" [1
<http://following-flo.blogspot.com/2008/12/talk-at-eclipsecon-2009.html>,2
<http://sureshkrishna.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/my-eclipsecon-2009-submissions/>]...
I want to make sure that we, collectively, the program committee, tell the world
what a great program we've put together. I think that it is important that the
good news come from all of us and that it come out in a steady drum beat of
great stuff. There are 15 main stage talks and 3 keynotes, for a total of at
least 18 great posts: one by each of us and a few more by Scott. I put up a
schedule on our wiki page
(https://www.eclipsecon.org/wiki/2009_Program_Committee_Blogging): please
reserve your spot and write on that day.
*(2) SPREAD THE WORD*
This year we're going to use an RFID badge tracking system to keep track of
attendance and abandonment at each session. It's a pretty cool piece of kit and
the way we're using it is completely anonymous: we're just keeping track of
badges entering and leaving but won't have any names or other identify
attributes associated with the badges. Anyway, the reason I mention this is
that, for the first time, we're going to have real hard numbers on how many
people are interested in each talk and how many people find the speaker or topic
boring enough to leave in the middle. And (here's the catch) we're going to use
those numbers to tailor the number of slots allocated to each category next
year. So... you, as a PC member, will want to make sure that lots of people
interesting in your category show up to EclipseCon. Spread the word and ensure
your categories' current and future success.
*(3) TELL US ABOUT THE SUBMISSION SYSTEM*
Every year we try to make the submission system work better for you and every
year it probably is better, but every year it also seems to fall short. Now,
while the topic is still fresh in your mind, would be an excellent time to write
a short email to Scott and Gabe and Anne and I telling us what you'd like to see
in a (better/perfect) system. I, personally, was happy with some aspects, but I
found the searching and sorting too confusing and slow. Some ideas about how we
might build a better one include: I'd like to see some kind of "overall picture
grid" that shows little squares for all the talks and then tags/buttons on the
side. Clicking or mousing the buttons colors the grid squares corresponding to
the selected button(s). This would be a way to get a sense of the overall space
of submissions and the program. Sort of "program explorer"... Another idea I had
was to use spreadsheets for everything: the submission system takes submissions
and then allows the PC to download spreadsheets of them. The PC annotates their
spreadsheets and then re-uploads. The system uses the PC members annotation is
special columns (e.g., "comment" and "status" and "tags") to add comments,
status, tags, etc. to the submissions. So then PC members could use their
powerful client spreadsheet program's searching, sorting, and reporting
facilities as well as work offline... What are your ideas?
*(4) (a Douglas Adams "trilogy") ATTEND THE PC PARTY*
We'll have a little program committee party on Sunday night before EclipseCon:
be sure to make your travel arrangements to be able to attend. I'm thinking
around 5pm at the Hyatt. RSVPs will be later, but for now just keep it in mind...
Thanks again...
- Bjorn
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