[PLUG] PLUG Call For Participation

[benjamin barber]

what would be great, is a debate about systemd

On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Michael Dexter <dexter at ambidexter.com>
wrote:

>
>
> Hello all,
>
> In my continuing effort to making a conference warrior out of each and
> every one of you, I wish to remind you of PLUG's open CFP.
>
> While PLUG will continue to have "invited talks", I know that you each
> have a fascinating talk up your sleeve. You are guaranteed to have
> unique experiences and someone surely wants to hear about them. Stories
> of failure can be just as good as stories of success. What new tool
> changed the way you work?
>
> Don't be shy! PLUG is just about the easiest place to present and I will
> even help you with your proposal and outline.
>
>
> Submissions should include:
>
> A 50 to 300 word description/abstract of the talk
>
> Optional speaker(s) bio(s)
>
> Optional slides to be posted at pdxlinux.org
>
> Optional handouts
>
> Optional extended abstract and full academic paper
>
> Your availability (1st Thursday or 3rd Tuesday and month)
>
> Yes, some conferences require all of these but PLUG is about as flexible
> as it gets. I think we've had everything short of extended abstracts and
> papers. What is an academic paper? I consider it a formal historic
> snapshot of a project you are working on that clearly communicates what
> you set out to do and what you achieved. Tweets and blog posts are nice
> but it is very rewarding to establish a point of reference that with
> luck, will be referred to for decades. One such point of reference is
> Popek and Goldberg's definitive paper on Virtualization from 1974:
>
> http://www.cs.nyu.edu/courses/fall14/CSCI-GA.3033-010/popek-goldberg.pdf
>
> Any topic can be interesting if addressed from the right perspective and
> at the right depth. Yes, you are the local or possibly world expert on
> something and it's just a question of determining what that something
> is. If it is of interest to you, it certainly is of interest to someone
> else.
>
> Send your talk proposals to me at dexter at ambidexter.com or to the list
> CC'ing me for peer review and ideas.
>
> I look forward to your submissions!
>
>
> Michael Dexter
> PLUG Volunteer
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