[Sketching17] Sketching in Hardware, Detroit, July 28-August 2 UPDATE #5

[Mike Kuniavsky]

I think this didn't go out last week as I had planned. My apologies. If 
you get this, reply to me (not reply to all ;-) so I know the list is 
working. Thank you!

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Mike Kuniavsky
mikek at sketching-in-hardware.com

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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:17:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Kuniavsky <mikek at orangecone.com>
To: sketching17 at lists.tired.com
Subject: Sketching in Hardware, Detroit, July 28-August 2 UPDATE #5

CONTENTS
-    Room sharing
-    Initial schedule review
-    Past updates

ROOM SHARING
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Some folks have sent us email asking about room sharing. We’ve paired several 
people up, but if you’re still looking, please let us know and we’ll see what 
we can do.

INITIAL SCHEDULE REVIEW
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When I decided to reboot Sketching this year and double the number of people 
invited, I was determined to stay true to the original vision I had for it: an 
event where everyone speaks, there is no difference between audience and 
presenters, and it doesn’t matter where you are in your career or what 
discipline you’re from, you get the same amount of time. The goal has always to 
create a community where everyone knows something about everyone else.

I couldn’t keep the old format of 20-minute presentations exactly the same, so 
I’m trying several new things. Based on your responses to our questionnaire, 
most presentations are in the old format, but I’ve grouped some of you into 
panel discussions on themes that I think you will find interesting, and I’m 
trying a new round-robin interview format (introduced to me by Margaret Gould 
Stewart) where 3-5 people interview each other in order (A-B, B-C, C-A) for ten 
minutes. Since I’m guessing at things here, I’m sure there are mistakes.

Please review the following schedule and email me if:
  - You would rather not speak in a group or on a topic where I have placed you.
  - You would like to speak at a different time.
  - I got the title of your presentation wrong.
  - You’re not on the schedule at all (if you haven't yet replied to the 
questionnaire, you're not)
  - Or, really, if you have any thoughts about the schedule.

And yes, I know, that’s a lot of talking. I’m still working on how to break it 
up well, but that’s one of the experiments this year and I’m very thankful you 
can join me for it. I hope it doesn’t blow up.

The document is editable, so you can change spellings or titles, but please 
don’t move things around.

https://goo.gl/7wKMPX

PAST UPDATES
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This is update #5. If you missed any of the previous ones, please let me know 
and we’ll send them to you.

THANK YOU! I’m very excited to see all of you next month.


-- 
Mike Kuniavsky
mikek at orangecone.com