<div dir="ltr">Thanks Mike for organizing another Sketching, one of my all time favorite conferences. Thanks to all the support (Leah!) and sponsors of this event.<div><br></div><div>I'm writing because I'm interested in sharing a room at the hotel. If anyone is interested please let me know.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Michael</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 3:32 AM Mike Kuniavsky <<a href="mailto:mikek@sketching-in-hardware.com">mikek@sketching-in-hardware.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi! You're getting this because you've confirmed that you're coming to <br>
Sketching in Hardware in The Dock in Dublin, Ireland, September 30-October <br>
2. Welcome!<br>
<br>
We will send updates until the event, and each one has important <br>
information in it (this is Update #1). Please take a few minutes to read <br>
them.<br>
<br>
CONTENTS<br>
- Thank you!<br>
- This mailing list<br>
- The event Slack<br>
- Thank you, Accenture and ThingM!<br>
- Participant questionnaire! It's important!<br>
- Hotel reservations are OPEN<br>
- 2022 Presentation format<br>
- Please bring things to show!<br>
- Contact information<br>
<br>
THANK YOU!<br>
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First of all, THANK YOU for participating in Sketching in Hardware this is <br>
our 16th summit and first year back in person after several years of <br>
remote events. We’re incredibly excited to see all of you.<br>
<br>
<br>
THIS MAILING LIST<br>
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This mailing list is just for confirmed participants in the event. Based <br>
on past years' experience, there will be a couple of additional updates <br>
before the event. You should also feel free to use it to coordinate <br>
transportation, hotel sharing or other activities, but please use it <br>
sparingly. As soon as the event is over, I will roll the membership of <br>
this list into the general Sketching alumni list and this list will go <br>
away.<br>
<br>
If this is going to the wrong email address, please email <br>
<a href="mailto:mikek@sketching-in-hardware.com" target="_blank">mikek@sketching-in-hardware.com</a><br>
<br>
<br>
THE EVENT SLACK<br>
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Sketching has a low volume Slack that typically wakes up during the event. <br>
I've created a Sketching 22 channel on it, which people use to take notes, <br>
have side conversations, and share links in during the event. The Slack is <br>
up throughout the year for ongoing conversations. If you'd like to join <br>
the Slack, here's the invitation link:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://tinyurl.com/sketching22-slack" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/sketching22-slack</a><br>
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THANK YOU, ACCENTURE AND THINGM!<br>
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This year we are very fortunate to be sponsored by Accenture (Mike’s day <br>
job employer). They have generously allowed us to host Sketching at The <br>
Dock innovation hub in Dublin, and their staff there have been incredibly <br>
supportive as we work out how to host an international in-person event <br>
again. Their support has been instrumental to us being able to do <br>
Sketching in person again. Here's more info on The Dock:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.accenture.com/us-en/services/about/innovation-hub-the-dock" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.accenture.com/us-en/services/about/innovation-hub-the-dock</a><br>
<br>
We are, as always, grateful for the ongoing support of ThingM, the <br>
boutique hardware manufacturer I founded with Tod Kurt around the same <br>
time I started Sketching in Hardware (i.e. something like 16 years ago). <br>
ThingM is not a big company (it doesn't have a single full-time employee), <br>
but through Tod's generosity, it covers much of Sketching's annual budget <br>
shortfall, and for that I'm incredibly grateful.<br>
<br>
Get your completely open source USB RGB LEDs here:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://blink1.thingm.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blink1.thingm.com/</a><br>
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PARTICIPANT QUESTIONNAIRE<br>
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To help us plan the logistics of the event such as childcare and food <br>
sensitivities we need to know some things from you. We have a short survey <br>
we’d like you to fill out, if you have not done so already.<br>
<br>
Here is that Google form: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/sketching22-questionnaire" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/sketching22-questionnaire</a><br>
<br>
It should take about 7-10min.<br>
<br>
<br>
HOTEL RESERVATIONS<br>
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We have secured a room block with the Clayton Hotel Cardiff Lane [located <br>
at Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin Docklands, Dublin, D02 YT21, Ireland], <br>
which is just a short 7min walk to Accenture’s The Dock [located at 7 <br>
Hanover Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, D02 YN32, Ireland] where the <br>
conference is being held. To reserve at a discounted price of €235.00/per <br>
night, please book directly with the hotel reservation team via email <br>
[<a href="mailto:info.cardifflane@claytonhotels.com" target="_blank">info.cardifflane@claytonhotels.com</a>] providing event/discounting code <br>
SANS290922. Please make sure to get your room booked ASAP (we're on the <br>
hook for a room block).<br>
<br>
Links:<br>
Hotel: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/sketching22-hotel" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/sketching22-hotel</a><br>
<br>
The Dock location: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/sketching-the-dock" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/sketching-the-dock</a><br>
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2022 PRESENTATION GUIDELINES: TALKING + THINKING + MAKING<br>
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Everyone at Sketching is required to talk about their work and ideas. We <br>
believe this helps break down barriers between disciplines and to create a <br>
community where everyone knows something about everyone else. Our basic <br>
format is the 18 minute presentation (or a multiple of 18 minutes when <br>
people present together), but we're open to additional ways for everyone <br>
to broadcast their ideas. Want to dissect a device onstage? Take folks on <br>
a walk? Play a game you invented? Moderate a discussion? The palette is <br>
pretty open, so please let me know how you would like to share your ideas.<br>
<br>
Past presentations have been on everything from reviews of recent <br>
research, to in-depth descriptions of a specific project, to panel <br>
discussions, demonstrations of new devices and software, to describing the <br>
work students have done, to impassioned challenges to the community.<br>
<br>
Here are the guidelines...<br>
- The format is quite open and the content is up to you.<br>
- The two most important qualities in the presentation should be: 1) you<br>
talk about something that is really exciting to you and 2) if possible,<br>
something that you haven't talked about elsewhere.<br>
- If you would like to team up with someone and present together, that is<br>
totally fine, too. Just let us know!<br>
- Presentations should be 18 minutes, and no longer. We are going to be<br>
very strict about time limits because the schedule is typically packed.<br>
- We generally don’t have Q&A immediately after a presentation for<br>
scheduling reasons (and that’s what the breaks are for!), but it’s a<br>
small group so you can have a discussion with the audience, but please<br>
keep it to 18 minutes.<br>
- Please minimize biographical information. If you'd like to present a<br>
retrospective of your work to set the context, keep it to 3 minutes or<br>
so, but the bulk of your presentation should be about something new or<br>
something old that's totally awesome.<br>
- Please limit any video you show to 1 minute or less, unless it's so<br>
awesome that it can't be contained in 1 minute. In that case you can<br>
play it for 3 minutes.<br>
<br>
And remember: Your audience will be technically sophisticated, but not <br>
necessarily engineers, so please calibrate the technical content of your <br>
presentations accordingly.<br>
<br>
If you have any question about what to talk about or show, please email <br>
and we can chat or jump on a Zoom call.<br>
<br>
<br>
BRINGING NEW TECHNOLOGY?<br>
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Are you bringing things to show off? Please do! We want to see <br>
unannounced, pre-release, half-baked, experimental, totally great stuff. <br>
If you're wondering if it's ready, it is. Bring it!<br>
<br>
<br>
CONTACT INFORMATION<br>
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Throughout the conference, if you have any questions, please feel free to <br>
email us at <a href="mailto:mikek@sketching-in-hardware.com" target="_blank">mikek@sketching-in-hardware.com</a> or <br>
leah.mckibbin@utopiaprojects.llc. If you need an urgent reply, Mike’s <br>
mobile phone number is +1-415-235-3468 and Leah’s is +1 650-868-2974.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Mike Kuniavsky<br>
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