convore.json/groups/pyohio2011/logistic-improvements-for-pyohio2012-todo-list/messages.json

[{"user_id": 20399, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312071944.8010991, "message": "Python introductory literature, getting started guides, etc. printed to give to beginners", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1756694}, {"user_id": 20399, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312071980.6671691, "message": "Get schedule to OSU to display on monitors outside rooms", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1756699}, {"user_id": 20399, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312072198.390754, "message": "Provide info desk with posters and flyers to hand out so they can profide info to arriving attendees", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1756711}, {"user_id": 20399, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312072262.1559989, "message": "Direction posters on 1st floor should contain more info about what the conference is", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1756714}, {"user_id": 20399, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312072909.3732259, "message": "bring flip charts to sprints", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1756753}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312076068.924547, "message": "Yeah, knowing what we needed (VGA) beforehand would be good. I had dvi and hdmi on hand", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1756907}, {"user_id": 20399, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312073970.724797, "message": "cameras at sprints!", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1756793}, {"user_id": 15476, "stars": [{"date_created": 1312076028.110369, "user_id": 209}], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312075094.6121311, "message": "Mac video adaptors?", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1756841}, {"user_id": 7548, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312077801.366977, "message": "Holler loud tomorrow morning... Alex had the same problem for his talk today. He didn't have to shout very loud when Michael Trier saved his day.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1757026}, {"user_id": 7548, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312077825.1711581, "message": "My guess is that a number of folks will have an adapter", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1757030}, {"user_id": 39027, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312077861.6630521, "message": "Heh,  I've got dry-erase markers... but there are no boards.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1757035}, {"user_id": 7548, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312078017.7012429, "message": "Hand-held dry erase boards and markers for sprints", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1757047}, {"user_id": 7548, "stars": [{"date_created": 1312081697.7141559, "user_id": 209}, {"date_created": 1312290649.7050631, "user_id": 14470}], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312077644.0396259, "message": "So I've never run across a projector that wasn't VGA :-)", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1757010}, {"user_id": 3617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312077733.7580171, "message": "*quick", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1757019}, {"user_id": 3617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312077733.5350111, "message": "Heh do we have adaptors for VGA? Otherwise I may need to snag someones laptop for my quite talk.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1757018}, {"user_id": 653, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312080663.2641721, "message": "Might be cool to print the knowledge level of the talks on the schedule: advanced, intermediate, or beginner.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1757187}, {"user_id": 20050, "stars": [{"date_created": 1312207155.390564, "user_id": 3617}], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312205706.7988901, "message": "A few 30-minute slots would be nice.  That could encourage some people to present that might otherwise not", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1765751}, {"user_id": 20050, "stars": [{"date_created": 1312206645.0691891, "user_id": 3617}], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312205808.6855359, "message": "Raffling the prizes was a bit painful, due to the number of people not present.  It'd take a bit more work, but it would be better if those present could \"put their number in a hat\", so to speak.  That could be physical or digital.  You could also have different hats for different types of prizes, e.g. if only certain people are interested in a license prize, it would make sure the license went to someone who could use it", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1765764}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [{"date_created": 1312301926.2731791, "user_id": 14470}], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312206377.718945, "message": "Seemed there was less power available than last year, maybe because I never went into the tutorial room", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1765837}, {"user_id": 20399, "stars": [{"date_created": 1312341539.869112, "user_id": 18843}], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312207803.4033389, "message": "ribbons or marks for people's badges who are looking for workers or looking for work", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1766078}, {"user_id": 10771, "stars": [{"date_created": 1312219646.20714, "user_id": 3617}], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312207867.632642, "message": "Power was also an issue for me. How about a laptop check (like a coat check) where people can drop off their device and get it powered? A few power strips and a volunteer/guard in the round room would probably work.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1766091}, {"user_id": 39073, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312211989.1359279, "message": "Get reg/checkin coded as an app (web) instead of marking off paper?", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1766911}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212449.3792491, "message": "so, if anybody wants to practice, I'd be happy to mentor/help and do what I can to make sure it gets used next year", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767021}, {"user_id": 2568, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212630.9661829, "message": "I didn't think to try the site on my phone. If I'd know that it worked well, I would have skipped conftron. Maybe that should be mentioned somewhere?", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767055}, {"user_id": 39073, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212180.759516, "message": "Nice to have some cheat cards for session chairs w/bios and talk summary on same sheet. Makes intros easier.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1766961}, {"user_id": 2568, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212359.2634871, "message": "conftron: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.benvonhandorf.conftron", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767006}, {"user_id": 39073, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212071.1714799, "message": "Oops double, looked like the first one hung from here...", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1766936}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212420.203968, "message": "The other thing that Eric mentioned would be nice is an API. He had to ask a few times for a data dump, but if there was a nice little JSON api, it could have been a bit easier", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767014}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212124.812809, "message": "@bcostlow: feel free to add it, the site is open-source, and the earlier it gets started, the more nice things we have", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1766947}, {"user_id": 39073, "stars": [{"date_created": 1312212092.5652561, "user_id": 209}], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212044.242486, "message": "small app (web?) for reg check-in instead of pencil/paper?", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1766928}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212168.5141971, "message": "@bcostlow stlow: if you get really fancy, you could do JIT nametag printing too", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1766958}, {"user_id": 39073, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212272.4493129, "message": "@issackelly: Heck, we could get really-really fancy, and 2D barcode the JIT nametags, then scan everybody as they walk into the final giveaway lightning talks (but lets crawl, walk run on this)", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1766989}, {"user_id": 2568, "stars": [{"date_created": 1312212511.221396, "user_id": 209}], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212353.1564219, "message": "I used conftron for quick reference & scheduling, but it didn't have locations or descriptions for talks. Maybe make mobile apps easier to develop by providing an api like codemash?", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767005}, {"user_id": 2568, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212475.8154221, "message": "this is the codemash rest api: http://codemash.org/rest", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767024}, {"user_id": 2568, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212882.9292059, "message": "I'd really like to see an anti-harassment policy for next year", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767104}, {"user_id": 2568, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212883.7146771, "message": "http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-harassment_policy_resources", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767105}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212509.1907539, "message": "@velociraptors So, you might have missed a couple of nice features we had: 1) the site worked pretty well on mobile. 2) you could make bookmarks and export an ICS feed with descriptions", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767033}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212525.9313769, "message": "but yes, an API would be cool", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767038}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212957.1454639, "message": "There's some good talk about that being introduced @PyCon on their -org list, I think that we can just re-use their standards", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767115}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312213077.433748, "message": "they seem to be landing on some good ideas, using the pre-talk projection test to sort of check for objectionable material, ability to pre-screen slides (not forced, just option). Like most other things, it's really difficult to prevent a bad-actor, but making it well known that there are things that are unacceptable I think is a good policy", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767131}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212545.944031, "message": "and eric wanted an API for registration info as well", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767044}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312213295.1721239, "message": "I also hope that as the numbers grow, the inverse will be true, but I'm really not experienced in the area", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767160}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212682.5086491, "message": "@velociraptors Yeah, good point. I made some fuss about it at the time, but not at the conference", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767065}, {"user_id": 2568, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312212991.02877, "message": "I was really pleased by the number of women I saw this year, but as the numbers grow I'm a little worried that there will be a situation that requires applying that sort of policy.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767120}, {"user_id": 39099, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312218237.8249741, "message": "Having some power outlets routed to the classroom tables would be awesome!", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767739}, {"user_id": 12404, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312218662.072294, "message": "was there harassment this year?", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767788}, {"user_id": 39099, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312218093.3995011, "message": "I second @brondsem on the suggestion for some 30 minute slots.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767714}, {"user_id": 3617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312219650.0311661, "message": "@bcostlow As usual, on the todo list :P", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767892}, {"user_id": 3617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312219787.376344, "message": "@velociraptors Really just something that needs to be put up on the site. I'll prod folks about that.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1767916}, {"user_id": 19005, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312226335.1400571, "message": "http://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/ can help with the policy stuff", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1768784}, {"user_id": 3617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312229412.7694421, "message": "Looks like we can just ask Pycon AU for permission to use their conduct code, it looks pretty decent. http://pycon-au.org/2011/conduct/", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1769197}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312232548.8594379, "message": "Most of the site is a wiki", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1769776}, {"user_id": 39099, "stars": [{"date_created": 1312299239.2711, "user_id": 20050}], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312249286.8763421, "message": "I must say that I really liked the schedule printed on the back of the program.  It was a very useful feature!", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1771768}, {"user_id": 14470, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312302397.687305, "message": "@brondsem +1 on the painful raffle. I thought Open Source Bridge had a neat idea. They put numbered sign up sheets in front of all the items that were up for raffle. Then they picked a random number based on the number of people that signed up. This way, people were more likely to be present, and more likely to get something that interested them.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1776636}, {"user_id": 14470, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312301745.2404089, "message": "One thing I've seen a few conferences do is to put the schedule in the badge. Open Source Bridge, Plone Symposium East and re:build all used this tactic. With a smaller schedule like PyOhio, this seems feasible. Here is an example of the OSB badge:\n\nhttp://yfrog.com/ki6t4bj", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1776548}, {"user_id": 14470, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312301824.5962729, "message": "Another thing that OSB and re:build did with the badge is to make the person's first name large and bold. It was hard to read the PyOhio badges.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1776565}, {"user_id": 20399, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312338867.1080389, "message": "Give Brett Cannon's python-dev-in-a-box CDs to sprinters", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1781535}, {"user_id": 2568, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312378651.3315749, "message": "Codemash put the schedule on the back of the badge, too. I didn't like that they were so large because it kept getting in the way, but the schedule was very useful. They didn't have names printed on them, either. Instead, registration had a wide selection of permanent markers for writing in your name/company/contact info.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1784086}, {"user_id": 17781, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312393584.720361, "message": "I also like the Codemash badges and the ability to write my own contact info.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1785915}, {"user_id": 39099, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312478290.6117561, "message": "I think I'd rather see the names printed rather than hand written.  It looks more professional and will be easier to read.  However, I would suggest that the first name be in a larger, bold font.", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1794729}, {"user_id": 15476, "stars": [], "topic_id": 43022, "date_created": 1312570247.1841431, "message": "Jacobian feels quite strongly about having a code of conduct: www.jacobian.org/writing/codes-of-conduct/", "group_id": 8422, "id": 1804318}]