Re: things and stuff to bring for our FOSDEM devroom

[Nicolas Roard]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf
<lars.sonchocky-helldorf@hamburg.de> wrote:
> From my notes of last year:
>
> Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail:
>
>> stuff which is nice to have for the Dev-Room:
>>
>> - feedback sheets where attendees of the talks can rate the talks would be
>> a good idea I think
>
> I hope to be able to prepare those on friday morning in brussels (a paper
> version only, maybe we can have some online questionnaire next year)

a website would be nicer :-)

>> - power cords with multiple plugs
>
> I'll bring one short extension cord with multiple plugs, but it would be
> good to have more.
>
>> - adaptors, adaptors, adaptors. Don't forget those. For power (every
>> european country has still its own "standard") and to plug your laptop into
>> the projector. Richard had to go to the Apple Store to get one (since he
>> forgot to bring his) and sadly this adaptor was useless in the end since the
>> projectors didn't came with a DVI-input.
>
> I'll bring one DVI to VGA adaptor. Don't forget to bring something to
> connect your computer to the projector (FOSDEM states their projectors have
> VGA, 1024x768)
>
>> - one or two Ethernet hubs/switches are useful. FOSDEM did provide WLAN in
>> each room but they didn't got it to work reliably until late Saturday
>> afternoon.
>
> I'll bring one small 8-port switch. But ethernet-cables you'll have to bring
> yourself.

ok

>> - loudspeakers (for video conferences or sound in the presentations)
>
> Does somebody have loudspeakers which he can bring?
>
>> - an own projector (FOSDEM does provide some but you never know what
>> you'll get, the first day we had one with a resolution of only 800x600 and a
>> somewhat broken keystone)
>
> Having an own projector would really be great (since the projectors FOSDEM
> provides sometimes have their quirks). Can somebody bring one?
>
>> - If you're going to record the sessions on video, a small digicam should
>> be sufficient. Be sure to have at least two batteries (so you can charge one
>> while using the other) and two memory card (one to record while saving the
>> contents of the other onto your laptop). You also need a small tripod (which
>> can be used on desk - I brought my gorillapod
>> http://joby.com/products/gorillapod/2 ). Recording in 320x240 @ 15fps is the
>> absolute minimum to get somewhat usable video (this is what I did since my
>> digicam allows only for 2GB SD Cards which gave me about 70 to 80 mins
>> recording time) but don't forget that the slides are unreadable at that
>> resolution (even at 640x480 it will be hard to read slides projected at a
>> higher resolution than 1024x768)
>
> Tim brings his DV-cam and a tripod. I organize a FireWire cable.

I'll bring a dv cam too and a tripod.

>> - a clip microphone to record the speaker would increase the sound quality
>> of the recorded speech by a magnitude
>
> Niels, you offered to bring a microphone. Is this offer still valid?
>
>>
>> - a printer would also be nice (to print brochures/flyers or announcement
>> of last minute talks ;-) but then again there ought to be a b/w laser
>> printer at the front desk (and they let you print stuff if you're friendly
>> and come with a PDF ready to print on an USB stick)
>
> well, a printer seems a bit to heavy and big to carry it by train or plane.
> Sadly Gerold can not come this year (he brought a printer with his car in
> the years ago).

probably not necessary - there are printer shops near the university
for flyers, if we need too.

-- 
Nicolas Roard
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