[wplug-plan] My Intro to Databases presentation is done!

[John Lewis]

> * In general, the meeting attendees do not bring laptops with them. 

Rally, I thought is was speaking to the Pittsburgh Area Computer Club,
and you are telling me that they don't being computers with them?
Lame... but I can work with it.

>
> * There is no generally-available wireless Internet connectivity at
> the meeting site (you need a Point Park ID in order to access the
> wireless) 

Well I am going to move them as soon as I have the power to then.


> * The meeting attendees are not software developers or system/network
> administrators - I would classify them generally as "power users". 

If they want me to consider them power users, they would bring computers
to a computer club meeting.

>
> * Some of the meeting attendees have experimented with Linux, but in
> general they use Windows for their day-to-day work - if someone does
> bring a laptop (other than me...), it's almost certainly going to be
> running Windows. 

Easier to impress, that is a plus.

> You may want to adjust the presentation for this audience, based on
> this knowledge. 

I am not going to dumb it down, but I will go faster if no one can
actually practice.

On 09/15/2015 11:52 AM, Pat Barron wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> The info you need about the meeting is here:
>
> http://pacc.apcug.org/mtg.html
>
> Not meaning to speak for Vishnu, but as I'm one of the occasional
> attendees, I can level-set you on the audience:
>
> * In general, the meeting attendees do not bring laptops with them.
>
> * There is no generally-available wireless Internet connectivity at
> the meeting site (you need a Point Park ID in order to access the
> wireless)
>
> * The meeting attendees are not software developers or system/network
> administrators - I would classify them generally as "power users".
>
> * Some of the meeting attendees have experimented with Linux, but in
> general they use Windows for their day-to-day work - if someone does
> bring a laptop (other than me...), it's almost certainly going to be
> running Windows.
>
> You may want to adjust the presentation for this audience, based on
> this knowledge.
>
> --Pat.
>
> On 9/15/2015 8:46 AM, John Lewis wrote:
>>
>> On 09/13/2015 08:47 PM, John Lewis wrote:
>>> On 09/13/2015 07:14 PM, Vishnu Agrawala wrote:
>>>> On 9/13/2015 8:36 AM, John Lewis wrote:
>>>>> I am asking you again Vishnu.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/10/2015 06:53 AM, John Lewis wrote:
>>>>>> https://github.com/Oflameo/intro_to_databases_with_sqlite3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you want me to present it to PACC?
>>>> OK. We shall be glad to hear your talk on databases. Thank you for
>>>> giving this talk. Please note that the attendance in our meetings is
>>>> very thin -- about eight people, so you decide if it is worth your
>>>> while.
>>>>
>>>> Vishnu
>>> That is fine, just bring a computer and you will get the most out of
>>> it.
>> Vishnu,
>>
>> I am going to need the date, time, and location or I won't know where
>> to go.
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