[Events] Planning for UMD: some thoughts, and a request for feedback

[Asheesh Laroia]

Excerpts from Deborah Nicholson's message of Tue Feb 21 11:56:17 -0500 2012:
> If downloading/installing software is bogging down the day, maybe it's
> worth putting everything onto USB sticks? Either the instructors go and
> share the software with people or we give everyone bootable OSes. Big
> companies that send lots of people to conferences can often get a boatload
> of sticks just by sending a note co-workers saying, we'd like your
> promotional USBs for a good cause.

I don't think the install process will be bandwidth-limited, so USB keys
won't make a big difference. We'll see, though; if things look bandwidth-
limited, then we'll try this!

I'm not such a fan of bootable OSs, as I want to teach people skills that
they can keep using on their own computers (the way they are), if possible.
But if we find that there's skills we just can't teach without super complex
setup, that is a good route to go.

Thank you for these suggestions!

-- Asheesh.