Re: [Hampshire] Promoting LUG meets via social networking

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Author: Tony Whitmore
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Promoting LUG meets via social networking
On 2013-01-28 13:40, Imran Chaudhry wrote:
>>> The beginners guide to MySQL was also very popular.
>>
>> Yes - MySQL per se is not for *total* beginners. Pity I missed it.
>> :-(
>
> I think Tony might have meant my talk which I did years ago? There
> was
> a huge attendance that day from several southern LUGs. Someone told
> me
> that a few had come for my talk - no pressure! (and did I mention my
> boss was in the audience?)


Yes, it was your talk I referred to. :)

> I never expected so many would be interested as I assumed everyone
> would have that knowledge already or know how to access it easily. It
> really challenged my assumptions. But I thought I would try a talk
> and
> see what happens. Afterwards, quite a few people said they had
> learned
> something new.


Exactly, which underlines the point. What is familiar technology and
may seem easy to one person is probably not so easy for others! And
therefore makes a great talk topic.

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