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When and Where
The 16th Cape Town GeekDinner, aka Precocious Persimmon, will be held on Monday the 28th September, at Capello. Be there at 18:30 for 19:00.
Address: 9 Riebeek Street
OpenStreetMap: link
GPS: -33.920014;18.423226
Still Needed
GeekDinners are community-organised events. We'd love for you to help out with the organising - sign up to the planning mailing list and chip in if you can.
For this dinner, we still need:
- Speakers - we're always on the lookout for volunteers to tell us about their ideas or thoughts
- Sponsorship - the dinners are organised on a volunteer basis, but if you or your company would like to help out in any way, we would be very grateful for the support
Agenda
- Welcome
- 1st talk session
- Starters
- 2nd talk session
- Mains
- 3rd talk session
- Dessert
- Slideshow Karaoke
Talks
We want short, interactive talks - a quick overview of a cool idea, or an interesting way of looking at things. We prefer to stay away from the how, and the technical nitty-gritty, and get an idea of the what or maybe the why.
We like to keep the talks short - about five minutes, plus questions. Bring your slides on a USB stick if you have any, we will provide a laptop and a projector.
Talks offered
If you have something you'd like to share, please offer it.
Talks wanted
If you'd like to hear about something, let us know.
- Can you do a second run of that talk when I get back from Mozambique, please? Also, please address the key differences between geeks and nerds. -- Tania (Opinionated Nerd).. about "What does it mean to be a geek?"
Slideshow Karaoke
This is where somebody presents a talk based on slides that they have never seen before, on a topic chosen by somebody else. If you'd like to give it a try, or if you'd like to create the slides for whoever volunteers, sign up.
- I have some slides. Wizzy 01:12, 13 September 2009 (SAST)
Talk Videos
Available on Archive.org
Menu
Cappello are offering us a buffet dinner for R115 per person + 10% service fee (tip) = R126.50
If you aren't a vegetarian but would prefer the vegetarian menu please update your name on the guest list with a (V)
Wine
Our wine is very generously sponsored by Delheim - many thanks to them for supporting the Geek Dinners.
AV
We need AV equipment at the venue. Some venues have this already, but with others we need to supply our own screen, projector and microphone. If you can help out with this, please let us know.
Remember
- Make sure you tag your blog posts, flickr photos, etc, with "GeekDinner" and make sure your feed is part of Planet GeekDinner before the event. If you add your blog under the "Include Me" section, a planet admin should notice it and add you.
- Please blog about the event, linking to the venue and the wine sponsor - we like to give them positive props and link-love as one way of saying thanks.
- Please order some wine from the wine sponsor!
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The GeekDiners
Anyone can attend a GeekDinner, and attendance itself is free. You only pay for your own food and drinks. Just sign up here (and think about offering a talk).
There are 110 places available - book early. Bring your geek friends and loved ones.
Please remove yourself if you can't make it.
If you want to be reminded a week before about the dinner, sign up to the announcement mailing list (or follow us on twitter).
Please indicate if you would prefer vegetarian food by placing a (V) next to your name when you sign up - it helps us give the venue some advance warning.
Please add your full name.
- Beverley Merriman
- Jonathan Hitchcock
- Christo Crampton
- Cata Fajardo
- Louise Liebenberg
- Dirk Hanekom
- Nicole Baikie
- Bearnard Hibbins
- Sean Nieuwoudt
- Ayton Meintjes
- Kevin Fourie
- Dave Mackie
- Jonathan Smit
- Jonathan Page
- Stefano Rivera
- MJ Watson (V)
- Donald Jackson
- Mike Metelerkamp
- Marius de Beer (V)
- Christine de Beer (V)
- Roaan Vos
- Shayan Raghavjee
- Michael Champanis
- Sheraan Amod
- Sianna Ariana Wu
- Henk Kleynhans
- Julian Gordon (V)
- Bryn Divey
- Mark Slingsby
- Rob Gilmour
- Pete Flynn
- Fritz Brand
- Marc Perel
- David Perel
- Allan Boyle
- Graeme Macpherson
- David Fox
- Brandon Golding
- Stefano Sessa
- James Campbell
- Joe Botha
- Paul Gilowey
- Kerry-Anne Gilowey
- Guinivea Swanepoel
- Robin Swanepoel
- Debby Blaine
- Catherine Lückhoff
- Marianna Boguslavsky
- Bronwyn Greenshields
- Jakob Pedersen
- Hanneke du Toit
- Christelle Nagel
- Lara Morris
- Andy Rabagliati
- Vanessa Clark
- Wessel Venter
- Simon Barber
- Phillip Barber
- Daniel Bailey
- Daniel Cimring
- Ewe Cimring
- Will Gubb
- Michael Scheibe
- Neill Adamson
- Niki McQueen
- Lucas Wheeler
- Candice Holgate
- Carole Day
- Martin Duys
- Graham Poulter
- Jayx
- Elodie Kleynhans (V)
- Jonathan Endersby
- Shaun O'Connell
- Adrianna Pińska
- Simon Cross
- Desrie Govender
- Yasin Ansari (V)
- Peter Sserwanga
- Christo Greeff
- Matt Visser
- Tim Shier
- Neil Blakey-Milner
- Jeremy Allcock
- JP van der Spuy
- Ingi Deutschlander (V)
- Robin Ronne (V)
- Vinny Lingham
- Gabrielle Rosario
- Dylan Piatti
- Neil Muller
Waiting List
If you'd like to come, but didn't make it into the first 110, put your name here, and we'll bump you if other people can't make it. If you want to be reminded early about the next dinner, sign up to the announcement mailing list (or follow us on twitter).
Apologies
If you wanted to be there, planned to be there, but couldn't make it, move yourself down here with your excuse. Or your perfectly valid reason for abandoning us. As long as you're not a Jonathan.
- Arno and Christel Breedt - We blame the recession and our wild social calendar for missing out this time! :)
- Tania Eu estou indo a Maputo ensinar a Gestão dos Projectos. (If you know Portuguese, please correct my grammar where necessary.)
- Jeremy Thurgood Turns out I'm triple-booked. GeekDinner's a very close second and I'm sorry to miss it.
- Jo Duxbury Oops, I'm double-booked for Monday. Hoping to make it to my first GeekDinner at last, before the end of the year!
- Lyndon King - Sorry can't make it, see you all next time
- Wendy Robb sorry Mondays are bad for me.
- Jarrett Jordaan [Cancelling - Car trouble on a Monday:(]
- Ian Gilfillan - fatherly duties call
- Noel Ross-Gillespie - Rats! Sick. Next time.
- Shaun Smith Sorry, unexpected deadline.
- Nicola Jandrell - Law exams coming up, must study!
- Priya Raghavan - Drat! Work & sneaky deadline!
- Pam Sykes - Another double booking, dagnabbit! Like @joduxbury, will try to make one before the end of the year...
- Marike Red
- Lee Stuttaford
- Tink Duncan
- Deon Erasmus
- Mariska du Preez I'm exhausted. Sorry tweeps! Enjoy!!!!
- Conrad Hofmeyr
- Trevor Hughes (tired and removed name at 6:20 pm - sorry!)
- James Campbell
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