Public Speaking
As I was reading Wil Wheaton's website today, I was reminded of something that's been nagging at me for a while - I'm not very good at donating time to local user groups. I haven't ever participated in any as a member.
When I was in Austin, I did give a presentation on MacMAME to a bunch of the folks at Apple (they have a fairly large campus there), and that was a lot of fun. I got to geek out about MacMAME and get a lot of valuable feedback on the app itself, as well as help some folks learn some of the ins and outs of the app that aren't immediately apparent. There was a fairly large turnout (by my expectation, at least) - around 40 folks if I recall, all employees.
So after reading about how Wil was going to give a speech at a Linux user group, I wondered - should I be doing anything here locally in Phoenix? If I gave a talk, should I pimp all the games I've worked on, or MacMAME, or open-source development? I dunno, but it seems like I should be doing more than I currently am.
Comments
If you're ever in Europe, I'm heavily involved with the Irish Macintosh User Group, and we always welcome guest speakers.
Posted by: Richard Bannister | October 10, 2003 10:58 PM
You could contact Wil about this, ask him to be a mentor to you. You know you want to...
Posted by: lyssa | October 12, 2003 08:41 AM
Brad, I think most of the Mac community is grateful to have a programmer of your caliber. If you want to become involved with local Mac groups that's cool - bonus Karma points. :)
Posted by: JamesG | October 16, 2003 10:12 PM