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As of course we all know*, Festivus is an important time of year to engage in two key activities: The Airing of Grievances and Feats of Strength.
In the spirit of the season, we're asking you, our brave PUG members, to gather round the Festivus pole and celebrate with a final round of lightning talks for the year.
Festivus lightning talk options:
1. Air a Grievance (5 minutes or less)
Your lightning talk should "Air a grievance" about Power BI or Fabric. We are defining "grievance" pretty broadly here. For our purposes, any aspect of either Power BI or Fabric that you find confusing, unnecessarily difficult, or buggy can be considered a "grievance".2. Feat of Strength (10 minutes or less)
Your lightning talk should demonstrate your Power BI and/or Fabric Prowess via a "Feat of Strength." In other words, you should show us how to circumvent or resolve a Power BI or Fabric grievance that you used to have or know others have.3. Why not both? (10 minutes or less)
Want to air a grievance and also help your fellow developers by sharing something that you solved? Share a grievance and then spend some time sharing how to circumvent or resolve a Power BI or Fabric grievance.We'll reserve time after lightning talks for folks to get live help:)
This Festivus will be lightly competitive, lightning talks will be scored by your peers based on:
- Level of grievance (how annoying, confusing, or buggy is that issue)
- Degree of strength (how impressive is your workaround)
- Adherence to time: Lightning talks should be 5 minutes in length or fewer. Points will be deducted beyond this limit.
Please keep the time limitation in mind when you select your grievance!
The top scoring Festivus Grievance and Feat of Strength will each be declared a Festivus Miracle and will receive a prize!
*OK, maybe just the Seinfeld fans know this one--here's the Wikipedia link for reference: Festivus - Wikipedia