Slides schmides. :)
Just having slides synched to a speaker works for some cases, but for
those of us that love doing live demos, coding on the fly, and just
flat out winging it, the slides are often just barely related to
what's being said. Having the actual screen being presented is all
that would have made sense for my presentation, for example.
Erik
On Mar 16, 2007, at 6:36 PM, Gabriel Farrell wrote:
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 09:20:47PM -0000, Richard Wallis wrote:
If a mix of video and screen capture could be achieved it would be
great, but certainty of a successful result AND a fallback if it
doesn't
work should be part of the plan.
RJW
Agreed. Video plus screen capture would be nice, but video of the
presenter and a copy of their slides to follow along with works pretty
damn well for me.
As far as trying to combine the two and sleek up the experience,
Columbia's SOA has a nice setup for this on their site (see
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/soa/dmc/cory_arcangel/) for example).
There are some glitches in the timing, though, and I'm just not sure
it's worth the extra effort.
Gabe
PS In a similar vein, when I don't have separately available slides to
follow along with, I find many of the Google TechTalks annoying. It's
a lot of watching some not-terribly-handsome person refer to things I
can't see. Having both video and slides is key.
