Hey, I like technical presentations as much as the next guy.  I watch
them all the time.  But if I'm actually interested in your topic, yet
still you bore me, something ain't right.  You don't have to be a
master marketer, but don't get in the way of the content with clumsy
presentation skills.

On Jun 7, 8:09 pm, Core <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jun 4, 6:52 pm, Kevin Wong <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Am I the only one that thinks Sun sucks at giving keynotes?  All the
> > presenters at JavaOne this year put together don't have the charisma
> > of Steve Jobs' clicker.  And who came up with this dual MC/presenter
> > format anyway?  What's the MC's job there, besides to interrupt,
> > undermine, condescend and generally annoy the presenter?  (Bob Bruin
> > is the worst.)
>
> That's a lame complaint.  This is a developer's conference not a Tony
> Robbins seminar.  I admire technical experts giving technical
> presentations even if it isn't polished.  If I hear to much
> cheerleading I get worried.  The worst thing about the keynotes is
> when you are halfway in to one of the corporate ones and realize there
> is no content, just marketing.
>
> How do people get so trapped in Steve Jobs reality distortion field
> anyway.  Apple products have plenty of UI flaws as soon as you go one
> level down in the feature set.  My iPod Touch is great but it isn't
> perfect.  I've had older music players running that did some next
> level stuff much better than "iPod" and never locked up.
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