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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
