OSCON ignite will eventually put up the talk - Cheers, M On 16 July 2012 23:19, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > Video & slides, or it didn't happen... > > On Jul 17, 2012 6:53 AM, "Martijn Verburg" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hey all, >> >> FYI - gave the talk tonight and gave the Posse a Honey Badger shout >> out - I think folks got the message :-). Thanks for the send ins >> folks! >> >> Cheers, >> Martijn >> >> On 5 July 2012 10:36, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Cute animals dying in a broken up spaceship would have got the message >> > through. >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:52 AM, [email protected] >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> The challenger could have been saved if there had been cute animals in >> >> the >> >> powerpoint? >> >> I'm pretty sure I'm not buying that. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Reply message ----- >> >> From: "Josh Berry" <[email protected]> >> >> Date: Thu, Jul 5, 2012 9:22 am >> >> Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Animals in talks >> >> To: <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Jon Kiparsky <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > this, they're often right. Unless the picture is relevant, leave it >> >> > out. >> >> > In >> >> > fact, you can generally improve a presentation by orders of magnitude >> >> > by >> >> > getting rid of the powerpoint and just saying what you have to say. >> >> > Eliminating distraction helps both you and the audience focus on your >> >> > talk. >> >> > Same thing with jokes - I can assure you, no matter who you are, that >> >> > comedy >> >> > is a lot harder than you think it is, and you're not as good at it as >> >> > you >> >> > think you are. If you have something to say, say it. If it's worth >> >> > saying, >> >> > that's all you need. >> >> >> >> I don't know. I find the tension between "just say it" and "comedy is >> >> harder than you think" interesting. Not to mention the falsity of >> >> your statement. Consider, the engineers "simply said" that the >> >> Challenger was likely to have problems. >> >> >> >> I have no argument against Tufte when he says that Powerpoint is >> >> horrible. My gripe is this idea that public speaking doesn't have an >> >> art to it. If you want to be able to convincingly tell people things, >> >> you will have to practice. There is an art to the practice. This is >> >> no different than public discourse on the internet, and it doesn't >> >> take much searching (specifically my posts) to find that not everyone >> >> is effective at it. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> Groups >> >> "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. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> Groups >> >> "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. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "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. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "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. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "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.
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