Carl Lowenstein wrote: >.. >> only problem I see with doing mini-presentations is that most >> interesting things will need a computer to demo or present with and the >> setup time with the projector is always longer than we would like. I >> wish I had a laptop right now that I could let everyone use for their >> presentations. > > First comment: fumbling around to make a presentation using an > unfamiliar computer setup might waste as much time as fumbling around > to make the projector work. > > Second comment: A couple of scientific meetings that I have been to > recently had a double-buffered projection setup. The on-deck speaker > was able to set up his computer using a flat-panel monitor that had > the same resolution characteristics as the projector. When it came > time for the next speaker, the previously active computer was switched > to the offline display and the on-deck one switched to the projector. > Then the cable plugging was done offline to release the previous > speaker and set up for the following one. I suppose this implies an > X-switch for the video cable. > > I don't know how much practise they had doing this, but it seemed to > go very smoothly for 10-minute to 15-minute presentations.
Very neat! I've taken the liberty of adding that suggestion to the brainstorming wiki page at http://www.kernel-panic.org/wiki/KpProjectPresentationSystem ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
