bearophile wrote:
Arild Boes:
Here's the link: http://www.vimeo.com/4333802
Globally is a very nice presentation.
I like how Walter is never putting himself over the people that are
listening. He is humble and at the same level.
It has to be a gift! Richard Stallman is the opposite, both
Georg Wrede wrote:
That hit me too. I've been using PP or OO just because, never really
thinking. But there are some advantages to using a straight, long
document.
It's a /lot/ faster to create the presentation. You don't have to split
stuff into screenfulls (or fight with the presentation
Daniel Keep wrote:
There's always S5: it lets you make slideshows in HTML.
http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/
After playing with OO Impress for a while, I've found it to be quicker
and easier to produce a slideshow with it than with html. For another
thing, the fonts render obviously better
Walter Bright wrote:
Georg Wrede wrote:
That hit me too. I've been using PP or OO just because, never really
thinking. But there are some advantages to using a straight, long
document.
It's a /lot/ faster to create the presentation. You don't have to
split stuff into screenfulls (or fight
flGeorg Wrede wrote:
Walter Bright wrote:
Everyone I talked to who was there didn't like it.
I think there's the *subconscious* notion of not respecting the
audience by bothering to do a Proper Presentation. And they let it seep
through, instead of pausing to think about the upsides. (The
I generally agree with Andrei (and he knows what he's doing, his talks
are both entertaining and informative, several cuts above the usual ones
I have to sit through).
I find after giving a presentation using a non-traditional format, that
the non-traditional format becomes the topic of
Andrei Alexandrescu:
Slides are
limited in size and text content simply because there is so much
information a person can absorb simultaneously by hearing and seeing.
Of course mammal brains have limits, but such limits are always higher than the
amount of information shown in normal
== Quote from Andrei Alexandrescu (seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org)'s article
The slide is not meant to convey complex information with completeness.
There is, for example, no hope in putting complex proofs or formulae on
the slide.
Wow. I really wish the rest of the Ph.D students in this world
== Quote from Georg Wrede (georg.wr...@iki.fi)'s article
The presentation software format is more restrictive than we usually
think. Everything has to be crunched to ridiculous screenfuls, mostly
containing a couple of bullet items. And if you want the audience to
follow the presentation
== Quote from Walter Bright (newshou...@digitalmars.com)'s article
dsimcha wrote:
== Quote from Ellery Newcomer (ellery-newco...@utulsa.edu)'s article
Walter Bright wrote:
davesun wrote:
when can I use dmd on 64bit linux ?
You can now - 32 bit executables work fine on 64 bit linux!
Walter Bright wrote:
...
o pdf renders a lot better than html. Why that should be, I don't know,
but it is obviously better.
I could be the old Mac feature. From what I recall, Apple is
fanatical about the on-screen display of something matching, as closely
as possible, the on-page
Sean Kelly Wrote:
== Quote from Andrei Alexandrescu (seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org)'s article
I don't agree. I think there is much more at work here. Slides are
limited in size and text content simply because there is so much
information a person can absorb simultaneously by hearing and
Sean Kelly wrote:
== Quote from Georg Wrede (georg.wr...@iki.fi)'s article
The presentation software format is more restrictive than we usually
think. Everything has to be crunched to ridiculous screenfuls, mostly
containing a couple of bullet items. And if you want the audience to
follow the
Georg Wrede wrote:
That's certainly true with non-techie audiences. I wish we had had
speaking classes when I went to school. The first time I gave a lecture
at the university, my hands trembled visibly on the OH.
I'm fine if I can just sit down and talk, but if I have to stand in
front of
Sean Kelly wrote:
Georg Wrede wrote:
That's certainly true with non-techie audiences. I wish we had had
speaking classes when I went to school. The first time I gave a
lecture at the university, my hands trembled visibly on the OH.
I'm fine if I can just sit down and talk, but if I have to
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