Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-06 Thread BCS
Hello Brad, BCS wrote: I can't memorize speeches either (OTOH I really like ones where I can read it off a script) what I'd love to have is a power point setup with two screens for me, one with a copy of the projector and one with my notes (in inch high font) and thumbnails of the following

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-05 Thread bearophile
Brad Roberts: I've now done enough presentations that the terror has subsided and I can give a decent talk. It took years and lots of terror though. That's why you have to start giving presentations of your ideas/stories from the age of about 6 or so :-) I think in USA some schools use

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-05 Thread Georg Wrede
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

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-05 Thread Walter Bright
BCS wrote: I can't memorize speeches either (OTOH I really like ones where I can read it off a script) what I'd love to have is a power point setup with two screens for me, one with a copy of the projector and one with my notes (in inch high font) and thumbnails of the following slides. I.e.

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-05 Thread Georg Wrede
Walter Bright wrote: BCS wrote: I can't memorize speeches either (OTOH I really like ones where I can read it off a script) what I'd love to have is a power point setup with two screens for me, one with a copy of the projector and one with my notes (in inch high font) and thumbnails of the

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-05 Thread BCS
Reply to Walter, BCS wrote: I can't memorize speeches either (OTOH I really like ones where I can read it off a script) what I'd love to have is a power point setup with two screens for me, one with a copy of the projector and one with my notes (in inch high font) and thumbnails of the

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-05 Thread Brad Roberts
BCS wrote: Reply to Georg, I was always terrible at memorization. I couldn't learn my lines in school plays, and once I starred in an educational movie. The director was pulling his hair because I couldn't remember 15 secs of lines at a time. If I make a presentation, I simply have to get

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-04 Thread Georg Wrede
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

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-04 Thread Walter Bright
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

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-04 Thread Walter Bright
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

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-04 Thread Daniel Keep
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

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-04 Thread Sean Kelly
== 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

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-04 Thread Georg Wrede
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

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-04 Thread Sean Kelly
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

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-05-04 Thread Brad Roberts
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

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-04-27 Thread Arild Boes
Here’s the link: http://www.vimeo.com/4333802

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-04-27 Thread BCS
Hello Arild, Here's the link: http://www.vimeo.com/4333802 SWEET! to bad it's almost midnight and I'm pineing for a 56K link right now (don't ask) so I'll have to wait til later

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-04-27 Thread Daniel Keep
Awww! I wanna see how it ends! :D -- Daniel

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-04-22 Thread Arild Boes
Walter Bright skrev: BCS wrote: Hello Walter, Robert Fraser wrote: Walter Bright wrote: http://www.nwcpp.org/ !!! I had a lab or I would have gone ;-( Any chance of a video...? Bartosz videotaped it, I imagine he'll put it up on the nwcpp.org web site soon. Bump ? You'll

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-04-22 Thread BCS
Reply to Arild, Walter Bright skrev: BCS wrote: Hello Walter, Robert Fraser wrote: Walter Bright wrote: http://www.nwcpp.org/ !!! I had a lab or I would have gone ;-( Any chance of a video...? Bartosz videotaped it, I imagine he'll put it up on the nwcpp.org web site soon.

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-04-22 Thread Arild Boes
BCS skrev: Reply to Arild, Walter Bright skrev: BCS wrote: Hello Walter, Robert Fraser wrote: Walter Bright wrote: http://www.nwcpp.org/ !!! I had a lab or I would have gone ;-( Any chance of a video...? Bartosz videotaped it, I imagine he'll put it up on the nwcpp.org web

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-03-05 Thread Walter Bright
BCS wrote: Hello Walter, Robert Fraser wrote: Walter Bright wrote: http://www.nwcpp.org/ !!! I had a lab or I would have gone ;-( Any chance of a video...? Bartosz videotaped it, I imagine he'll put it up on the nwcpp.org web site soon. Bump ? You'll have to ask Bartosz!

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-03-01 Thread BCS
Hello Walter, Robert Fraser wrote: Walter Bright wrote: http://www.nwcpp.org/ !!! I had a lab or I would have gone ;-( Any chance of a video...? Bartosz videotaped it, I imagine he'll put it up on the nwcpp.org web site soon. Bump ?

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-01-22 Thread Walter Bright
Brad Roberts wrote: BCS wrote: Hello Walter, http://www.nwcpp.org/ Crud! 99.9% of the time I'd be able to say I'm 300mi away and couldn't make it, but right now I'm 30mi from Seattle for other reasons. What are the chances that I'd be only a little to far out for one of the few talks I'd

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-01-22 Thread Walter Bright
Robert Fraser wrote: Walter Bright wrote: http://www.nwcpp.org/ !!! I had a lab or I would have gone ;-( Any chance of a video...? Bartosz videotaped it, I imagine he'll put it up on the nwcpp.org web site soon.

Re: Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

2009-01-22 Thread Walter Bright
Tim M wrote: On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:50:51 +1300, Walter Bright newshou...@digitalmars.com wrote: http://www.nwcpp.org/ Hi walter on 20/21 of december 2008 I created a post on digitalmars.D Feature request: getMembers. It never got repplied to. Have you implemented this in D2 yet?