I did a presentation at WUSS with no slides at all. I had to rehearse more than usual. It went fairly well.

On the other hand, I did one like that some years ago and it was a disaster.

When I use slides, I tend to go through 30-40 for a 20 minute presentation. It's not reasonable to expect the audience to understand detailed code on first sight; they can look at the paper in the proceedings if that's what they want. My job in a presentation is to convince them that the paper is worth looking up.

-- Jack Hamilton jfh@alumni.stanford.org Videtis illam spirare libertatis auram

On Jan 16, 2009, at 9:04 am, toby dunn wrote:

> Ron , > > My great big purple pimp hat wearing friend.... > > Id argue that it should not be required but rather an option for the > presenters. We have to remember that Coders Corner is where many of > the > new authors/presenters get their start. Forcing them to sync their > presentation with their slides where the slides automagically move > at a > specified time period. Seems like a disaster waiting to happen. > Many are > nervous enough as it is presenting to a large group of peeps lets > not put > any more pressure on them than we have too until they are ready for > said > pressure. > > Now having said that I do think it is a cool idea for a seasoned > presenter > such as yourself. I still remember that 30 or 40 something slide > presentation you did a few years ago in like 9 minutes. Crap man > you were > flying fast. > > Toby Dunn > > > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:53:34 -0500, Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI) > <rjf2@CDC.GOV> wrote: > >> I have been talking at great length with my >> SGF Coders Corner Section Chairs >> -- who wish to remain nameless, >> in the interest of anonymity, brevity, common sense, etc -- >> and I may yet convince them to expect >> or require the >> >> Pecha-kucha Method >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha >> >> 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds >> you tell your storey in sync with the visuals. >> >> That's 6 minutes and 40 seconds! >> >> Slides advance automatically >> and when you're done, >> you sit down. >> >> ... and wait for audience applause >> or questions, whichever. >> >> http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-09/st_pechakucha# >> >> http://www.internalcommshub.com/open/news/pechakucha.shtml >> >> Ron Fehd the Nada Spoof maven CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot >> gov >> "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, >> and Raising the Bar!" ;-) >> >> subject: OT: Friday Humor