Video & slides, or it didn't happen... On Jul 17, 2012 6:53 AM, "Martijn Verburg" <martijnverb...@gmail.com> 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 <ricky.clark...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Cute animals dying in a broken up spaceship would have got the message > > through. > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:52 AM, jon.kipar...@gmail.com > > <jon.kipar...@gmail.com> 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" <tae...@gmail.com> > >> Date: Thu, Jul 5, 2012 9:22 am > >> Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Animals in talks > >> To: <javaposse@googlegroups.com> > >> > >> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Jon Kiparsky <jon.kipar...@gmail.com> > >> 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 javaposse@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> 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 javaposse@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> 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 javaposse@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > 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 javaposse@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
