Re: speaking at PyCon

2012-01-31 Thread Martin P. Hellwig
On 29/01/2012 03:32, Eric Snow wrote: This is my first year speaking at PyCon, so I solicited speaking/preparation advice from a bunch of folks, particularly focusing on the PyCon speaking experience. I've compiled the results and put them online: http://ref.rtfd.org/speakers This is still

Re: speaking at PyCon

2012-01-30 Thread Roy Smith
Wow. As somebody who has given plenty of talks, I can tell you this is an awesome checklist (and most of it not specific to PyCon). Let me add one suggestion -- never, ever, ever, type a URL into a browser connected to the internet in front of a live audience. You never know when you're

Re: speaking at PyCon

2012-01-30 Thread Devin Jeanpierre
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote: Wow.  As somebody who has given plenty of talks, I can tell you this is an awesome checklist (and most of it not specific to PyCon). Let me add one suggestion -- never, ever, ever, type a URL into a browser connected to the

Re: speaking at PyCon

2012-01-30 Thread python
Roy, Let me add one suggestion -- never, ever, ever, type a URL into a browser connected to the internet in front of a live audience. You never know when you're going to make a typo and something *totally* not what you expected will fill the screen. Great advice! Years ago I did a

speaking at PyCon

2012-01-28 Thread Eric Snow
This is my first year speaking at PyCon, so I solicited speaking/preparation advice from a bunch of folks, particularly focusing on the PyCon speaking experience. I've compiled the results and put them online: http://ref.rtfd.org/speakers This is still rough, and feedback is welcome, as is more