Re: OT: Presentation Style

  • From: Ethan Post <post.ethan@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:56:31 -0600

I agree, it would be hard to do a one hour tech pres. like this, but getting
a quick tech concept across in 5 minutes might be good. This style is really
beneficial towards communicating a concept or vision I think. That just
happens to be where my head happens to be these days.

On 11/23/05, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'm echoing Tom Kyte's comments when I state
> that it would be useful for a high level presentation
> such as this one.
>
> Nitty gritty tech details - I don't think it would work well.
>
> Jared
>
>
> On 11/23/05, Ethan Post <post.ethan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I watched about half of this presentation last week (time not interest
> > kept me from watching all) and thought the style was very captivating.
> >
> > http://www.identity20.com/media/OSCON2005/
> >
> > Wondering what others think. I have been to Hotsos two times and plan on
> > going this year also. I have also seen a lot of technical presentations on
> > the web,  many have put me to sleep. The best speakers (which are many) at
> > Hotsos usually know how to keep things moving, implement a bit of humor and
> > still cover are the requisite techie details. I always know that I can find
> > the details later in the materials if I need them.
> >
> > - Ethan
> >
> > PS: Cary (or if someone happens to talk to him pass this on), try to get
> > them to extend the wireless signal in the conference rooms this year.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
>

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