Hey Joe, On 8/6/13 7:41 PM, Joe Abley wrote: > An example of (2) can be found in > <http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/87/slides/slides-87-dnsop-8.pdf> where I > presented a one-slide problem statement that consisted entirely filled with > an xkcd cartoon. Once the room is suitably filled with hilarity, it's much > easier to enrage people with your stupid idea. > > I don't think that having slides available in advance helps significantly > with (1) in an ietf context (where we are continuing a conversation from a > list, and not generally introducing new material). (2) is not really > pertinent for a remote audience (if they've bothered to attend at all, you > can surely assume they are paying attention.)
What? People remotely can't read email? Heck we can do more than that. We can cook a meal. Try that while an IETF is going on. > > Many people use slideware as a teleprompter so that they can remember what to > say at the mic. I've done that before. I'm not proud of it. But if those lines contain *questions*, it gets you to the point where there is discussion, which is just fine, as you point out here: > > The best outcome at a working group meeting is that, as a presenter, you > spend most of your time listening rather than talking. If the mic line is > empty, you probably should not have been on the agenda. > 100% agree. Eliot
