Slideware
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When you're giving a technical talk, you're the star---but the code you're presenting is your most important prop. We're going to discuss ways to show your code to an audience. You'll come away with tips that will save you time and help you communicate your ideas clearly.
Description
We’ll start with a typical slideshow practice: cutting and pasting source code into Keynote. For small projects, this may be all you need. A few handy shortcuts can help streamline the process.
With anything longer than a lightning talk, you’re probably looking for ways to make sure your audience sees the same up-to-date, tested source code that’s sitting in version control. We’ll see how to refresh the code on your slides automatically, while preserving the beautiful syntax highlighting you see in your text editor.
Next, we’ll look at how to tie your project into more code-friendly presentation software, such as the open-source Showoff package by GitHub’s Scott Chacon. Finally, we’ll finish off with a few auxiliary topics: preparing your slides for sharing on the web, adding a soundtrack, and so on.
Tags
presentations, talks, code
Speaking experience
Speaker
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- Website: http://www.ian.dees.name/
- Twitter: undees
- Identi.ca: undees
- Favorites: View Ian's favorites
Biography
Ian is a Portland-area software utility player who spends his (heh) “spare time” recklessly concocting music, teaching his rug rats how to bicycle, and composing lists in threes.
He is also the author of Scripted GUI Testing With Ruby and co-author of Using JRuby, both published by the Pragmatic Programmers.
Sessions
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- Title: Give a Great Tech Talk
- Track: Culture
- Room: St. Johns
- Time: 10:00 – 11:45am
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Excerpt:
Why do so many technical presentations suck? Make sure that yours
doesn’t. Josh Berkus and Ian Dees will show you how to share your
ideas with your audience by speaking effectively and (when the
situation warrants it) showing your code. - Speakers: Josh Berkus, Ian Dees