[OSDC Israel] feedbacks from the conference

[Amit Aronovitch]

Gaal Yahas wrote:

>Let's put this on a Wiki somewhere. For starters:
>
>* Secure a laptop on which you'll be doing your presentation. Make sure
>  it looks like you want it to at 1024x768, which is what most projectors
>  can display. (Better: find out for sure. Some only do 800x600.) Colors
>  will be a little bit off, so either don't care about colors too much
>  or calibrate in the classroom much like musicians perform balance
>  before a gig.
>
>* Have a plan for what to do if your laptop dies the night before your
>  talk. (I don't mean "Panic". I mean something like, "I'll need to: 1.
>  borrow a laptop running linux; 2. wget slides from $URL; 3. install
>  frobtz version 4.117. Yes, this is a lot like deploying software
>  at a client site.) If you are precisely the opposite of me and have
>  everything prepared well in advance, consider burning a livecd with
>  your talk. Make a spare.
>
>* Dark on light, high contrast == visible. Light on dark background ==
>  audience in the dark, sleeping.
>
>* Large fonts.
>
>* Minimize typing. Unless you are Audrey you type slower than your
>  audience thinks.
>  
>
  The "live demo" style of lecture has it's own merits.
It has a great psychological impact, and provides means to give
satisfying answers to unplanned questions from the audience (just
do it and see what happens) etc.

   Speed and accuracy can be greatly improved by using tab-completion
and history features. Still, it's not the right format for every talk.
Choose wisely and practice beforehand.