[Open-graphics] Re: HELP: Alpha version of speech for OSCON

[Timothy Normand Miller]

On 6/29/07, Josephblack <josephhenryblack at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29/06/07, Timothy Normand Miller <theosib at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Let me be more specific.  In the version of OOo I have, there is a
> > "notes" tab which lets you view notes added to the slides.
>
> I like it.
>
> Looking at some of the talks, some just are business people - not sure
> about number of attending uh, who get the tech. So I wonder about the
> position of the last page - it may give an impression that we are
> struggling and It is the last thing we leave them with before q&a.
> Whereas we are really making steady progress.

I just added this to the slides:

Community involvement
Assistance from companies

Ad this to the notes:

We have had a lot of help from the community
Various companies have helped us out: discounts, use of facilities,
licensing of IP
Our progress is slow but steady: persistence

> it could be moved up earlier - say shared between slide 3 and 7. eg
> mention the difficulties of making it earlier and then we would show
> them the card - we did it. then the demo. we did it etc. now we are up
> to here (stage1).. and making progress. After they are left knowing
> where we are up to, just before q&a you can invite them to assist with
> something specific - which might even prompt a question or two along
> that line.

Ok.  I moved it to right under Motivation.  I need to figure out how to segue.

> Also looking at the expected audience - how would you describe them?
> CEO. Tech guys. Geeks? And do we know of any applications that might
> specifically interest them that could be mentioned in passing?

This seems to be a very business-oriented conference, as you say.  Not
like, say, the Ohio LinuxFest, which has lots of talks on projects
being worked on.

I'm sure lots of tech and geek people will be there, though.

As for your last question... it's a good question.  :)

-- 
Timothy Normand Miller
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti
Open Graphics Project