Comments on: Unconference News and Preparation

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:07:40 +0000

Obviously they can read and write, just not very well Duh, who do you think writes the captions?

By: Dan Norris

Dan Norris — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:47:03 +0000

You may have to deal with that LOLcats addiction someday. I do have to say that the greatest part about LOLcats is that it generally only offends cats, most of whom cannot read or write, thereby minimizing the media impact you might otherwise have to endure.

I'll be interested to know when the new time slot is secured so I can try to attend.

By: Webyantra » Geek Speak…. get the lingo right while you can!

Webyantra » Geek Speak…. get the lingo right while you can! — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:59:47 +0000

[...] in frustation every time they hear such arcane geek speak. Well, your life just became easier, for this Oracle AppsLab guy has compiled this awesome deck explaining some of the most commonly used geek lingo (think FTW, [...]

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:58:52 +0000

Good one. This was a representative sample for explanation purposes; if you're going to be at OOW, stop by the session, introduce yourself and contribute.

I'm hoping to get a nice mix of geeks and n00bs to make it fun.

By: waj

waj — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:35:54 +0000

Eh? You forgot “Chuck Norris does not sleep; he waits.”

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:23:55 +0000

You and Steve both went with the eyes as avatars approach. Mildly unsettling.

I realized last week that this session overlaps Larry's keynote, so if I stay in the current slot, I doubt it will matter how big or small the font is. I'm going to try to switch onsite, so we'll see what happens. The text isn't all that important anyway, IMO. I uploaded the presentation so it could be reviewed before/after; focus is on content.

I did bump most of the text up to 24.

By: megbear

megbear — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:30:58 +0000

well you should have guessed it was a lame story. I couldn't figure out how to resize my whole photo when I setup Discus so instead I used the part of the photo that fit into the given box and my eye seemed somehow logical

I do recommend re-thinking 20, esp if people are leaning in to see…

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:25:43 +0000

Most of the text is 44 and 20, but I can bump the smaller text higher. If the format is the same as last year, it's not even a room really. Just a cubby hole in the Overlook portions of the conference hall.

This is why I released to SlideShare in advance too.

What's with the eyes as avatars anyway?

By: megbear

megbear — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:17:15 +0000

great presentation, LOVE the style- – I'm a bit worried about font size, how big is the room? Slide:ology has all this complex math about how big you are supposed to make the font but the short version is that you should certainly stay above 24 pt for everything and edge up to 30 point for big rooms and old people attending..

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:12:08 +0000

Apparently an interesting topic. This presentation made it into the Feature section on SlideShare's homepage today. W00t!

Also, I'm just realizing this session currently overlaps Larry's keynote, bummer. No decent advanced slots remain, so I'm thinking I should do an onsite change, probably for Tuesday PM.

Stay tuned. I'll announce schedule changes here.

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:51:41 +0000

The slides only show half the session. I have more content in the notes to talk to, especially in the Lolcats section, although I think you can tell how they're organized.

I'll check out Louis Gray Facts, but that might be a bit erudite. Baby steps.

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:50:08 +0000

Thanks Matt. Nice catch. Definitions were copy-paste from Urban Dictionary. Guess I should have proofread. I may not update the Slideshare set, unless I make major changes, though.

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:48:54 +0000

Sure, I know RTFM. And WTF, FOAD, STFU, etc. I think you can guess why they're not in my presentation though.

By: David Haimes

David Haimes — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:54:16 +0000

A variation on the PEBKAC insult that developers use all the time is RTFM, which is strange no developer I know ever reads the manual themselves they get really stuck.

By: matt k

matt k — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:49:21 +0000

great. job – really fun. (check slide 14, you misspelled “written”)

By: ontarioemperor

ontarioemperor — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:42:40 +0000

IMHO, the presentation looks pretty good. I had to explain lolcats to someone, and I just directed the person to the appropriate slides.

I don't know if it's appropriate for this audience, but it might be worthwhile to note that there are other derivatives of Chuck Norris facts. (Louis Gray Facts come to mind.)