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Talk about stuff you know are care about
Tell a story
Don't search for topics, select them
Less decoration, more focus
Manage their questions
Animate code demos
Harness your anxiety
Tell a story
Story is the oldest tool for dealing with lack of memory.
A story has flow to assist memorisation
Hierarchy - to assist comprehension and recollection. Break things down.
Historical narrative of something is a ready made story Process storyline - what were the steps we took to build something Anecdotal examples. This is what happened when I went to build X
Since you were a child you have been training yourself to understand stories.
Don't search for topics, select them
Don't ask "what should I say?" -- this is, what are the important things I can recall with mental effort, won't give us the best results.
Ask - what could I say -- what would I recognise if I saw it in front of me.
Dump your entire knowledge of the subject in any order. To analyse, don't prioritise. Just write. -- pick out the 5 main points, find a story to connect those points -- if something doesn't connect, replace it -- put each bit under those points -- drop anything that doesn't fit under a point
A screencast tool to display your keys, inspired by Screenflick.
This is an almost-complete rewrite of screenkey 0.2, featuring:
Several keyboard translation methods
Key composition/input method support
Configurable font/size/position
Highlighting of recent keystrokes
Improved backspace processing
Normal/Emacs/Mac caps modes
Multi-monitor support
Dynamic recording control
Switch for visible shift and modifier sequences only
Repeats compression
Countless bug fixesA screencast tool to display your keys, inspired by Screenflick.
This is an almost-complete rewrite of screenkey 0.2, featuring:
Several keyboard translation methods
Key composition/input method support
Configurable font/size/position
Highlighting of recent keystrokes
Improved backspace processing
Normal/Emacs/Mac caps modes
Multi-monitor support
Dynamic recording control by pressing both control keys
Switch for visible shift and modifier sequences only
Repeats compression
Countless bug fixes