Comments on: Highlights Of FOWA 2007 http://www.johntopley.com/2007/02/26/highlights-of-fowa-2007/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:57:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Simon Willison http://www.johntopley.com/2007/02/26/highlights-of-fowa-2007/#comment-1195 Simon Willison Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:28:19 +0000 http://www.johntopley.com/2007/02/26/highlights-of-fowa-2007/#comment-1195 Apparently I'm always like that. I'd actually planned to take this one slowly, but I did a run-through the night before and found I was 7 minutes over time with nothing obvious that I could leave out so I fell back on the old talking-fast-and-hoping-people-keep-up routine. Apparently I’m always like that. I’d actually planned to take this one slowly, but I did a run-through the night before and found I was 7 minutes over time with nothing obvious that I could leave out so I fell back on the old talking-fast-and-hoping-people-keep-up routine.

]]> By: John C http://www.johntopley.com/2007/02/26/highlights-of-fowa-2007/#comment-1196 John C Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:26:31 +0000 http://www.johntopley.com/2007/02/26/highlights-of-fowa-2007/#comment-1196 An excellent summary John! I'd forgotten about some of the stuff you mentioned there already, the Dell salesmen fighting to give Stefan a discount was most entertaining! One of the things that amazed me was how may techies were so damn good at presenting. I thought techies were all supposed to be shy, insecure, and not very good at communicating. Guys like Simon, Kevin Rose and these other youngsters came across like they'd been doing it for years, getting laughs from the audience and making it look easy! An excellent summary John! I’d forgotten about some of the stuff you mentioned there already, the Dell salesmen fighting to give Stefan a discount was most entertaining!

One of the things that amazed me was how may techies were so damn good at presenting. I thought techies were all supposed to be shy, insecure, and not very good at communicating. Guys like Simon, Kevin Rose and these other youngsters came across like they’d been doing it for years, getting laughs from the audience and making it look easy!

]]> By: Simon Wardley http://www.johntopley.com/2007/02/26/highlights-of-fowa-2007/#comment-1200 Simon Wardley Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:09:04 +0000 http://www.johntopley.com/2007/02/26/highlights-of-fowa-2007/#comment-1200 Hi John, thank you for your kind duck, Blair and Zimki summary. I must admit I enjoyed giving the talk, the audience was wonderful - unlike my nerves which were a wreck. Hi John, thank you for your kind duck, Blair and Zimki summary. I must admit I enjoyed giving the talk, the audience was wonderful - unlike my nerves which were a wreck.

]]> By: John Topley http://www.johntopley.com/2007/02/26/highlights-of-fowa-2007/#comment-1207 John Topley Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:54:15 +0000 http://www.johntopley.com/2007/02/26/highlights-of-fowa-2007/#comment-1207 @John: Thanks! I think it's quite interesting to wait a week before blogging about it and then seeing which bits are still in the mind. Yes, there were a lot of good presenters, but I was also surprised at how many people stuck to just talking to boring PowerPoints of nothing but bullet points. I think that's why the presentations that used a bit of humour and imagination stood out so much. @Simon Wardley: You certainly didn't come across as being a nervous wreck, quite the opposite in fact! @John: Thanks! I think it’s quite interesting to wait a week before blogging about it and then seeing which bits are still in the mind. Yes, there were a lot of good presenters, but I was also surprised at how many people stuck to just talking to boring PowerPoints of nothing but bullet points. I think that’s why the presentations that used a bit of humour and imagination stood out so much.

@Simon Wardley: You certainly didn’t come across as being a nervous wreck, quite the opposite in fact!

]]> By: Aplikacije prihodnosti - FOWA 07 • mitjamavsar http://www.johntopley.com/2007/02/26/highlights-of-fowa-2007/#comment-1213 Aplikacije prihodnosti - FOWA 07 • mitjamavsar Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:02:52 +0000 http://www.johntopley.com/2007/02/26/highlights-of-fowa-2007/#comment-1213 [...] A kaj bi pisal, kar so že drugi. Organizator Ryan Carson je konferenčno dogajanje povzel na svojem blogu, blogali pa so tudi nekateri udeleženci. Recimo john in cathryn. [...] […] A kaj bi pisal, kar so že drugi. Organizator Ryan Carson je konferenčno dogajanje povzel na svojem blogu, blogali pa so tudi nekateri udeleženci. Recimo john in cathryn. […]

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