[lopsa-discuss] Note: WiPs at LISA'05

[Esther Filderman]

On 12/2/05, Tom Limoncelli <tal at whatexit.org> wrote:
> There used to be a rule (maybe it was a guideline) that WiP
> presentors were limited to 1 slide.  Since that rule (guideline) has

Yes, and in those days people used overhead projector slides.

> been removed, we occasionally we see people bring 50 slides and are
> surprised to discover they don't get through them all in their 5
> minutes.

Last year, the 2nd place WiP was a guy from Sandia who must have
flipped through, no joke,150 slides in 5 minutes.  He was showing some
nifty hardware and talking his way through the slides, almost making
it seem like you were seeing an animation going around things.  It was
awesome!

The winning WiP had maybe 5 slides.  I have to admit what one it for
him was the fact that he got more and more hysterical as the
presentation went on.  His topic was, "CADUBI: I Wrote It Ages Ago and
I No Longer Support It So Please Leave Me Alone."  His slides are
online [hello, google] but it's just not as much fun without watching
the presenter  work himself into a lather.  By the end I wasn't the
only one laughing so hard I couldn't speak.

So my opinion is:  One slide or 9 million, it's all about the presentation.


> In my day, we had to walk up hill both ways through 5' of snow even
> in the summer.  And we liked it.  But more importantly, mister "I'm
> only 37, I can't be an old-timer" would like to remind people that

And a Happy Birthday to you too, Old Fart.

> that some of his favorite WiPs have been with a single slide.
>
> I think three slides is more than enough.

Fine, I'll expect your WiP presentation will have only 3 slides then? :-)