Fwd: Re: Feedback required: Mahout presentation at OSCON

[Sean Owen <sr...@gmail.com>]

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From: "Sean Owen" <sr...@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 16, 2010 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: Feedback required: Mahout presentation at OSCON
To: "Robin Anil" <ro...@gmail.com>

What's the audience like? Why do you imagine they are motivated to come to
the talk? Maybe they want an intro, but I imagine those at OSCON who pick
this talk already know basically what this is.

I personally would largely skip introduction and overview. I would also skip
code samples - they can't use it during the talk. That is wiki material.

Instead I'd tell a story about an interesting problem like ones they may
have, and sketch the fun and interesting parts of an answer.

Presos in my opinion should have less text than this. If they can just read
what you say you lose attention. It is not meant to be readable on its own.
Pictures and diagrams are superb

If you could really cover an interesting clustering case I think that would
be dynamite. FWIW see what I did for Berlin Buzzwords.

On Jul 16, 2010 1:44 PM, "Robin Anil" <ro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hopefully covers everything mahout but, I dont know if I can squeeze it in
> the time period. Looking for ways to prune it. Would love to hear your
> thoughts of the stuff that can be done without.
>
> Robin

Re: Re: Feedback required: Mahout presentation at OSCON

[Ted Dunning <te...@gmail.com>]

I totally concur with what Sean says.

Pictures are excellent.  Pictures of people are even better.

Tell a story.  That is the essence of why people come together to hear a
speaker.  This has been happening for thousands of years and nothing has
changed except the swap of power point and a project for the campfire.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Sean Owen <sr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Sean Owen" <sr...@gmail.com>
> Date: Jul 16, 2010 4:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Feedback required: Mahout presentation at OSCON
> To: "Robin Anil" <ro...@gmail.com>
>
> What's the audience like? Why do you imagine they are motivated to come to
> the talk? Maybe they want an intro, but I imagine those at OSCON who pick
> this talk already know basically what this is.
>
> I personally would largely skip introduction and overview. I would also
> skip
> code samples - they can't use it during the talk. That is wiki material.
>
> Instead I'd tell a story about an interesting problem like ones they may
> have, and sketch the fun and interesting parts of an answer.
>
> Presos in my opinion should have less text than this. If they can just read
> what you say you lose attention. It is not meant to be readable on its own.
> Pictures and diagrams are superb
>
> If you could really cover an interesting clustering case I think that would
> be dynamite. FWIW see what I did for Berlin Buzzwords.
>
> On Jul 16, 2010 1:44 PM, "Robin Anil" <ro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hopefully covers everything mahout but, I dont know if I can squeeze it
> in
> > the time period. Looking for ways to prune it. Would love to hear your
> > thoughts of the stuff that can be done without.
> >
> > Robin
>