Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

Brad Roberts braddr at puremagic.com
Mon May 4 21:39:32 PDT 2009


Sean Kelly wrote:
> Georg Wrede wrote:
>>
>> That's certainly true with non-techie audiences. I wish we had had
>> speaking classes when I went to school. The first time I gave a
>> lecture at the university, my hands trembled visibly on the OH.
> 
> I'm fine if I can just sit down and talk, but if I have to stand in
> front of people I still get nervous and scattered.  I was told my talk
> at the D conference actually went reasonably well, but I forgot or
> missed about half the points I'd meant to cover out of sheer terror :-)
> 
> During a public speaking course in high school one of our lectures was
> supposed to be a published work of some sort, so I did the part of a
> evangelical preacher in a Steven King novel.  It was a breeze to do and
> I had a lot of fun with it, playing with pace and tone.  Something about
> the fact that I was "acting" instead of simply speaking as myself made
> all the difference in the world.  If I had to give talks regularly I'd
> probably prepare them pretty much word for word just to feel more like I
> was doing this, at least until I got more comfortable with speaking.

Most of that is just repetition.  I used to be scared as hell.. just rushed
through whatever I had to tell people and finish as fast as I could.  I've now
done enough presentations that the terror has subsided and I can give a decent
talk.  It took years and lots of terror though.

Later,
Brad


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