Metaprogramming in D tonight at the NWCPP

[Brad Roberts]

BCS wrote:
> Reply to Georg,
> 
> 
>> I was always terrible at memorization. I couldn't learn my lines in
>> school plays, and once I starred in an educational movie. The director
>> was pulling his hair because I couldn't remember 15 secs of lines at a
>> time. If I make a presentation, I simply have to get familiar with the
>> subject, and then have the slides, like, be my cheat sheet. I always
>> envied the guys (often sales reps, or evangelists), who did the same
>> thing word-for-word, even if I saw them again after six months.
> 
> I can't memorize speeches either (OTOH I really like ones where I can
> read it off a script) what I'd love to have is a power point setup with
> two screens for me, one with a copy of the projector and one with my
> notes (in inch high font) and thumbnails of the following slides.

If you haven't before, check out presenter mode in powerpoint.  It's pretty much
what you just described.  Only takes two screens, one the projector and the
other your laptop's display.  The laptop display has 3 panes: a sliding window
of the slides; the current slide; and your notes.

Later,
Brad