Why demos?
For as long as I can remember in my public speaking activities, I
have always planned my presentations with some sort of live demo
in it. I am always surprised when a conference venue asks me to
provide my slides in advance, to be loaded in an anonymous
computer with no chance of demos. I always turn down such offers,
as I always want to provide a demo.
There have been times when technical or time constraints
prevented me from demoing something, and in these cases I felt
that the presentation was lacking a vital part. But I always try.
I have even given demos during lightning talks, and those were
the ones that made me feel really good.
I have given hundreds of presentations, and hundreds of demos,
and as in every human activity, I have made plenty of mistakes. I
believe I have learned some valuable lesson from my mistakes, and
this article is my attempt at sharing the joy with wannabe
presenters and also with …
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