!!CON 2014 (Videos/Transcripts)
From the homepage:
!!Con (pronounced bang bang con) 2014 was two days of ten-minute talks (with lots of breaks, of course!) about what excites us about programming — the amazing, the strange, and the heartwarming. From kernel exploits to teaching kids to program, !!Con was about bringing the NYC programming community together to celebrate the joy and excitement and the surprising moments in what we do. We defined “programming community” broadly — you didn’t need to be a professional programmer to be part of !!Con.
Let me give you just a few of the titles of the presentations:
- The Art of Obsession
- The Sound of Segfaults!!
- Nantucket! Hacking at verse
- Now you’re thinking with PCMPISTRI!
- How I used my knowledge of code (and music!) to help fight fires!
- and more!
I haven’t watched all the videos, yet, but they have me thinking that ten minutes may be the ideal presentation length.
Long enough to present your core idea or what excites you yet not long enough to fill your slides with text. 😉 For details, the audience can read your paper.
I first saw this in a tweet by Julia Evans.