Simon Willison's Weblog: slides

Presentations: What tools does Patrick Van Stee use to make his slides?

2014-01-13T16:28:00+00:00

My answer to Presentations: What tools does Patrick Van Stee use to make his slides? on Quora

That looks very much like Apple Keynote (used extremely effectively) to me.

What's your opinion on sharing your presentation slides (online for anyone to access) after speaking at an event where eventgoers paid to hear you (and others) speak?

2013-11-18T17:16:00+00:00

My answer to What's your opinion on sharing your presentation slides (online for anyone to access) after speaking at an event where eventgoers paid to hear you (and others) speak? on Quora

I think sharing slides is almost always the best thing for everyone:

It's good for the event attendees, as now they can easily find the slides online later (rather than having to access a locked-down site somewhere, or get emailed large files which they then have to store themselves). It also makes it easy for them to share some of what they learned with their co-workers.
It's good for you. You probably spoke at the event to share your knowledge and increase your reputation, and posting slides online means that more people than just the attendees get to benefit from your knowledge.
It's good for the event organiser: if your slides become popular online, their event gets a reputation as a high quality event, which means they'll find it easier to sell tickets to their next event.
It's good for everyone else, since they get to benefit from your slides too.

Event attendees know that they're not just there for the information in the slides: they're there to network with other attendees, learn from the speakers directly, and energise and inspire themselves. These are things which can't be got from reading through a set of slides onine.

The only exception here is if the event organiser asks you not to share the slides - especially if they paid you for the time it took to prepare a unique presentation as well as your flights and hotels. I'd try to convince them otherwise, but I'd obey their wishes.

Tags: slides, speaking, quora

Does PowerPoint has a mode, where I can show slides on projector and see the slide notes on my laptop screen?

2012-09-04T13:31:00+00:00

My answer to Does PowerPoint has a mode, where I can show slides on projector and see the slide notes on my laptop screen? on Quora

Yes. It's called Presenter View. http://office.microsoft.com/en-u...

Tags: powerpoint, slides, speaking, quora

When Ajax Attacks! Web application security fundamentals

2008-09-20T16:16:13+00:00

When Ajax Attacks! Web application security fundamentals

Slides and notes from my talk on web application security at @media Ajax last Tuesday.

Tags: ajax, atmediaajax, atmediaajax2008, csrf, javascript, security, slides, speaking, my-talks, xss

I love Zeppelins, and you should too

2008-09-13T18:38:49+00:00

I love Zeppelins, and you should too

Slides from my PyCon UK lightning talk on Zeppelins. I’ve annotated them using SlideShare comments.

Via My talks page

Tags: airships, lightning-talks, pyconuk, pyconuk2008, slides, speaking, my-talks, zeppelins

Building the Social Web with OpenID

2007-09-09T00:36:23+00:00

Building the Social Web with OpenID

Slides from my keynote at yesterday’s PyCon UK.

Tags: keynote, openid, pyconuk, pyconuk2007, python, slides, slideshare, social-web, my-talks

Advanced Django

2007-09-08T13:00:06+00:00

Advanced Django

Slides from my hour long tutorial at PyCon UK this morning. Most of the material was adapted from OSCON, but I also added a new section covering newforms.

Tags: django, newforms, pyconuk, pyconuk2007, python, slides, slideshare, my-talks, tutorial

CouchDb: Some Context

2007-09-04T02:31:10+00:00

CouchDb: Some Context

CouchDb developer Jan Lehnardt wrote up detailed notes on slides from a presentation he gave back in June, explaining most of what’s interesting about CouchDb (although without the new JavaScript function query language).

Tags: couchdb, jan-lehnardt, javascript, nonrelational, slides

The Django Web Application Framework

2007-07-05T01:07:02+00:00

The Django Web Application Framework

I’m slowly pushing my presentations from the past couple of years up to Slideshare. This is a Django talk from April 2006, so it’s a little out of date.

Tags: accu, django, python, slides, slideshare, speaking, my-talks

OpenID Speech at Webtuesday Zurich

2007-01-11T15:27:24+00:00

OpenID Speech at Webtuesday Zurich

Good set of slides, along with the tidbit that local.ch (which had slippy maps years before Google) is implementing OpenID.

Tags: maps, openid, slides

Design Comics Templates 1.0

2007-01-10T23:31:02+00:00

Design Comics Templates 1.0

Free OpenOffice slides with cartoons suitable for use in technical storyboards.

Via Mark Pilgrim

Tags: openoffice, slides

Rails vs Django Paper and Slides

2006-12-24T12:43:02+00:00

Rails vs Django Paper and Slides

Even if you’ve already read the paper you should check out the slides. Really good flow, clear and clever use of diagrams.

Tags: django, presenting, rails, slides