It's over!

[yendi]

Presentation is over! Went okay. I had about twenty people (which is fine), and bullshitted until the cows came home. I talked too fast, and stumbled over my words, as always.

We got the evals immediately, and most of them were way better than I expected. Only one asshole (who had the nerve to give me a 1 out of 5 on "knowledge of subject." It's only my fucking career. Motherfucking asshat. Call my presentation bad, and I'm fine. But don't tell me I don't know my shit.

But otherwise, people were pretty happy with my presentation, more than I expected. And since everyone else said that I know my shit, I'm okay with the results.

And now I can relax. :-)

I'm in the second presentation of the day, and since we have wireless access, I can catch up on LJ while sitting here.

There are lots of Macs here. And all the presenters are basically wearing t-shirts (I'm wearing the O'Reilly 25th anniversary one that was handed out at lunch yesterday). I like this conference. I may look at being on the program committee for next year.

After lunch, we're being bused to Lake Michigan, where we will hit the beach, the boardwalk, and a casino. Alas, I don't think I'll have wireless from there, so don't expect to see much of me today.

The session I'm at right now is a great one on various sociological changes in online interaction. Some nifty research is coming out of Stanford.

Comments

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it went okay. Don't worry _too_ much about one person skewing the figures - most places will average them out...

[aussie-nyc.livejournal.com]

Glad your presentation is out of the way.

I remember giving a paper at a Mathematics in Sport conference, which was much less formal than I had guessed it would be. My boss saw me in shirt and tie, ordered me to remove the tie, and gave me huge t-shirt to put on over the shirt. Helped me get into a relaxed frame of mind- very useful.

[tygerlilly.livejournal.com]

Hey! It's great to hear your presentation went so well, and don't worry about asshat, some people are just goofy. I'm glad to know you're having a good time. Enjoy the beach and go for it, why not be on the committee next year? (;

[10dimensions.livejournal.com]

"I talked too fast, and stumbled over my words"

Haha...I can totally relate to that. I talk kinda fast anyway, and I get nervous when talking to a group, so it just gets worse! I'm up there babbling at 100mph. ;)

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Yay Stanford!

If you ever get a chance to take a Stage Speech class or something like that, go for it. It really helped Clint and me.

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

You didn't give a presentation unless some schmuck gives you a 1. Murhy's law. Glad you thought it went well.

Off to the casino to test your System are you? Have fun!

Un

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

"The session I'm at right now is a great one on various sociological changes in online interaction. Some nifty research is coming out of Stanford."

Heck, you probably could have given that talk.

UN