On Wednesday, 11 May 2016 at 17:31:32 UTC, dilkROM wrote:
> And also, if anyone can identify all lightning speakers, that would be terrific. We do need their slides and their names / desired nicknames / contact info as well. :)

I didn't use slides, but only a few code examples, collected in a text file that Andrei pasted here: http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/36e4c089d0d6

On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 10:55 PM, Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-announce <digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> wrote:

> On 5/12/16 4:13 PM, Seb wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, 11 May 2016 at 09:17:54 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
>>
>>> To do the editing of HD videos we need presentation slides which are currently scattered over different places. It would help a lot to have them all in github.com/dlang/dlang.org repo - please submit pull requests asap!
>>>
>>
>> Just a minor complaint - would it be possible for the next dconf to have the slides (or a link to them) on dconf.org before the talk starts? Thanks for the great work!
>>
>
> I think it's better to not have the slides available until the talk starts. There may be jokes/surprises in the slides that you don't want to give away before the talk happens :)
>
> -Steve
>

Surely we should make it a requirement that slides are uploaded on the dconf site, then make sure they only show once the talk starts.

I'd imagine its easier to get most of the admin stuff done before the conference, because those involved are already busy with it.

On 5/12/16 8:31 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Thursday, 12 May 2016 at 23:14:05 UTC, Leandro Lucarella wrote:
>> Steven Schveighoffer, el 12 de May a las 16:55 me escribiste:
>>> On 5/12/16 4:13 PM, Seb wrote:
>>> >On Wednesday, 11 May 2016 at 09:17:54 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
>>> >>To do the editing of HD videos we need presentation slides >>which
>>> are currently scattered over different places. It >>would help a lot
>>> to have them all in >>github.com/dlang/dlang.org repo - please submit
>>> pull >>requests asap!
>>> >
>>> >Just a minor complaint - would it be possible for the next >dconf to
>>> have the slides (or a link to them) on dconf.org >before the talk
>>> starts? Thanks for the great work!
>>>
>>> I think it's better to not have the slides available until the talk
>>> starts. There may be jokes/surprises in the slides that you don't
>>> want to give away before the talk happens :)
>>
>> Exactly, I would say it depends on the talk, for my talk I didn't want
>> to provide the slides beforehand ;-)
>
> Here's a crazy idea: provide a simple/short URL to the slides as the
> second slide of your talk (and speak out loud the URL just in case the
> camera doesn't get it) :)

This is actually exactly what I did :)

-Steve

On 5/12/16 6:21 PM, Daniel Kozak via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
> Dne 12.5.2016 v 22:55 Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-announce
> napsal(a):
>
>> On 5/12/16 4:13 PM, Seb wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 11 May 2016 at 09:17:54 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
>>>> To do the editing of HD videos we need presentation slides which are
>>>> currently scattered over different places. It would help a lot to have
>>>> them all in github.com/dlang/dlang.org repo - please submit pull
>>>> requests asap!
>>>
>>> Just a minor complaint - would it be possible for the next dconf to have
>>> the slides (or a link to them) on dconf.org before the talk starts?
>>> Thanks for the great work!
>>
>> I think it's better to not have the slides available until the talk
>> starts.
>
> No, you are wrong. It would be really nice to have them. I would say it
> was one of the biggest failures of dconf for people who can't attend.

You only *need* the slides for when you can watch the talk. Having the slides beforehand may be confusing and unhelpful. This means there is no reason to provide the slides until the talk actually happens.

I almost want to say, if you need to see the presentation live, attend the conference :) In some past conferences, there were no live streams, and people survived. It's nice to have, but it somewhat removes the incentive to support the conference by attending.

>> There may be jokes/surprises in the slides that you don't want to give
>> away before the talk happens :)
>>
>
> If there is anything you do not want to make available before talks. You
> don't have to ;).

But then the slides provided online don't match the slides you are showing. That is not good.

-Steve

On 05/13/2016 08:24 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:

> But then the slides provided online don't match the slides you are
> showing. That is not good.

Thanks to you, I've fixed my silly binary-tree mistake in one of my slides. My slides on dconf.org don't match the ones in the video. :)

Ali

On Friday, 13 May 2016 at 15:24:22 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>
> You only *need* the slides for when you can watch the talk. Having the slides beforehand may be confusing and unhelpful. This means there is no reason to provide the slides until the talk actually happens.
>
> I almost want to say, if you need to see the presentation live, attend the conference :) In some past conferences, there were no live streams, and people survived. It's nice to have, but it somewhat removes the incentive to support the conference by attending.
>

Have you checked out some of the older DConf pages where the slides aren't still available? That's a little frustrating. In my opinion, it reflects poor organizational skills.

The best time to get the slides is before the presenter speaks. No slides, no speak. Also, if they need to make changes, they can always upload a newer version.

On 5/13/16 8:02 PM, jmh530 wrote:
> Have you checked out some of the older DConf pages where the slides
> aren't still available? That's a little frustrating. In my opinion, it
> reflects poor organizational skills.

Agreed. Who could please get on top of this? (Check pages, nag presenters to send slides, create PRs). -- Andrei