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Serious question, I don't want to attack this presentation but in general am I one of the few that finds meme annoying in slides?
by genofon 8y ago
Serious question, I don't want to attack this presentation but in general am I one of the few that finds meme annoying in slides?
- smcl 8y agoYou're one of a few (myself included) but sadly I think reaction gifs and memes are here to stay even in technical presentations and articles.
- phillipwei 8y agoNo, you're not alone. For a presentation thats complaining about how something is hard to understand, I find all the meming distracting and unhelpful.
- rdl 8y agoI assume it works much better in a live presentation, where he is talking while running the slides. A 10-20 page deck or 3 page paper would have communicated this more readily as a stand-alone.
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- gdfasfklshg4 8y agoI disagree. The memes give me memory cues when I think about the talk later. I have a visual memory so maybe this is why? Also they are lighthearted and fun and life is short so why not have some fun even when being serious?
- tw1010 8y agoThey only work in that capacity if you already watch a lot of memes, so they effectively act as a shibboleth (in-group out-group separator) for separating people who spend a lot of time on reddit from those that don't.
- Uberphallus 8y agoTime to create a meme-based learning startup.
- gdfasfklshg4 8y agoI'm not a Reddit user nor do I keep up with memes so I hadn't seen most of these memes until looking at this slidedeck.
- thomasz 8y agoThey still help a lot to keep the audience alerted as long as they are funny or surprising without meta information. Adding "Confused Nick Young" to underline, well, how confusing some features are, will still be understood perfectly well by those who see it the first time. On the other hand, memes like "Scumbag Steve" [2] are indeed problematic, because there is no way to understand the point the author wants to make without prior knowledge. ------ [1] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/confused-nick-young [2] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/scumbag-steve
- PetitPrince 8y agoI see how it can be annoying; for me it's only mildly entertaining. However from a structural point of view I have the feeling that it's it's fine if only slightly obscured (how I am, what I don't like about notebooks point 1, example, point 2,...). At least at the end there's some summary slides that states his main points/gripes (how you could win me over)
- pjmlp 8y agoNo, I find them annoying as well. They aren't fun, don't have anything to do with technical content and just put me off, specially if the presenter thinks s/he could have a 2nd job as stand up comedian.
- coldtea 8y ago>They aren't fun That's subjective. >don't have anything to do with technical content Most public presentations / speeches contain a few jokes. They don't have much to do with the technical content either, but they help people pay attention and ease in the speech. It's not like we don't have enough boring powerpoint presentations already. It's also not like those going into the trouble of compiling the slides and sharing their knowledge owe us anything...
- pjmlp 8y agoIf I want to get a laugh I go to stand up comedy show, theater, cinema,... not to a developers conference.
- coldtea 8y agoWell, others don't compartmentalize things so tightly. Most would welcome one or more jokes in a developer speech. So much so, that it's common advice for any kind of public speaking and presentation to add a few jokes to lighten the mood (you can find thousands of articles, books, and public speaking training sessions advising about this). Some of the best technical speakers add humor in their presentations (often lots of it, e.g. Raymond Hettinger).
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