Re: Presentation
Thanks for this,
Will make changes then upload the source to salsa.github.com.
Paul
On 09/05/2019 17:36, Miroslav Kravec wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I took a quick look at the presentation. Looks to have nice potential
> in it. Few points below:
>
>> Debian GNU/Linux is a free (as in freedom) operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. [1]
> Less (text) is more (focused presentation). I would remove part
> describing what OS is, and based on audience, would explain the term
> only orally (plus hyperlink in PDF).
>
> I would also try to restructure "A brief definition" to get rid of
> repetition of "Debian" on each bullet point.
>
>> Internet Relay Chat
> In 2019 the most of the people know, what chat is (or quickly
> explained it orally). I would merge these three points to one "A real
> time Text based Communication system", and focus on IRC pros and
> differences.
>
>> :-
> For me, this looks a bit ugly.
>
>> On a basic level it is:-
> I would remove this sentence at all, and reword titles:
>
> * What is Internet Relay Chat,
> * What is ID with nickserv,
>
> Also, I would move registration after definition, and renamed title to:
>
> * Registration of ID with nickserv
>
> Generally, I would first focus on the message to be told, and to whom.
> Presentations are highly specific. And, people tend to get easily
> bored, when there's too much details they already know, or are not
> relevant to message. Also, people get bored, if they lose track on
> some point, because of missing information. In either case, they'll
> disconnect themselves, and will start day dreaming, or anti-social
> ones will start disturbing others/speaker.
>
> Kind regards,
> Miroslav Kravec
>
> On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 5:24 PM Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Having worked on a presentation to promote Debian generally, I decided
>> to work on one that could focus on IRC and how to get started.
>>
>> https://salsa.debian.org/zleap-guest/oftc-presentation
>>
>> I am not sure if this is useful, but I would anticipate this can form
>> part of a series on getting started with Debian contributing. It is
>> early days on this at the moment but I am getting there slowly.
>>
>> I am not going to touch on IRC clients other than the web interface,
>> once people are connected to IRC they are able to ask for further help
>> and information on clients.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>>
>> Paul Sutton
>>
>>
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