OpenWest 2016
13 - 16 Jul 2016 at South Towne Expo Center

Difficult to follow. Presenter seemed to have knowledge, but trouble expressing the knowledge to an audience. The code shown was interesting, though not clearly or completely explained. Needs both polish and structure.

Presenter was very knowledgeable, confident without being arrogant. He was good at making his comments funny and relatable. The main point of the discussion was a bit vague though, there was a tenancy to ramble and get off topic, or not have a clear topic. His great speaking style did much to make up for these drawbacks.

Excellent presentation, very expertly done, presenter had amazing confidence.

Good use of the tool itself, showing great power and options for development. Speaker was good, though a bit nervous.

This talk sparked a lot of thought and discussion with my peers after the talk, but was very complex, perhaps too much for an hour presentation.

Very informative in not only how to make it work, but also the value in tackling appropriate problems with this method. Also relaxed, fun, relatable.

Good discussion on the psychology and philosophy of change, but I really expected more on the management of technical debt.

There were some good ideas on how to manage the technical debt of many projects. However, making a game or listing developer names in a list is a bad idea. Somebody almost always uses such metrics as a stick to beat bad developers into submission or developers gaming the system to make themselves look good get rewarded when they don't deserve it.

The presenter did have excellent presentation skills.

Excellent. Well polished, step by step quick start instructions with example project available on github. Fielded questions expertly. Could really see value in using this technology.

Speaker was knowledgeable, but tended to ramble, no real structure. Hard to have a take away message.

Some situational insights, could use more polish.