I didn't enjoy this talk. I found it to be quite unfocused and meandering with a focus on bespoke Wordpress hacks, rather than actual Wordpress. Perhaps I misunderstood the point of the presentation. With "wandering mic" syndrome it was hard to hear clearly the whole time. I also found the actual presentation to be over complicated and it didn't communicate things in a clear and concise way.
I can't help the feeling Herb is overcomplicating what seems to be a relatively simple problem. Mic issues aside, I'm not sure the WP-based slides worked very well (stick with PowerPoint / Impress etc.), but it was a good effort for what seems to be Herb's first talk.
Tips for future: be confident, don't waffle, speak loudly, slowly and clearly, and focus on a specific topic - there didn't seem to be a focus for the talk at all, and there really needs to be.
I found it confusing and wondered if it would have been better focused on a smaller part of the process. It was a little complicated to take in if you had not gone under the hood of that particular part of Wordpress. I think I got the gist of it by the end. I hope to see more from Herb, structured differently.
Hi everybody, thanks for your comments. It was probably obvious from the start that I was completely thrown by the set up. I had expected to have been in the driving seat, looking at what was being shown and interacting with the site, rather than standing up, facing out and failing to hold the microphone. The whole point was to demonstrate that the documentation of the PHP code for the WordPress plugins was being generated (partially) on the fly, direct from the latest source.
I was just as disappointed with the outcome as you were.
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I didn't enjoy this talk. I found it to be quite unfocused and meandering with a focus on bespoke Wordpress hacks, rather than actual Wordpress. Perhaps I misunderstood the point of the presentation. With "wandering mic" syndrome it was hard to hear clearly the whole time. I also found the actual presentation to be over complicated and it didn't communicate things in a clear and concise way.
I can't help the feeling Herb is overcomplicating what seems to be a relatively simple problem. Mic issues aside, I'm not sure the WP-based slides worked very well (stick with PowerPoint / Impress etc.), but it was a good effort for what seems to be Herb's first talk.
Tips for future: be confident, don't waffle, speak loudly, slowly and clearly, and focus on a specific topic - there didn't seem to be a focus for the talk at all, and there really needs to be.
I found it confusing and wondered if it would have been better focused on a smaller part of the process. It was a little complicated to take in if you had not gone under the hood of that particular part of Wordpress. I think I got the gist of it by the end. I hope to see more from Herb, structured differently.
Hi everybody, thanks for your comments. It was probably obvious from the start that I was completely thrown by the set up. I had expected to have been in the driving seat, looking at what was being shown and interacting with the site, rather than standing up, facing out and failing to hold the microphone. The whole point was to demonstrate that the documentation of the PHP code for the WordPress plugins was being generated (partially) on the fly, direct from the latest source.
I was just as disappointed with the outcome as you were.