tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post189310973943452446..comments2024-03-27T20:43:05.862-07:00Comments on The Eternal Universe: 5 Steps to a Really Bad Conference TalkJoseph Smidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02583891162785742138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post-91644665422560470272008-07-30T12:28:00.000-07:002008-07-30T12:28:00.000-07:00It's easy to write articles that make it into jour...It's easy to write articles that make it into journals, because if a journal article gets long-winded, boring, or badly written, there's no social pressure to just walk out on it. (I admit, sometimes social pressure seems to be the only thing containing the massive outward force of all that "hot air." This can be readily observed by the conference supernova (or more commonly a simple attendee outgassing) forming a post-talk nebula (in which most of the attendees eject themselves from the conference room and try to recover from the overly <I>nebulous</I> feeling from enduring the talk) occurring just after the end of any of the more "inflated" talks.)Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02573106204390814039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post-81767629833074138262008-07-26T12:53:00.000-07:002008-07-26T12:53:00.000-07:00"California enjoying the cool ocean breezes"Yes, s..."California enjoying the cool ocean breezes"<BR/><BR/>Yes, sourthern Califprnia is great.<BR/><BR/>"I promise you that if you incorporate even one of these steps into your talk, people will notice."<BR/><BR/>Yes, it is amazing how bad some talks can be. <BR/><BR/>After attending some talks I wonder how these people can write research articles that actually make it into journals.Joseph Smidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583891162785742138noreply@blogger.com