[LA.pm] Losangeles-pm Digest, Vol 50, Issue 10

[Alain Avakian]

Ben,

If you wish to borrow a laptop for your presentation, I'm sure we can
accommodate.  Let me know.

Of course, as you already know, the laptops here are preconfigured with
Windows XP :p


On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 12:00 -0700, losangeles-pm-request at pm.org wrote:

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>    1. Re: Tech. Meeting Nov 8th @ Rent.com (Ben Tilly)
>    2. Re: Tech. Meeting Nov 8th @ Rent.com (David Fetter)
>    3. Re: [lapm] Re:  Tech. Meeting Nov 8th @ Rent.com (Eric Hammond)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:48:42 -0700
> From: "Ben Tilly" <btilly at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [LA.pm] Tech. Meeting Nov 8th @ Rent.com
> To: "David Fetter" <david at fetter.org>
> Cc: Los Angeles Perl Mongers <losangeles-pm at pm.org>
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> On 10/29/07, David Fetter <david at fetter.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 08:03:26AM -0700, Ben Tilly wrote:
> > > On 10/28/07, Quinn Weaver <quinn at fairpath.com> wrote:
> [...]
> > > Ah.  That presumes 3 things not at present true.
> > >
> > > 1. I have somewhere to put said slides.
> > > 2. I have slides to put.
> > > 3. I have the ability to give the presentation.
> > >
> > > Having never given one of these before, I have no computer to give
> > > the presentation with (I assume Rent can provide one), no
> > > slide-preparing software (I'm hoping someone will suggest one),
> >
> > OpenOffice has decent presentation software, and if you have a Mac
> > available, Keynote is fantastic, even though it's neither Free nor
> > free.  Anybody got thumbs up/down on koffice's offering?
> 
> I'm not interested in spending $79 on iWork for one presentation.  And
> yes, I know that I could use the 30 day free trial, but I still don't
> want to do it.  It just feels dishonest.
> 
> OpenOffice is possible.  But I just tried it.  I tried to create a
> simple page and add a table.  (A complex 4x4 table will be key to my
> presentation.)  After 10 minutes of messing around, I realize that it
> will drive me crazy.  I'm sure that if I had to give a lot of
> presentations I'd learn the software and find it very useful.  But for
> one time, it would literally be easier to produce it myself in HTML.
> 
> I think I'd prefer something I can develop in a text format.
> 
> > > and no internet home appropriate for putting the presentation on
> > > (I'm hoping someone will volunteer one, I know multiple people on
> > > this list with space).
> >
> > Is there space on http://losangeles.pm.org ?
> 
> Not for me to say, though I'd happily use it if offered.
> 
> > > I am, in short, singularly ill-prepared and hopeful of assistance.
> > > :-)
> >
> > "Ill-prepared" is what happens when you show up for the talk without
> > having prepared.  What you're doing now is called "preparing well." :)
> 
> Let me amend that.  I am *currently* unprepared.  I am attempting to
> change this state of affairs. :-)
> 
> > > Assuming all of those change, I'm hoping to prepare slides on my
> > > wife's computer, put them up at the donated home, and give a
> > > presentation on the borrowed computer off of that location.  And
> > > I'll gladly let everyone know where the presentation is afterwards.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Ben
> >
> > I don't think I'll be able to get down from Oakland for this one.
> > Break a leg, as they say in show biz. :)
> 
> Thanks.  I hope I won't.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ben
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:00:30 -0700
> From: David Fetter <david at fetter.org>
> Subject: Re: [LA.pm] Tech. Meeting Nov 8th @ Rent.com
> To: Ben Tilly <btilly at gmail.com>
> Cc: Los Angeles Perl Mongers <losangeles-pm at pm.org>
> Message-ID: <20071029180030.GJ14638 at fetter.org>
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> On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 10:48:42AM -0700, Ben Tilly wrote:
> > On 10/29/07, David Fetter <david at fetter.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > OpenOffice has decent presentation software, and if you have a Mac
> > > available, Keynote is fantastic, even though it's neither Free nor
> > > free.  Anybody got thumbs up/down on koffice's offering?
> > 
> > I'm not interested in spending $79 on iWork for one presentation.
> > And yes, I know that I could use the 30 day free trial, but I still
> > don't want to do it.  It just feels dishonest.
> 
> It's well worth the price if you plan to do presentations in the
> future.
> 
> > OpenOffice is possible.  But I just tried it.  I tried to create a
> > simple page and add a table.  (A complex 4x4 table will be key to my
> > presentation.)  After 10 minutes of messing around, I realize that it
> > will drive me crazy.  I'm sure that if I had to give a lot of
> > presentations I'd learn the software and find it very useful.
> 
> This is part of what makes Keynote worth the price.  Constructing a
> slide deck is dead easy, and the help system is really helpful.  The
> killer feature from my point of view is the "presenter display,"
> which, as far as I know, is unique to Keynote.
> 
> > But for one time, it would literally be easier to produce it myself
> > in HTML.
> 
> In that case, try S5.
> 
> Cheers,
> David.

-- 
Alain Avakian
Manager, Software Development
Rent.com, an eBay company
310.449.6462
alain at rent.com
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