Ask HN: What are some great technical presentations?

Re:Ask HN: What are some great technical presentations? by mortivore on Monday January 28, 2019 @08:41AM (#19017311)

I would say anything by Kate Gregory is good to watch. She talks about C++, but her talks are always fun, and easily digestible which I think are good goals to have for presentations. You want your audience to be engaged, and you want them to understand what you're talking about which I think she does well.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some great technical presentations? by sillypudding on Saturday February 02, 2019 @07:15PM (#19066835)

Sorry, it too me a while to get around to reviewing the suggestions here. I just watched [1] and found Kate's style quite impressing. For instance, I loved the analogies she used (the weird complicated statue, the simple metal ball, the legos) to convey what she means by simplicity], as opposed to what people would normally think "simple code" would mean. I think this is not too different from how great presenters sometimes use cultural references, even memes, to tell a mini-story about their ideas.

Thanks for mentioning her - I'll definitely watch more of her talks.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Ak6xtVXno

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Re:Ask HN: What are some great technical presentations? by detaro on Monday January 28, 2019 @08:43AM (#19017333)

In the same area, Chandler Carruth is also quite good IMHO. For both, you can find cppcon talks on Youtube.

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