I'm often asked by conference attendees for the slide decks. Since they just sat through the presentation, I assume that they're perfectly aware of the futility

I'm often asked by conference attendees for the slide decks. Since they just sat through the presentation, I assume that they're perfectly aware of the futility of trying to understand the presentation from the visual aids. Perhaps they just want one funny picture, or to refresh their own memories of what I said? I give them credit for having good reasons and make them available online, usually before I step on the stage, e.g. https://github.com/raganwald/presentation_decks https://github.com/raganwald/presentation_decks http://www.flickr.com/photos/raganwald/sets/72157623258073708/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/raganwald/sets/7215762325807370... http://www.flickr.com/photos/raganwald/sets/72157622647242360/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/raganwald/sets/7215762264724236... That being said, I agree with Matt and others here that a presentation can stand alone or it can be a visual aid but it can't be both. So if I want to take the same ideas and put them in writing, I write a blog post: https://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/blob/master/2010/01/beautiful_failure.markdown#readme https://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/blob/master/2010/01/...