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Perhaps this is a shortsighted and gross overgeneralization, but I would imagine CS conference attendees are more interested in the content of a presentation th
by nchlswu 16y ago
Perhaps this is a shortsighted and gross overgeneralization, but I would imagine CS conference attendees are more interested in the content of a presentation than the humanities. Presentation style and stylistic elements that can make or break some presentations are more important in a digital media oriented field than more academic or technical fields.
- danieldk 16y agoYes, but I think the parent wants to point out that it is popular in humanities as in academics (who are also interested in content). To me the difference seems to be that CS people are more aware of current technical possibilities, and take a "we've been there before" attitude. To humanities people, it's all new and spectacular. And who doesn't want to impress their peers? As someone who works on the border between both fields, I can only hope this soon blows over. It tends to be overused and annoying, though I can see it as beneficial in non-academic fields.
- _delirium 16y agoThat's probably true, although parts of CS have an almost active aversion to new technology, especially on the UI side, which might be part of it. Sort of the stereotypical bearded Unix guru who doesn't want any of your damn newfangled touchscreens or GUI widgets near his computer science. (I don't even really mean that negatively; my own computing style tends towards CLI, and/or "weird" window managers like dwm.)