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When I see a presentation so well trained and rehearsed, I am also put off. It's such overt manipulation of my monkey brain.

by dkarp 5y ago

DonaldPShimoda 5y ago
This is... such a weird take to me. Imagine you are a developer who are going to talk about a product you worked on, and you are aware that millions of people[1] are going to watch you present. You're telling me you wouldn't want to do everything in your power to be well-rehearsed? You wouldn't try to do things like learn how to stand still or not stutter? Like, that is just... I absolutely cannot comprehend that you would prefer to appear unrehearsed to people. Rehearsing is not weird, it is not unusual, and it is not unreasonable. There are soooo many valid complaints to make about Apple and Apple culture, and I just don't think "they over-rehearse their presentations!!1!" even remotely makes the list. [1] This website claims some 2.7 million people watched the September 2021 event live: https://streamscharts.com/news/apple-event-sep-14-viewership https://streamscharts.com/news/apple-event-sep-14-viewership
- xu_ituairo 5y ago
  I imagine the post you're replying to means that they don't want a presentation to look too planned and staged (which feels insincere). Of course you want to practice, but you want to make it look natural and effortless at the same time. Like a stand-up comedian who makes it sound like he's telling an anecdote (that just happened to come to mind) for the first time, even though he's told it a million times on stage before. ("Acting is acting like you're not acting.")
  - kevinmhickey 5y ago
    So act. But don't act like you're acting.
- Turing_Machine 5y ago
  There's a whole lot of distance between "stuttering" and "coming across like a slick politician or car salesman".
- runnerup 5y ago
  At the other end of the spectrum lies George Hotz: [Comma 3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbLiehrC2DQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbLiehrC2DQ In the middle, perhaps lies Steve Jobs: [Handling Criticism] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o [iMac announcement] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiWd8ujtK5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiWd8ujtK5k
- deleted 5y ago
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- gowld 5y ago
  You should know your material well so you can speak to it easily. You should practice slowing down and speaking up if you are fast-talking mumbler. You should not be memorizing your exact lines and intonation, unless you are an excellent actor (Which you aren't, because you are a developer). It's creepy and robotic, and people know you are lying when you are barking words someone else wrote for you, that you don't understand or believe yourself.

When I see a presentation so well trained and rehearsed, I am also put off. It's such overt manipulation of my monkey brain.

by dkarp 5y ago

When I see a presentation so well trained and rehearsed, I am also put off. It's such overt manipulation of my monkey brain.

DonaldPShimoda 5y ago

This is... such a weird take to me. Imagine you are a developer who are going to talk about a product you worked on, and you are aware that millions of people[1] are going to watch you present. You're telling me you wouldn't want to do everything in your power to be well-rehearsed? You wouldn't try to do things like learn how to stand still or not stutter? Like, that is just... I absolutely cannot comprehend that you would prefer to appear unrehearsed to people. Rehearsing is not weird, it is not unusual, and it is not unreasonable. There are soooo many valid complaints to make about Apple and Apple culture, and I just don't think "they over-rehearse their presentations!!1!" even remotely makes the list. [1] This website claims some 2.7 million people watched the September 2021 event live: https://streamscharts.com/news/apple-event-sep-14-viewership https://streamscharts.com/news/apple-event-sep-14-viewership

xu_ituairo 5y ago
I imagine the post you're replying to means that they don't want a presentation to look too planned and staged (which feels insincere). Of course you want to practice, but you want to make it look natural and effortless at the same time. Like a stand-up comedian who makes it sound like he's telling an anecdote (that just happened to come to mind) for the first time, even though he's told it a million times on stage before. ("Acting is acting like you're not acting.")
- kevinmhickey 5y ago
  So act. But don't act like you're acting.
Turing_Machine 5y ago
There's a whole lot of distance between "stuttering" and "coming across like a slick politician or car salesman".
runnerup 5y ago
At the other end of the spectrum lies George Hotz: [Comma 3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbLiehrC2DQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbLiehrC2DQ In the middle, perhaps lies Steve Jobs: [Handling Criticism] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o [iMac announcement] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiWd8ujtK5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiWd8ujtK5k
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gowld 5y ago
You should know your material well so you can speak to it easily. You should practice slowing down and speaking up if you are fast-talking mumbler. You should not be memorizing your exact lines and intonation, unless you are an excellent actor (Which you aren't, because you are a developer). It's creepy and robotic, and people know you are lying when you are barking words someone else wrote for you, that you don't understand or believe yourself.