#1 best thing in a talk is a real-life story. Especially a weird bug or something. Tell us what happened, but don't drag it out too long. Not too much code. Do

#1 best thing in a talk is a real-life story. Especially a weird bug or something. Tell us what happened, but don't drag it out too long. Not too much code. Don't show boilerplate, just show any clever or interesting bits. Show us how the magic happens. Draw boxes around implementation details, because we don't care. Don't waste too much time. If your talk starts out like an internet recipe with a story about your granny, I'm not watching. (I'm a no-frills, utilitarian kind of person)