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I 100% blame people not staying on schedule on the organisers. I'm autistic, I'd happily cut off your microphone on time, not matter if you're the pope or a No

• kstrauser 3y ago
  Oooh, can I recruit you to cut off question askers who aren’t asking questions? Talks need someone not shy about enforcing that it’s question after the presentation, not offtopic rambling time.
  • skeeter2020 3y ago
    Attend grad school. Questions are almost always a way to try and prove how smart you are.
    • kstrauser 3y ago
      You know it. “Well, in my experience doing this since 1997…” “Lemme stop you right there.”
    • ghaff 3y ago
      Or analyst conferences, etc. Generally speaking I'm not a huge fan of public raising of hands type Q&A's. They turn into more of a comment than a question and showing off sorts of things as you say. Maybe a few pre-submitted questions electronically or just save them for later 1-on-1s.
      • exe34 3y ago
        I quite like the way that in some sessions they make you submit questions into a webpage and the chair will pick the questions to ask - it really makes a difference when they can say "there's a few other comments you can read online", rather than drag on the q&a session.
        • abnercoimbre 3y ago
          Yeah at my indie conferences [0] if we live-stream the event that means we have an online audience too. I require everyone to submit their questions to a private chat server, even if you're there in person, and I curate them in real-time. [0] https://handmadecities.com https://handmadecities.com
• hermitcrab 3y ago
  IIRC they have a young girl on stage at the IgNobels and her job is to repeatedly shout 'boring' if you overrun your timeslot.
  • exe34 3y ago
    That's amazing!