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75 slides to convey an impression which could have been spelled out in a paragraph or two... Anyone with a slow connection knows what I'm upset about. Needles

by D9u 13y ago

75 slides to convey an impression which could have been spelled out in a paragraph or two... Anyone with a slow connection knows what I'm upset about. Needless to say, I quit when I was about 24 slides into the presentation.

ivanbrussik 13y ago
would have rather read this presentation in Emacs in 1 paragraph than 75 slides.
throwaway_yy2Di 13y ago
Here's a transcript for you! (Made with Emacs, appropriately). How Emacs changed my Life Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto @yukihiro_matz 1980 I started programming BASIC 400 steps 1988 I met Emacs on Sun-3 shared by 200 undergraduates I tried Emacs but I never used Emacs was prohibited It consumed too much precious memory We are free to download free software We are free to read the source code I downloaded Emacs source code and investigated Emacs was my ﬁrst Lisp interpreter I learned a lot about language implementation from Emacs Embedding integers in pointers Mark and sweep garbage collection Calling convention between Lisp and C I really understood how Lisp work I was fascinated by Lisp objects Lisp objects implemented by C Then I got a Sparc Station I started to use Emacs Emacs become part of me If I didnt like anything in Emacs, I could change it Emacs is totally configurable Emacs made me realize anything can be changed by a programmer It is total freedom I could edit without thinking key binding I didnt want to write anything without Emacs Programs, Documents and Mails so I wrote my own mail client named "cmail" in Emacs lisp It was my ﬁrst non-trivial (Emacs) Lisp program I used it everyday 1993 I started Ruby development with inﬂuence from Emacs implementation Integers are coded in tagged pointers It uses simple mark andsweep garbage collector It uses similar object model to Lisp Then I put Smalltalk-like OO system on top For syntax, I wanted Algol/Ada/ Eiffel like one But as an Emacs addict, I needed a language mode auto-indent was a must Back in 1993, there was no auto-indenting language mode for a language with such syntax So I tried to write experimental ruby-mode.el fighting with emacs lisp and regular expression, for almost whole week I somehow succeeded to implement auto-indentation for a language with "end" delimiters If I couldnt make ruby-mode to work the syntax of Ruby would have changed to more C-like one too similar to other scripting languages as a result, Ruby would nothave gained current popularity Summary 1. Emacs taught me freedom for software 2. Emacs taught me how to read code 3. Emacs taught me power of Lisp 4. Emacs taught me how to implement a language core 5. Emacs taught me how to implement a garbage collector 6. Emacs helped me to code and debug 7. Emacs helped me to writeand edit text/mails/documents 8. Emacs helped me to be a effective programmer 9. Emacs made me a hacker 10. Emacs has changed my life forever Thank you
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arocks 13y ago
Sorry to disagree, but 1. The transcript of the entire slideshare presentation is below the slide. This is the case for every presentation on Slideshare and you can skim that if you are in a hurry. 2. I dislike content-stuffed powerpoint slides like most viewers would. It is usually recommended to keep the text per slide at a minimum even if the content needs to be spread across many slides.
- suppressingfire 13y ago
  You're totally right, the transcript is quite readable 1/1 Powered by Rabbit 0.9.2
- kamaal 13y ago
  >>It is usually recommended to keep the text per slide at a minimum The point is, slides are teaching and not information recording/storing tools. Most people forget this plain simple fact. First principle of giving a presentation, ensure people focus on what you say and not on your slides.
  - vanderZwan 13y ago
    Well, then he made the right choice, because he turned his presentation into a summarised subtitle of the story he was telling.
blisterpeanuts 13y ago
It seemed like a weird way to convey the content, but I found myself getting into it after a few slides, in a Zen sort of way :) The author is Japanese, after all. Of course, I've been a constant Emacs user since about 1990, so maybe I'm cutting him some extra slack. I love Emacs. It is so powerful and I feel that even after 23 years of daily use I'm still only touching the surface of what it can do. In some ways Emacs has fallen behind the state-of-the-art, but the community is so vast and talented that they keep coming up with awesome add-ins to keep it competitive (thanks, guys!).
- unsignedint 13y ago
  It looks like the style is inspired by Takahashi Method: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahashi_method http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahashi_method Though, he departs from it; with pictures and such.
- yeison 13y ago
  I too found the presentation much more interesting. The pauses in between each break/slide just gave me time to take in the significance. I think it was very appropriate here, and I'm glad I was introduced to this method of presentation. I think I'll use it myself some time.

by D9u 13y ago

ivanbrussik 13y ago

would have rather read this presentation in Emacs in 1 paragraph than 75 slides.

throwaway_yy2Di 13y ago

Here's a transcript for you! (Made with Emacs, appropriately). How Emacs changed my Life Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto @yukihiro_matz 1980 I started programming BASIC 400 steps 1988 I met Emacs on Sun-3 shared by 200 undergraduates I tried Emacs but I never used Emacs was prohibited It consumed too much precious memory We are free to download free software We are free to read the source code I downloaded Emacs source code and investigated Emacs was my ﬁrst Lisp interpreter I learned a lot about language implementation from Emacs Embedding integers in pointers Mark and sweep garbage collection Calling convention between Lisp and C I really understood how Lisp work I was fascinated by Lisp objects Lisp objects implemented by C Then I got a Sparc Station I started to use Emacs Emacs become part of me If I didnt like anything in Emacs, I could change it Emacs is totally configurable Emacs made me realize anything can be changed by a programmer It is total freedom I could edit without thinking key binding I didnt want to write anything without Emacs Programs, Documents and Mails so I wrote my own mail client named "cmail" in Emacs lisp It was my ﬁrst non-trivial (Emacs) Lisp program I used it everyday 1993 I started Ruby development with inﬂuence from Emacs implementation Integers are coded in tagged pointers It uses simple mark andsweep garbage collector It uses similar object model to Lisp Then I put Smalltalk-like OO system on top For syntax, I wanted Algol/Ada/ Eiffel like one But as an Emacs addict, I needed a language mode auto-indent was a must Back in 1993, there was no auto-indenting language mode for a language with such syntax So I tried to write experimental ruby-mode.el fighting with emacs lisp and regular expression, for almost whole week I somehow succeeded to implement auto-indentation for a language with "end" delimiters If I couldnt make ruby-mode to work the syntax of Ruby would have changed to more C-like one too similar to other scripting languages as a result, Ruby would nothave gained current popularity Summary 1. Emacs taught me freedom for software 2. Emacs taught me how to read code 3. Emacs taught me power of Lisp 4. Emacs taught me how to implement a language core 5. Emacs taught me how to implement a garbage collector 6. Emacs helped me to code and debug 7. Emacs helped me to writeand edit text/mails/documents 8. Emacs helped me to be a effective programmer 9. Emacs made me a hacker 10. Emacs has changed my life forever Thank you

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arocks 13y ago

Sorry to disagree, but 1. The transcript of the entire slideshare presentation is below the slide. This is the case for every presentation on Slideshare and you can skim that if you are in a hurry. 2. I dislike content-stuffed powerpoint slides like most viewers would. It is usually recommended to keep the text per slide at a minimum even if the content needs to be spread across many slides.

suppressingfire 13y ago
You're totally right, the transcript is quite readable 1/1 Powered by Rabbit 0.9.2
kamaal 13y ago
>>It is usually recommended to keep the text per slide at a minimum The point is, slides are teaching and not information recording/storing tools. Most people forget this plain simple fact. First principle of giving a presentation, ensure people focus on what you say and not on your slides.
- vanderZwan 13y ago
  Well, then he made the right choice, because he turned his presentation into a summarised subtitle of the story he was telling.

blisterpeanuts 13y ago

It seemed like a weird way to convey the content, but I found myself getting into it after a few slides, in a Zen sort of way :) The author is Japanese, after all. Of course, I've been a constant Emacs user since about 1990, so maybe I'm cutting him some extra slack. I love Emacs. It is so powerful and I feel that even after 23 years of daily use I'm still only touching the surface of what it can do. In some ways Emacs has fallen behind the state-of-the-art, but the community is so vast and talented that they keep coming up with awesome add-ins to keep it competitive (thanks, guys!).

unsignedint 13y ago
It looks like the style is inspired by Takahashi Method: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahashi_method http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahashi_method Though, he departs from it; with pictures and such.
yeison 13y ago
I too found the presentation much more interesting. The pauses in between each break/slide just gave me time to take in the significance. I think it was very appropriate here, and I'm glad I was introduced to this method of presentation. I think I'll use it myself some time.