[GoLUG] Presentation notes for Autodidacticism with ChatGPT, from 10/4/2023

[o1bigtenor]

On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 11:32 AM Syeed Ali <syeedali at syeedali.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 06:08:51 -0500
> o1bigtenor <o1bigtenor at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 12:05 AM Syeed Ali <syeedali at syeedali.com>
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> > Speaking only for myself - - - what you have provided is great.
> > I have come to hate video - - - takes me inordinate amounts of time to
> > cover what I can read in 'far less' time. But video is considered
> > 'sexy' or some other thing. find myself wishing that such were not
> > available when viewed the vast bulk of informational videos.
>
> Thanks!
>
> A lot of people like listening to videos for various reasons, like
> multitasking.  Some people need visuals just to engage that part of
> their minds; this is why videos with hypnotic repetitive stuff like
> gameplay are successful.
>
> I get all that, but I prefer a middle ground of sorts.  For me to to
> learn something there needs to be writing because people can go at
> their own pace and hop around easily, and secondly the style shouldn't
> be too documentation-y or it gets somehow distant and difficult.
>
> I also learn topics by taking notes, so that should show strongly in
> all of this.
>
> -
>
> I'll be working on the slides today.  They also have their own
> philosophy:  Reading should only be a summary, and people should be
> listening to the presenter.  This has a side-benefit that an expert on
> the topic who is presenting can read the slides and then wing the rest
> from memory, to make a presentation far more personal/friendly.
>

A warning - - - - for me a presenter that just reads the slides - - - well
- - - I want to go home in about 90 seconds. Slides that present the
backbone of the speaking and ancillary information - - now there's the
way to go - - - just imo.

(maybe I'm just weird but I could go through the notes on your talk in minutes
even though I'd bet you spent over 30 in the talk - - - so I read very very
quickly which seems to be an uncommon condition today - - - but I get
so frustrated when a presenter drones on and one reading their slides
taking forever to get something done - - - I just have too many things to do
to send even 45 minutes on most of the webinars I've run into in the last
5 years. (many of which I dropped out within less than 10 minutes - - - it
just wasn't worth the time - - - I grabbed any slides offered later and that
made things work much better - - - - again that might not be lots of the
crowd.))

Thanks for giving me/us an option besides sitting for long periods of time
- - - listening!

Regards (!!)