Tuesday, April 15. 2008
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The preperation I've put into getting ready for a conference, a magazine article, or other limited audiance work has laid the ground work for some of the work I've been able to do on the docs (or other things that I've managed to make publically available).
At the same time I don't think this is an either or situation. Where if these conferences weren't happening these speakers would turn around and re-direct their efforts towards documentation.
I think the immediacy and intimacy of a conference provides things that docs never can, and at the same time provides those speakers with an opportunity to meet with each other, share ideas, communicate and argue, all on someone else tab.
At the same time I don't think this is an either or situation. Where if these conferences weren't happening these speakers would turn around and re-direct their efforts towards documentation.
I think the immediacy and intimacy of a conference provides things that docs never can, and at the same time provides those speakers with an opportunity to meet with each other, share ideas, communicate and argue, all on someone else tab.
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I understand where you're coming from and no doubt some good things happen at conferences but to see talks about topics that remain undocumented is frustrating, especially when people seemingly offer slides as a substitute.
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We at phplondon have, and are continuing to, release the talks from our recent conference held at the end of February. There will be another one up there at the end of this week, so download and enjoy at your leisure. :)
http://www.phpconference.co.uk
In terms of software, well you could use Flash or Ming and cue the slides to timed points in sound files I think. But again, it takes time to do this. As Paul R states above, you cannot get away from the immediacy you achieve being at the conference itself. If you're not there, you should be willing to accept the small inconvenience of working out which slide you need to be on when listening to the audio track IMHO.
Cheers.
http://www.phpconference.co.uk
In terms of software, well you could use Flash or Ming and cue the slides to timed points in sound files I think. But again, it takes time to do this. As Paul R states above, you cannot get away from the immediacy you achieve being at the conference itself. If you're not there, you should be willing to accept the small inconvenience of working out which slide you need to be on when listening to the audio track IMHO.
Cheers.
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Cool, I notice two talks there now. Maybe once you get up to four or five you will create a page that lists these as I'm afraid otherwise they'll become lost. And Jonathan mentioned slideshare and after doing a test I must say it's nice with an intuitive interface. I'd be willing to do the work of syncing if conferences allowed it.
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I've seen the zend sessions podcasts before but hadn't noticed the slides were also available. In my defence, one of the two sessions I had looked at doesn't have slides available. I'm definitely going to take another look now I can follow along with the slides.
On the topic of software to sync audio to slides check out slideshare.net
I gave a short presentation at the BarcampScotland event in February (which means it's already outdated) and tested the technology. They call it slidecasting. It's a time consuming process but very easy.
On the topic of software to sync audio to slides check out slideshare.net
I gave a short presentation at the BarcampScotland event in February (which means it's already outdated) and tested the technology. They call it slidecasting. It's a time consuming process but very easy.
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Thanks you, I just now did a test syncing a slidecast and find it intuitive and easy. It appears the audio must remain offsite (at least, while creating the slidecast it requires an URL and not a file upload) but it's fairly simple and slick to create.
So I envision a site that slidecasts and lists all available PHP talks but fear conferences would not go for it... which is understandable but it'd be nice. I'd do the work of syncing (and am sure others would too) but, well, we'll see what happens.
So I envision a site that slidecasts and lists all available PHP talks but fear conferences would not go for it... which is understandable but it'd be nice. I'd do the work of syncing (and am sure others would too) but, well, we'll see what happens.
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