Well by now this conference has ben well described by D-Arb (one, two and three), Ingrid (one, two and three) , Yusuf (one and two), Shaggy and Barry.
The last day was fairly interesting as there were quite a few talks by my peers.
Yusuf
Yusuf's talk about network management was quite interesting, despite his protests that it was just a paper marketing the tools that already solved the problem. His presentation style is calm and consistent, however he did meep modifying his distance from the microphone which in turn modified the volume. He did get a few laughs with his very apt comparison of alchohol intake and network monitoring.
Melekam
Melekam's paper on using audio to enhace PIM was fairly simple and something anybody could understand. He had some interesting stats about how people percieve the use of PDA's. His presentation style was excellent, I really enjoyed it. He had just the right mix of confidence, relaxation and command of his subject to really keep thr audience interested.
Shaggy
Jonathan's talk on how he build iLanga with Perl, PHP and Python was a goodie too. He was the only one really punting new tech at the conference. It was unfortunate that he left out how the three parts interact. His presentation style was good although he seemed a little nervous and had long pauses around his um's which made them stand out a bit. I made the same mistake at ISSA.
Big Dave
David's paper on Bluetooth hotspots was really good. I enjoyed it immensley. I had been asking him for a while how his project worked but only got a real understanding of it at his talk. I think this is what we were all aiming for. His presentation style was very good, this was particularly noticeable as I thought he would be quite nervous. I was impressed.
Ingrid
Ingrids presentation was one of the best. Her paper was on getting ICT to rural schools. She had a commanding knowledge of the subject material, had obviously completed much work in the field and looked set to make, not only a real difference to the country, but also to add significantly to the body of knowledge. She knew the gov regulations so well that she even pre-empted someone's question with the exact answer he was looking for before he had even said what he was on about. Well done Ingrid.
Barry
Barry's paper was about how organisations could ensure they could decrypt the information being thrown around their network if necessary. He provided a good overview of the problem scenario and how it could be solved. It would have been nice if he had some more solid work. Barry is a seasoned lecture already so his presentation style was with that laid back 'I do this all the time' ease which makes for good viewing. The barley audible sound of the microphone shifting over his nipple was quite amusing too.
Jason
Well Jason was the poster boy of the conference. His name had been dropped at every serious discussion about the NGN. His presentation was packed, his material was excellent and his style was good. This man will go far it seems.
Me
Yusuf
Yusuf's talk about network management was quite interesting, despite his protests that it was just a paper marketing the tools that already solved the problem. His presentation style is calm and consistent, however he did meep modifying his distance from the microphone which in turn modified the volume. He did get a few laughs with his very apt comparison of alchohol intake and network monitoring.
Melekam
Melekam's paper on using audio to enhace PIM was fairly simple and something anybody could understand. He had some interesting stats about how people percieve the use of PDA's. His presentation style was excellent, I really enjoyed it. He had just the right mix of confidence, relaxation and command of his subject to really keep thr audience interested.
Shaggy
Jonathan's talk on how he build iLanga with Perl, PHP and Python was a goodie too. He was the only one really punting new tech at the conference. It was unfortunate that he left out how the three parts interact. His presentation style was good although he seemed a little nervous and had long pauses around his um's which made them stand out a bit. I made the same mistake at ISSA.
Big Dave
David's paper on Bluetooth hotspots was really good. I enjoyed it immensley. I had been asking him for a while how his project worked but only got a real understanding of it at his talk. I think this is what we were all aiming for. His presentation style was very good, this was particularly noticeable as I thought he would be quite nervous. I was impressed.
Ingrid
Ingrids presentation was one of the best. Her paper was on getting ICT to rural schools. She had a commanding knowledge of the subject material, had obviously completed much work in the field and looked set to make, not only a real difference to the country, but also to add significantly to the body of knowledge. She knew the gov regulations so well that she even pre-empted someone's question with the exact answer he was looking for before he had even said what he was on about. Well done Ingrid.
Barry
Barry's paper was about how organisations could ensure they could decrypt the information being thrown around their network if necessary. He provided a good overview of the problem scenario and how it could be solved. It would have been nice if he had some more solid work. Barry is a seasoned lecture already so his presentation style was with that laid back 'I do this all the time' ease which makes for good viewing. The barley audible sound of the microphone shifting over his nipple was quite amusing too.
Jason
Well Jason was the poster boy of the conference. His name had been dropped at every serious discussion about the NGN. His presentation was packed, his material was excellent and his style was good. This man will go far it seems.
Me
I think my presentation went quite well. I tried desperately hard to keep my um's to a minimum. I really needed more time to put my paper in context but I would need a whole other 10 minutes for that. The questions started off with blank stares, but as people got it, there were some good one's and the session chair, Darb's hero, Bill Tucker, had to cut it short. I got some usefull contact details within Telkom too.
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