Fine lecture (though the audience looked a bit bored). Also, did you notice the nice 17″ Powerbook he was using and the comment that he developed the WWW infrastructure on a NEXT box, forerunner to OS X? Little points for the Mac afficionados amongst us…
Berners-Lee delved into specific technologies (and it’s hard not to) which the audience probably didn’t understand or weren’t even aware of before the lecture.
He didn’t strike me as a man at ease with an audience either.
However, I enjoyed watching it. It was very similar to the Steve Wozniak lecture I downloaded a month or two ago. Thanks for the link Matt.
_He didn?t strike me as a man at ease with an audience either._
Me neither, surprising really because he must have done a hell of a lot similar talks. I guess the butterflies never go away no matter how experienced you are at public speaking.
Do you know if the Wozniak lecture is still online Tommy?
2:09 pm on 24 September 2003 :::
Phil Says:Fine lecture (though the audience looked a bit bored). Also, did you notice the nice 17″ Powerbook he was using and the comment that he developed the WWW infrastructure on a NEXT box, forerunner to OS X? Little points for the Mac afficionados amongst us…
4:09 pm on 24 September 2003 :::
Tommy Says:Berners-Lee delved into specific technologies (and it’s hard not to) which the audience probably didn’t understand or weren’t even aware of before the lecture.
He didn’t strike me as a man at ease with an audience either.
However, I enjoyed watching it. It was very similar to the Steve Wozniak lecture I downloaded a month or two ago. Thanks for the link Matt.
4:25 pm on 24 September 2003 :::
Matt Says:_He didn?t strike me as a man at ease with an audience either._
Me neither, surprising really because he must have done a hell of a lot similar talks. I guess the butterflies never go away no matter how experienced you are at public speaking.
Do you know if the Wozniak lecture is still online Tommy?
5:51 pm on 24 September 2003 :::
Tommy Says:Sure do. It’s a hefty 558.64MB, so broadband is essential.
http://www.ncsu.edu/it/multimedia/woz.html
6:19 pm on 24 September 2003 :::
Matt Says:Thanks Tommy. Watching it now. My question is who the hell was the DV cam controller? They couldn’t leave the damn exposure and zoom buttons alone!
6:30 pm on 24 September 2003 :::
Tommy Says:Probably a student. I’ve seen *far worse* camera work before.
7:38 pm on 24 September 2003 :::
Richard Hyett Says:“I guess the butterflies never go away no matter how experienced you are at public speaking.”
Getting them to fly in one direction is a help
http://www.newcastle-speakers.org.uk