Comments on: Slideshare http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/06/07/slideshare/ Fearlessly dispensing political, legal and economic analysis (and some whimsy) since 2002 Fri, 25 May 2012 04:13:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nicholas Gruen http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/06/07/slideshare/#comment-279867 Nicholas Gruen Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:38:42 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=5414#comment-279867 Apologies all, I can't replicate what I did, but I thought I was looking at the front page of Clay Shirky's blog <a href="http://many.corante.com/" rel="nofollow">Corante</a> and it was about three down. I guess it was some set of extracts from the blog under some heading or other. As they say in the army "As you were". Apologies all,

I can’t replicate what I did, but I thought I was looking at the front page of Clay Shirky’s blog Corante and it was about three down. I guess it was some set of extracts from the blog under some heading or other.

As they say in the army “As you were”.

]]> By: Angus http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/06/07/slideshare/#comment-279842 Angus Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:04:12 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=5414#comment-279842 I think you and I have different ideas of 'just been launched'.... the article you linked to was written in 2006. We use slideshare a lot at technology meetup's like <a href="http://barcamp.org" rel="nofollow"> so that there is a common place for all slides presented on the day. You can create groups/tags etc like on flickr. I think you and I have different ideas of ‘just been launched’…. the article you linked to was written in 2006. We use slideshare a lot at technology meetup’s like so that there is a common place for all slides presented on the day. You can create groups/tags etc like on flickr.

]]> By: James A http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/06/07/slideshare/#comment-279476 James A Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:41:46 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=5414#comment-279476 Um, SlideShare's been around for years. Yeah, the point is to use flash to embed it in your blog, which is also how YouTube became successful. Um, SlideShare’s been around for years. Yeah, the point is to use flash to embed it in your blog, which is also how YouTube became successful.

]]> By: Andrew http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/06/07/slideshare/#comment-279460 Andrew Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:58:35 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=5414#comment-279460 Probably the thing that makes it interesting is uploading audio with the slides. A "webinar" as they call it (ugh). Slides alone often aren't enough. I've seen lots of good presentations where the slides wouldn't make much sense alone, but with audio of the speaker they would. In fact, if the slides are comprehensible without any other materials then they probably make for a boring presentation: if the slides tell you all you need to know, just email the slides and don't waste time speaking out loud! I suppose independence from powerpoint is also vaguely interesting (not everyone uses Windows let alone MS Office, plus PPT files are notorious for not displaying as intended if the screen size differs from the size they were authored on), but then Flash applets are hardly a step forward for open, robust data formats. Probably the thing that makes it interesting is uploading audio with the slides. A “webinar” as they call it (ugh). Slides alone often aren’t enough. I’ve seen lots of good presentations where the slides wouldn’t make much sense alone, but with audio of the speaker they would. In fact, if the slides are comprehensible without any other materials then they probably make for a boring presentation: if the slides tell you all you need to know, just email the slides and don’t waste time speaking out loud!

I suppose independence from powerpoint is also vaguely interesting (not everyone uses Windows let alone MS Office, plus PPT files are notorious for not displaying as intended if the screen size differs from the size they were authored on), but then Flash applets are hardly a step forward for open, robust data formats.

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