Talks

I love watching interesting talks on various subjects. I also love making talks and presenting in front of people.
I once made TEDx talk on mindfulness. I only have a transcript of it here. I hope to give more talks of my own soon.
I mark talks that I found interesting here.
Favorite
​Growing a Language - Guy Steele (1998) - Transcript. (HN)
​Malte Ubl - Designing very large JavaScript applications (2018) - Transcript.
​John Sundell - Sharing (2018)​
​Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle (2012)​
​Drupal and the secret of my success | Steve Francia​
​Apple WWDC 1997 Closing Keynote - Steve Jobs Fireside Chat​
​Simplicity Matters - Rich Hickey (2012)​
​MVC is Not Your Problem - Joachim Kurz (2018)​
​10 Things I Regret About Node.js - Ryan Dahl (2018)​
​Make Data Structures" by Richard Feldman (2018)​
Interesting
​How Your Systems Keep Running Day After Day - John Allspaw​
​A (Not So Gentle) Introduction To Systems Programming In ATS - Aditya Siram (2017)​
Notes
Giving a talk, it is often best to start with a Why?
​I love the virtual conf format of "play pre-recorded video while speaker engages with the audience in chat". As a speaker, I enjoy interacting with the audience this way throughout the entire talk, and being able to answer questions without losing any speaking time.​
​Give a roadmap whenever you start speaking. Signpost every argument. Explicitly state the implications of your arguments. Good debaters talk about facts, great ones talk about framing.​
​My number one tip for giving conference talks: you're telling a story. Don't just read bullet points from slides!​
Links
​How to prepare a talk​
​Ask HN: What is your favorite tech talk? (2018)​
​Awesome conference practices​
​Awesome speaking​
​Your IDE as a presentation tool​
​Really like this way of using a textual overview to present the talk​
​List of talks that are worth watching​
​Tech talks that'll change how you think (2019)​
​Preparing for a Tech Talk, Part 1: Motivation (2018)​
​Preparing for a Tech Talk, Part 2: What, Why, and How (2019)​
​CodeTalks - Like Youtube, but for developers.
​Speaking at conferences 101​
​Ask HN: What are some resources to improve speaking skills? (2019)​
​Tips for public speaking​
​How to quickly create a talk from scratch​
​Speaking At Technical Conferences​
​pretalx - Conference planning tool focused on providing the best experience for organisers, speakers, reviewers, and attendees alike.
​On Conference Speaking (2017)​
​How to run an Effective Board Meeting and make an Effective Board Deck​
​How to Speak course​
​Alexis King's talks​
​Speaking Tips (2020)​
​Notist - Your public speaking portfolio.
​List of best talks (2020)​
​Badass Conference Talks​
​workshopctl - Tool for running workshops easily in the cloud.
​Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?​
​Tech Talk Tips​
​Notes on Speaking at EnthusiastiCon 2020​
​Learn Improv - Improvisational comedy structures. (HN)
​Learn to be a great public speaker online in 8 weeks (2021)​
​How to become a better public speaker​
​Awesome Speakers - Awesome speakers in the programming and design communities.
​Ask HN: How to Speak Confidently? (2021)​
​Transitions: The easiest way to improve your tech talk (2018)​
​Ask HN: Best online speech / public speaking course? (2021)​
​Demystifying Public Speaking by Lara Callender Hogan​
​Best of 2020 in Tech Talks​
​Presentation tips for performing professional Swift talks (2021)​
​Reflection of Speaking in Public (2021)​
​Public speaking tips I’ve learned through trial and error​

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