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Pete's talk
May. 23rd, 2005 02:17 pmIn about an hour I'll be giving a short presentation to a group of university students. I've jotted dwn some notes to help fill in the ten minutes.
( Pete's Presentation )
( Pete's Presentation )
May. 23rd, 2005
How'd it go?
May. 23rd, 2005 06:12 pmWell, the first thing I have got to say is that lecturers are a lot younger and hunkier than they were in my day. Dr Paul Magee could be a movie star! He had ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
silvanime and CoffeeBron in the palm of his hand when I walked in. A lovely guy, and he put me right at ease.
I set up in the lecture room and discovered that I'd forgotten to bring the books I'd carefully accumulated for the day, made release notes on, and set aside in a book bag all of their own. Blast!
So I didn't have anything to give away, except for an Oprah Book Club novel I'd brought along to register in the unlikely event that I ran out of things to say and needed to demonstrate how to do Bookcrossing.
Never mind. With two friendly Bookcrossers in the audience cheering me on, I felt no nerves. My presentation wasn't terribly polished, but I'll get better. As I expected, my enthusiasm carried me through, and I didn't need to read and mumble my way through my notes. It wasn't an award-winning performance by any means, and I guess after a while my delivery will flow more naturally, but for somebody who doesn't like speaking to more than a handful of people at once, well, I feel very good about it!
Afterwards, CoffeeBron led me by the hand to the refectory, where I collapsed in a grateful heap with a cappucino, and we talked of cats and books and Bookcrossers.
Thank you, Bron and Silvanime, for the morale-boosting support. And thank you Bron for taking control of the camera. Much appreciated, both of you!
( Pete Presenting )
silvanime and CoffeeBron in the palm of his hand when I walked in. A lovely guy, and he put me right at ease.I set up in the lecture room and discovered that I'd forgotten to bring the books I'd carefully accumulated for the day, made release notes on, and set aside in a book bag all of their own. Blast!
So I didn't have anything to give away, except for an Oprah Book Club novel I'd brought along to register in the unlikely event that I ran out of things to say and needed to demonstrate how to do Bookcrossing.
Never mind. With two friendly Bookcrossers in the audience cheering me on, I felt no nerves. My presentation wasn't terribly polished, but I'll get better. As I expected, my enthusiasm carried me through, and I didn't need to read and mumble my way through my notes. It wasn't an award-winning performance by any means, and I guess after a while my delivery will flow more naturally, but for somebody who doesn't like speaking to more than a handful of people at once, well, I feel very good about it!
Afterwards, CoffeeBron led me by the hand to the refectory, where I collapsed in a grateful heap with a cappucino, and we talked of cats and books and Bookcrossers.
Thank you, Bron and Silvanime, for the morale-boosting support. And thank you Bron for taking control of the camera. Much appreciated, both of you!
( Pete Presenting )
Now that the pressure is off...
May. 23rd, 2005 07:36 pmI don't think it's any secret that I've been feeling a little pressured lately. Having to make the university presentation was a big deal for me, and I envy those who can always manage to say the right things at the right time. So I'll be turning AIM back on now.
Mind you, the local power company is cutting electricity during business hours tomorrow, which is a major bummer for me. I depend on the Internet a great deal, and so I'll be out of action for seven hours, unless I want to go into town and pay to use an Internet cafe or pay hourly rates at Starbucks or something.
I can get a few hours' use out of the laptop, so I might seize the chance to get the support documentation finished, so long as I remember to transfer the files across.
I've been thinking some more about my novel idea. At the moment there's not enough to hang a whole novel off, but I'm having a great deal of fun thinking of things to do with it. It's a place where different rules apply, and I'm working through what those rules might be, once one accepts the rather extraordinary premise of the situation.
Mind you, the local power company is cutting electricity during business hours tomorrow, which is a major bummer for me. I depend on the Internet a great deal, and so I'll be out of action for seven hours, unless I want to go into town and pay to use an Internet cafe or pay hourly rates at Starbucks or something.
I can get a few hours' use out of the laptop, so I might seize the chance to get the support documentation finished, so long as I remember to transfer the files across.
I've been thinking some more about my novel idea. At the moment there's not enough to hang a whole novel off, but I'm having a great deal of fun thinking of things to do with it. It's a place where different rules apply, and I'm working through what those rules might be, once one accepts the rather extraordinary premise of the situation.