Note to all speakers, everywhere...

Every second you spend talking *to* the slide on the screen is a second you're *not* speaking to your intended audience.

Note to all speakers, everywhere...

Every second you spend talking *to* the slide on the screen is a second you're *not* speaking to your intended audience.

Note to all audience members, everywhere...

Avoid cultural slams when questioning a presenter, even if unintentional.

"I have an issue with your use of the word 'concerns' here... you're using it to indicate only undesirable traits of a system, which flies in the face of 30 years of software engineering nomenclature. It's not like we can just segregate off the undesirables. I mean, some societies do, but..."

[awkward pause and silence]

Yup, the presenter was Indian.

Note to all audience members, everywhere...

Avoid cultural slams when questioning a presenter, even if unintentional.

"I have an issue with your use of the word 'concerns' here... you're using it to indicate only undesirable traits of a system, which flies in the face of 30 years of software engineering nomenclature. It's not like we can just segregate off the undesirables. I mean, some societies do, but..."

[awkward pause and silence]

Yup, the presenter was Indian.