Ned Batchelder: Silence is golden lightning talk
The overall message is to leave some quiet time so that reluctant speakers have a chance to participate. I am one of those people who speak easily that I describe in the lightning talk.
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The overall message is to leave some quiet time so that reluctant speakers have a chance to participate.
I am one of those people who speak easily that I describe in the lightning talk.
I have to remind myself to keep these ideas top of mind.
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The overall message is to leave some quiet time so that reluctant speakers have a chance to participate. I am one of those people who speak easily that I describe in the lightning talk. I had the idea for this lightning talk a few years ago at PyCon, while watching things going wrong.
How it works
- I start with a jokey disclaimer because I followed Simon Willison who gave an energetic, entertaining, and loud(!) speed-run through a year of progress in LLMs: I do these talks and blog posts about how to...
- It made for an interesting hook, making the talk more interesting than just a scold.
Example or evidence
- I have to remind myself to keep these ideas top of mind.
Details worth keeping
This is a lightning talk I did at PyCon US 2026: I have to remember to hold back, to leave time and space for other people.
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