Comments on: TDWG Ontology Talk on Slideshare http://www.hyam.net/blog/archives/432 "truly pathetic verbiage" Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roger Hyam http://www.hyam.net/blog/archives/432/comment-page-1#comment-1005 Roger Hyam Sun, 24 May 2009 09:39:17 +0000 http://www.hyam.net/blog/?p=432#comment-1005 Hi Lee, I spent a whole day authoring this thing and working out how to make it available. I can export it as a PPT but it doesn't render right, doesn't have sound and is over 6.7 meg! I tried recording the dialog in Keynote and then exporting a Quicktime movie but it would just jump some of the slides in the process! (I would say that Apple are as bad as MS but the fact that Powerpoint 2007 won't render Powerpoint 2003 presentations correctly is so bad MS still hold the trophy - but only just.) I ended up recording an MP3 using Audacity (good old Open Source) and then used Slideshare (free web based service) to sink this with the uploaded presentation. I should have used a different mike not the one on my machine as my workplace echoes a lot. This is why people end up wanting to plug their own machines in to give presentations - talk about standards! I'll mail you a PPT version but don't want to put it up here as it will probably not work correctly for many people. All the best, Roger Hi Lee,

I spent a whole day authoring this thing and working out how to make it available. I can export it as a PPT but it doesn’t render right, doesn’t have sound and is over 6.7 meg! I tried recording the dialog in Keynote and then exporting a Quicktime movie but it would just jump some of the slides in the process! (I would say that Apple are as bad as MS but the fact that Powerpoint 2007 won’t render Powerpoint 2003 presentations correctly is so bad MS still hold the trophy – but only just.)

I ended up recording an MP3 using Audacity (good old Open Source) and then used Slideshare (free web based service) to sink this with the uploaded presentation. I should have used a different mike not the one on my machine as my workplace echoes a lot.

This is why people end up wanting to plug their own machines in to give presentations – talk about standards!

I’ll mail you a PPT version but don’t want to put it up here as it will probably not work correctly for many people.

All the best,

Roger

]]> By: Lee Belbin http://www.hyam.net/blog/archives/432/comment-page-1#comment-1004 Lee Belbin Sun, 24 May 2009 04:35:11 +0000 http://www.hyam.net/blog/?p=432#comment-1004 Hi Roger - Any chance you could you save the presentation in a format like Quicktime or something that a PC can handle? Hi Roger – Any chance you could you save the presentation in a format like Quicktime or something that a PC can handle?

]]> By: Roger Hyam http://www.hyam.net/blog/archives/432/comment-page-1#comment-916 Roger Hyam Wed, 13 May 2009 14:10:00 +0000 http://www.hyam.net/blog/?p=432#comment-916 <a href="#comment-915" rel="nofollow">@Gail</a> Thanks Gail. I have added a note of explanation. Roger @Gail
Thanks Gail. I have added a note of explanation.

Roger

]]> By: Gail http://www.hyam.net/blog/archives/432/comment-page-1#comment-915 Gail Wed, 13 May 2009 13:59:06 +0000 http://www.hyam.net/blog/?p=432#comment-915 Thanks for posting this, Roger! Although this has broad applicability for the community, it was unclear who was the original target of this presentation. Cheers! Gail P.S. Am enjoying your photos!! Thanks for posting this, Roger! Although this has broad applicability for the community, it was unclear who was the original target of this presentation.

Cheers!
Gail

P.S. Am enjoying your photos!!

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