Concern

I went to another lunch that the kind folks in the Google open source office held for summer of code participants on Monday. The turnout was a lot lower than the one during the summer, but it was cool to see Chris and Leslie again, and I got some neat swag: t-shirt, hat, and lava lamp

Today I gave a presentation for my project for class this quarter. In spite of my demo going completely haywire (portmap wasn’t running on my laptop, and there wasn’t time to launch it, so the demo showed off the UI and nothing else) I felt really good about the presentation. I went quickly, spoke clearly and loudly, and didn’t just read the slides to the audience. I didn’t even really practice what I was going to say before hand (it was a 10-minute presentation, so there was very little space to say too much). People seemed really interested in the presentation, and asked a lot of questions. It was especially good, I think, because I put a lot of effort into the project, and knew it and the issues up and down and could fill the time with a lot of good info. This is especially important, I think: if you don’t really know the field you’re talking about, and are not enthusiastic about it, you’ll falter, and people will be able to tell.

There’s also some work-related junk on Wednesday, and I may be going to see a U2 cover band (yeah, like wha?) on Friday. Thursday is free right now, but you all, dear Internet, are welcome to join me for a beer at the Red Room in Santa Cruz.