Hi Ned,
I noticed that when my talk was posted it was only the first few minutes,
then cut back in in the middle of me answering questions. My assumption
based on the speed and thoroughness with which other videos were posted is
there was some kind of technical difficulties and my talk is lost to the
ages, but I just wanted to check in case that's not true, or there's any
way I can get a copy of my talk, because I was surprised at how well
received my it was and really wanted to be able to link to it for the
advancement of my career.
The braggy explanation I've come up with is that I made the camera person
laugh so hard they accidentally shut off the camera, but I'd love to get
the real story.
Thanks,
Elizabeth Uselton
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 8:47 AM, Ned Jackson Lovely <njl(a)njl.us> wrote:
> Hello PyCon Speaker!
>
> PyCon is almost upon us! In order to make sure your time at PyCon as
> a speaker is as smooth and enjoyable as possible, we have some
> organizational
> messages for you from the Captioning Coordinator and the Session Staff
> Chairs.
>
> PLEASE READ THIS OVER CAREFULLY AND GET BACK TO US WITH ANY QUESTIONS!
>
> WE LOVE QUESTIONS!
>
> Good luck with the final polishes to your talks and slides, and we look
> forward to
> seeing all of you in Portland in a few short weeks!
>
> Regards,
>
> Ned Jackson Lovely
> Program Committee Chair
>
> ===
>
> We are doing live captioning for the deaf and hard of hearing at PyCon
> again this year. For the caption writers to do their best work, it helps
> if they
> can review your presentation ahead of time.
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>
> Your slides will be used by the real-time closed caption writer to help
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