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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Entia Non Sunt Multiplicanda Praeter Necessitatem
Occam's razor. Latin for "entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity".
In urban english, it means, "do what is necessary, nothing else".
This simple principle of Occam has endured for generations, allowing the development of much more elegant solutions to our everyday problems.
This should not need any genius to understand how its applicable in our daily life. Especially communication.
How so?
As communicators, simplicity and elegance allows our ideas to be communicated easily across to our audience. Complex ideas will require our audience to think harder.
To put it simply, keep it simple!
:)
In urban english, it means, "do what is necessary, nothing else".
This simple principle of Occam has endured for generations, allowing the development of much more elegant solutions to our everyday problems.
This should not need any genius to understand how its applicable in our daily life. Especially communication.
How so?
As communicators, simplicity and elegance allows our ideas to be communicated easily across to our audience. Complex ideas will require our audience to think harder.
To put it simply, keep it simple!
:)
Monday, March 29, 2010
#5: A Fun Filled Disaster
A lesson learnt, a fun experience. Read on!
My oral presentation took place on 25th March. Weeks after the assignment was announced.
Was I nervous? Definitely, maybe.
We were presenting on cloud computing.I was a fan. More than that, a geeky fan.
Things do not always turn out as expected, and this assignment of mine was an avid subscriber of this old proverb.
The good. I felt that our group had done quite well for creativity. We tried to come up with various ideas to keep our audience with us through the presentation. Twitter. Dropbox. Madeline egg tarts. Our group member's face. Fancy animations.
Our members were also very fluent in the presentation topic. Considering that most of us were unfamiliar with the topic on cloud computing, I am glad that we turned out to be expert advisors within these short period.
The bad. Our creative ideas were not carried out very well. Too much? Definitely. We could tell from the eyes of the audience.
"Are they trying to cover up a lacklustre performance?"
"Showy. Show off."
"Get on with it."
Lesson learnt? These ideas would have been implemented better if we had ran through it a few more times. The ideas were very poorly executed, not allowing us to obtain our intended effect on the audience.
Another point to note. We had lack of practice. Clearly shown in our presentation. Time overrun.
"Who do I present to?"
It was a careless mistake on my part. I had failed to inform my members of the addition to his slides.
"It's 12pm already! Our interview had lasted more than the required time!"
Lesson learnt? Practice! Run through the slides before the presentation. Last minute practices WILL NOT make the heart beat faster.
Lastly, I was glad I had made slight improvements in my presentation. Because of practice, I was able to speak more fluently, with less frequent pauses to think. I made a conscientious effort to eliminate "Ums" and "Ahs" from my presentation. For one moment, I was able to grab hold of the audience's attention.
Besides that, I should learn to inject more energy into my tone. My posture was atrocious.
On a final note, even though the presentation did not turn out as expected, I am glad that we had loads of fun during this process of research and exploration.
Here's a video to wrap things up. The topic that started it all.
Cloud computing. Google style. :)
And yes. It is relevant to us.
My oral presentation took place on 25th March. Weeks after the assignment was announced.
Was I nervous? Definitely, maybe.
We were presenting on cloud computing.I was a fan. More than that, a geeky fan.
Things do not always turn out as expected, and this assignment of mine was an avid subscriber of this old proverb.
The good. I felt that our group had done quite well for creativity. We tried to come up with various ideas to keep our audience with us through the presentation. Twitter. Dropbox. Madeline egg tarts. Our group member's face. Fancy animations.
Our members were also very fluent in the presentation topic. Considering that most of us were unfamiliar with the topic on cloud computing, I am glad that we turned out to be expert advisors within these short period.
The bad. Our creative ideas were not carried out very well. Too much? Definitely. We could tell from the eyes of the audience.
"Are they trying to cover up a lacklustre performance?"
"Showy. Show off."
"Get on with it."
Lesson learnt? These ideas would have been implemented better if we had ran through it a few more times. The ideas were very poorly executed, not allowing us to obtain our intended effect on the audience.
Another point to note. We had lack of practice. Clearly shown in our presentation. Time overrun.
"Who do I present to?"
It was a careless mistake on my part. I had failed to inform my members of the addition to his slides.
"It's 12pm already! Our interview had lasted more than the required time!"
Lesson learnt? Practice! Run through the slides before the presentation. Last minute practices WILL NOT make the heart beat faster.
Lastly, I was glad I had made slight improvements in my presentation. Because of practice, I was able to speak more fluently, with less frequent pauses to think. I made a conscientious effort to eliminate "Ums" and "Ahs" from my presentation. For one moment, I was able to grab hold of the audience's attention.
Besides that, I should learn to inject more energy into my tone. My posture was atrocious.
On a final note, even though the presentation did not turn out as expected, I am glad that we had loads of fun during this process of research and exploration.
Here's a video to wrap things up. The topic that started it all.
Cloud computing. Google style. :)
And yes. It is relevant to us.
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