With the busy summer schedule and the previous series of posts concluding, I have been struggling to maintain the writing pace set during the series and keep the frequency up to the standards I have set for myself this year. To combat this, I had a…

In this series, we covered all the high points of presenting to an audience. Many of the tools discussed in this series apply to other situations in the workplace. One common occurrence in software development is for a business analyst, product owner…

Even if you never present to an audience or follow any of the advice in this series you will still get some form of feedback in your development journey. Some could be positive, some will be negative. The feedback may be actionable or it may not. In…

In a previous post, I had commented on how I wanted to continue writing here while reducing screentime. In the post, I mentioned that I moved to writing on an e-paper tablet, but did not mention the product. Today, I learned of a feature, so I must…

Let's face it, no one can do it all alone. In these days of heightened sense, nuanced, and increased edge case count, a team is needed to make meaningful progress. This is true for demonstrations as well. For this post, we are going to cover how to…

By this time in the series, hopefully, you have hosted at least one demonstration and made some small mistakes to learn from. Now, it is time to discuss preparing for a presentation. Given there are already four posts detailing other aspects of the…

No matter your experience level hosting software demonstrations it is likely you have experienced an unexpected behavior in the software while everyone is watching. Every live demonstration is susceptible to errors, and they are inescapable. So how…

This post will focus on a topic commonly used with smaller groups. I am going to talk through tactics to illicit audience participation during demonstrations. If you are a larger stage presenter experimenting with audience participation, please…

At this point, the stage is set for the most amazing software demonstration. We have taken a moment to introduce ourselves, introduce the contents of the demonstration, and choose a starting location that is common ground for all participants. All…

In this post, we will highlight the start of a software demonstration. Generally, this series will focus on three types of presentations: stage talks in a conference or meetup setting, single-instance presentations where the audience is much smaller…

Being part of a software development team, you will eventually present software to an audience. Up to this point in my career, I have participated as a presenter and spectator for hundreds of demonstrations of various sizes. Throughout these…

A friend and I recently started working on a little side project. It had been over a year since we last worked on anything together before starting this little adventure. The original idea for the project came from his wife and her love of reading…