Imagine that - an entertaining technical presentation

"At Lawrence.com, our mission was that 'We Build Cool Shit.'" - Adrian Holovaty

A theory I've evangelized for years is that more often than not, tech company execs usually make lousy presenters. In stark contrast to the dry, methodical, nervous, Oh-God-I'd-better-do-good-because-Bill-Gates-is-watching-my-every-move-off-stage persona of most presenters, Adrian Holovaty, a pioneer in my line of work (news industry web development) discusses his Django web development framework. And he does so in a rare fashion that anyone can enjoy because it's entertaining. It's not a multimillion-dollar production with lights, huge displays and celebrity cameos - he uses humor, self-deprecating examples and pragmatic examples of his talents at work to get his points across. And he also talks in a language that commonfolk will get, programmer or not.

Great show, kid.

(Download a Quicktime version of Adrian's presentation - 146MB)