McKenney: Speaking at Kernel Recipes

Paul McKenney has put together a series ofarticles on how to improve one's ability to give a good talk at atechnical conference.

On the other hand, (1) presentation skills stay with you throughlife, and (2) small improvements in presentation skills over monthsor years can provide you with great advantages longer term. An oldsaying credited to Thomas Edison claims a breakdown of 1%inspiration and 99% perspiration. However, my own experience withRCU has instead been 0.1% inspiration, 9.9% perspiration, and 90%communication. Had I been unable to communicate effectively,others would have extreme difficulty using RCU, as in even moredifficulty than they do now.

There is a lot of speaking experience distilled into this set of posts.