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Plea for concision

Tue, 2011-03-01 13:52 -- John Hawks

Mike the Mad Biologist: "When speakers run over."

It tells me that you didn't even take the time to run through your presentation even once just to see how long it would take. If you don't care about your presentation, why should I?

"Good enough" is too much the standard in academic talks. Everyone can stand to step up the game.

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