sillypudding

I have been pretty bad at presentations and public speaking, in general, all my life. Back in middle school and high school, the only occasions I spoke to a gathering was when my family or teachers forced me to do so. College was the same story.

After having worked in the industry for a while, I feel that _decent_ presentation skills (let alone stellar) are a necessity once you move beyond junior roles. So, here I am looking for examples of great _technical_ presentations.

I am specifically looking for presentations targeted at programmers (Computer Scientists, Software Engineers, etc), on a topic that is sufficiently complex (say, the construction of some particular compiler or an OS subsystem). I know that creating a presentation that is more accessible to non-programmers is going to be much harder than one targeted at a specific audience, so I am not looking for those at the moment.

I am also aware of groups like Toastmasters as well as the fact that there are several books, even full courses on effective technical presentation (I did actually take a required class on writing and presentation back in college, but ironically it wasn't really effective). But I'll leave those for another day and another post.

All that said, if you think there is a presentation that must be on every programmer's bucket list, please feel free to list it!