Attended Study Group

I attended the CenterCLR study group on 8/11.

Signed Up for LT

Initially, I signed up for the regular participation slot, but one day I happened to check and saw an LT (Lightning Talk) slot was open, so I signed up for it. At that point, I hadn’t decided what to talk about yet, but I started deciding on the topic and preparing the presentation materials for the day (this was about 2 weeks prior).

Day of the Study Group

After the sponsor session, the speakers’ sessions began. I was really looking forward to Mr. Ueda’s introduction of lessons using HoloLens. I thought it was amazing, and the biggest thing I felt was that I wished something like this existed when I was in middle or high school.

Mr. Matsui’s talk was also about something I was thinking of starting myself, so I listened with great interest.

My Turn

There was one break during the study group, and the LT time was after the break. I got extremely nervous right before, so much so that I couldn’t even go see the HoloLens during the break as I had planned… Since it was my first LT, I managed to stick to the 5-minute time limit as practiced beforehand.

However, I was too nervous. I remember thinking, “Oh no, I’m stumbling over my words” at the beginning, and when I did the demo, my hands were shaking so much I couldn’t use the mouse properly, which made me panic a bit.

Also, I ended up speaking while looking at the display the whole time. If I get a chance to be more composed next time, I thought I need to make sure I look at the audience while speaking.

Here are the slides I presented today

After-Party

I participated in the after-party following the study group and got to hear various stories.
There were some high-level discussions I couldn’t understand, but it turned out to be a fun day.