[markc]

Terrific presentation and speaker style - I couldn't come close - but she has at least one very common verbal tic that was pointed out in my own speaking style, and now it galls constantly. That's starting a sentence or phrase with a gratuitous "so".

I don't mind if "so" starts a sentence as long as it really means "therefore" but most of Lin's instances don't qualify.

Her "so" affliction is really pretty low compared to most public speakers, but it is there.