Wow. Chris could be talking a little bit slower. Still it's a great talk. Some of things are obvious but do not come to your mind but you recognize them only after someone mentions it.
I saw some Pecha Kucha talks a month or two ago, and got the feeling that the extra length, as compared to the Ignite format, didn't help.
It seemed odd that an extra 1 minute and 40 seconds would make any difference, but Ignite talks seems to have more pep, perhaps because the slides advance 5 seconds faster.
But both formats are hard to do well. Too many presentations end up being a list of items matched to Flickr images and Helvetica-rendered slogans or quips.
In addition to disliking videos for various reasons, today I'm on a crappy internet connection. 5 minutes is actually getting towards a watchable length, but not on this connection:-/
-> He delivers the message well. The entire presentation is about the message (not the slides - which stand out well with a white but only contain a few words so they don't distract, nor about him - as he is in darkness).
-> He points out some things that are almost so obvious that you would skip over them, but when he points them out here, you go to yourself "ohhh yeeeaaah...why didn't I realise that?"
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-> He talks waaaay to fast. The first time he says 'support' I thought he said 'sport'. Just because he has only five minutes and 15 seconds per slide, doesn't mean he can't edit the volume of info he wishes to convey downwards and/or deliver the message with less words. Talking too fast takes away from the information being conveyed which is the raison d'etre of any presentation.
-> No conclusion at the end. This is a biggie IMO as he hits you with so many information points so quickly, that a summary is badly needed.