I had a chance to give a lecture on using Python/Pandas in scientific research this week, and it was __________ (fill this in after it happens…). Since I was talking about Python, I decided to make my talk in Python, too. I did this for a few classes in Winter and Summer quarters of 2013, but the technology has come a long way since then. For this time around, I used RISE aka the live_reveal extension, and I found it very promising, although _very_ “bleeding edge” (which is what happens when the cutting edge is too cutting).
To make it really work as a powerpoint killer, I think it needs a little more friendlyness on the slide layout side of things. I don’t need much, but I would like:
* a talk title slide that has title, name, and date;
* a full-screen image slide;
* a way to put slide titles in a consistent place;
Am I totally power-pointed in my desires? I should file some issues on github.
Other wishes, while it’s on my mind: would be helpful to start slideshow from highlighted cell, would be convenient if cell toolbar toggled automatically between slideshow to none when starting and stopping presentation display, make it all easy easy easy to use.
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