Adrien Joly adrienjoly

Public Speaking Tips

If you are interested in how to propose, prepare and give conference/meetup talks, and feeling good while doing it, here are some resources to help:

how to come up with interesting ideas and write an abstract => suggestions from Julien Topçu: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_eUg7vnvlb8S6CF-XkDM_Es8St6xoyQq/view?usp=drivesdk
how to define the target audience, tone and angle of a talk => summary from ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/share/6822f919-d804-8013-b03b-14afd6847e8a
how to find speaking opportunities => https://humantalks.com/ (10-minute talks), https://www.meetup.com/ (local mini-conferences on various topics), https://developers.events/ (calendar of CFP (call for papers) of regular tech conferences)
how to find speaking opportunities + get some (free) external coaching => https://craftsrecords.org/ (tell Julien Topçu I say "hi!")
how to prepare the content of a talk => example of abstract + outline of my latest talk: https://github.com/adrienjoly/js-progressive-typing/

Mon équipement et configuration:

Meta Quest de première génération
Connexion à Internet: abonnement Sosh Fibre, via Livebox 4 avec version de firmware G06.R01.C06_02, UPnP et IPV6 actifs
En guise de PC, un abonnement Shadow Boost à 30€/mois
Et une license Virtual Desktop, achetée via Steam

	# usage ./index-volume.sh "Photos 2017-08"
	# ... will index the list of files from "/Volumes/Photos 2017-08"
	# ... to ~/Desktop/volumes/Photos 2017-08.txt

	set -e # stop the script if any command fails with a non-zero exit code

	mkdir -p ~/Desktop/volumes
	ls -R "/Volumes/$1" > ~/Desktop/volumes/"$1.txt"
	cat ~/Desktop/volumes/"$1.txt"
	drutil eject external

	# Usage:\
	# $ cd /Volumes
	# $ ls
	# $ ./backup-disk.sh "Archives musique"

	set -e # stop the script if any command fails with a non-zero exit code

	echo Backup "$1" to "~/Downloads/BluRay/$1/" ...

	cp -Rpnf "./$1" "$HOME/Downloads/BluRay/"

	<!doctype html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<meta charset="UTF-8" />
	<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
	<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
	<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@babel/[email protected]/babel.min.js"></script>
	<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@mui/[email protected]/umd/material-ui.production.min.js"></script>
	</head>

	declare global {
	// Note: It is crucial to note that [...] variables must only be declared using var
	// cf https://copyprogramming.com/howto/using-globalthis-in-typescript
	var myGlobalVariable: string;
	}

	// => `globalThis.myGlobalVariable` is properly typed as `string`

	/**
	* Type guard, so that void/undefined can be excluded from an array's type, after filtering them out.
	* @template T
	* @param {T \| void} val
	* @returns {val is T}
	*/
	const isDefined = (val) => val && typeof val === 'object'

	/** @type {number[]} */
	const numbers = [-1, 1, 2]

	for f in photos/.; do
	mv "$f" "photos/$(stat -f '%Sm' -t '%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S' "$f").${f##*.}"
	done

	// Note: this script does not work anymore on hackmd.io, because of recaptcha protection.
	// But the same logic can be reused on other websites, e.g. for backup automation.

	const puppeteer = require("puppeteer");

	const { DEBUG } = process.env; // for verbose request logs, pass DEBUG='*'

	/** @returns a `untilRequest()` method that resolves when `targetURL` is requested by `page`. */
	const interceptRequests = async (page) => {
	await page.setRequestInterception(true);