Speaker Guide

Slides

The venue will be fairly bright, as it's not possible to properly darken it. Keep that in mind when designing your slides.

• Use dark text on light backgrounds
• Make sure you have enough contrast

Contempt Culture

Avoid being negative about other technologies and communities. This is a common way to appeal to the in-group, but it's not a good look. We will have a broad range of attendees from various backgrounds, and it really sucks to have the thing you use every day be ridiculed on stage.

See also this post about contempt culture and this great article about negativity in programmer culture.

Avoid "guys"

Avoid addressing the audience, or any group of people, as "guys". We know American pop culture has made this a common idiom, but a lot of people don't identify themselves as "guys", and it's a small effort to use more inclusive language.

Try "Hi everyone", "y'all", "folks", "people", etc.