Mike's Notes
I will have to give many presentations (talks and demos) in the future, so here is a rough plan that builds on an earlier note from a month ago. Feedback on this is welcome.
Resources
- https://www.blog.ajabbi.com/2026/02/using-slide-presentations-to-describe.html
- https://getsharex.com/
- https://obsproject.com/
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rZxEIcmeh-W8UiIaYOMMWBc8NBa793xhiOvBtWwCCcM/edit?usp=sharing
References
- Reference
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Last Updated
12/03/2026
Ajabbi slide talks
By: Mike Peters
On a Sandy Beach: 09/03/2026
Mike is the inventor and architect of Pipi and the founder of Ajabbi.
Background
I previously gave hundreds of slide talks to conferences, workshops, and public meetings in NZ. I enjoyed explaining complex things so that anyone could understand. Everything from 30 seconds to 2+1/2 hours. But that was years ago.
As Pipi continues to develop and international interest grows, I will have to give many talks to different audiences in the future.
The need is now becoming urgent, with requests and opportunities arriving.
What works
I'm also highly visual and prefer to talk about something I can see, like a map, chart, video, gadget, or drawing, rather than read a speech.
What is needed
Audiences
- Software developers
- Scientists
- Pitching to a panel
- Training users
- Radio or TV interviews
- Contractors
- Volunteers and staff
- Open office hours
- etc
- In-person
- Remote
- Hybrid
Delivery
- Live
- Pre-recorded
Modular
- Short & consice
- Combined for longer talks.
What will happen
This is what I thought might work.
- Design a structured outline of topics to cover.
- Design a simple uniform slide format.
- Apart from the title, utility, and end slides, use one slide per minute, following the 5:5:5 rule.
- Practice delivering some to the fortnightly research group I attend online, as well as to other groups I am a member of.
- Start rapidly manufacturing slide talks based on the priority of need.
- Reuse the notes and images from the 650 posts on this blog.
- Create simple 1-page A4 summary notes for print, hand out, event notices and email invitations.
- Record the talks with slides in advance and upload them to YouTube as a library.
- Pre-record short videos of live demos of using Pipi and upload them to YouTube as a library.
- Save and share the slides using links as PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Adobe PDF. On Slideshare.
- Automate by using the Pipi CMS Engine (cms) to store, reuse, update, render, and manage metadata, put in the right place, etc
Work Log
09/03/2026
- Wrote this post
- Made A4 paper card mockups of typical slides, looking at layout, fonts, and colours
10/03/2026
- Created a topic outline (Google Sheet)
- Watched how TED recommend how to give talks
- Built a temporary Access Database to organise content. To be imported into the Pipi Learning Object Engine (lob) and use those tools to further configure.
- ID
- Code No, e.g., "103-10045-100001-eng-US", "103-10045-100001-fra"
- Footer, e.g., "Ajabbi Learn"
- Collection, e.g., "Signing Up"
- Title (5 word max), e.g., "Creating your profile"
- Subtitle (5 word max)
- Slide Talk Flag Y/N
- Video Demo Flag Y/N
- PDF Summary Flag Y/N
- Note
- Imported the Google Sheet topic outline into the database
- Discovered Free/open-source screen capture software to pre-record live demos for YouTube.
- "ShareX (Windows): Open-source, lightweight, and excellent for both screen recording (including GIFs) and screenshots, featuring powerful, automatic sharing options."
- "OBS Studio (Windows/Mac/Linux): The premier choice for high-quality, unlimited, and feature-rich recording. It is ideal for streaming and complex recordings but has a steeper learning curve."
11/03/2026
- Added list of slide footers (lower right-hand side)
- Added list of Collections
12/03/2026
- Created codes
- 3-digit footer
- 5-digit collection
- 6-digit presentation
- Heavy editing and reorganising
Content reuse
The same material can be reused in many formats.
- Developer Docs
- User learning (Diataxis)
- In-context workspace help
- Newsletters
- This blog
- Whitepapers
- Etc
Slide Footers (Host websites)
Visit the Presentation Catalogue (Google Sheet)
- 100 Ajabbi
- 101 Ajabbi Learn
- 102 Ajabbi Design
- 103 Ajabbi Research
- 104 Ajabbi Foundation
- 105 Ajabbi Developer
- 106 Ajabbi Handbook
- 107 pipiWiki
- 108 Ajabbi Community
- 109 Ajabbi Project
- 110 Ajabbi i18n
- 111 Ajabbi Workspace
Collections
Visit the Presentation Catalogue (Google Sheet)
- 101-10001 Personal Account
- 101-10002 Enterprise Account
- 101-10003 Developer Account
- 101-10004 Researcher Account
- 101-10005 SME Account
- 107-10006 Engines
- 101-10007 Content Management System
- 106-10008 History
- 106-10009 Engineering
- 106-10010 Ajabbi
- 103-10011 About
- 103-10012 Research Publications
- 103-10013 Research Platform
- 104-10014 Mission
- 101-10015 Agent Account
- 102-10016 Components
- 102-10017 Accessibility
- 109-10018 Accessibility
- 105-10019 Boxlang
- 107-10020 Industries
- 107-10021 Plugins
- 109-10022 i18n
- 103-10023 Complex Systems
- 104-10024 Programme
- 104-10025 Board
Talks & Demos
Visit the Presentation Catalogue (Google Sheet)
101 Ajabbi Learn
- 101-10007 Content Management System
- 101 Introduction
- 102 Content Management System
- 103 Publication
- 104 Website
- 105 Blog
- 106 Wiki
- 107 Docs
- 108 Help
- 109 Workspace
- <Unknown>
- Agents & engines
- How to use the engines
- DevOps
- Security
- Pipi
- Sign up
- Choosing an account type
- 101-10001 Personal Account
- Personal Account
- Username, password, and 2FA
- Account settings
- Create a profile
- Languages
- Accessibility
- Support
- Training
- 101-10002 Enterprise Account
- Enterprise account
- Account settings
- Default Language
- Billing
- Support
- Training
- Creating a deployment
- Choose a Language
- SaaS configuration
- Creating a workspace
- Adding modules
- Adding Plugins
- Roles and Permissions
- Adding Users
- 101-10003 Developer Account
- Developer account
- Account settings
- Default Language
- Billing
- Support
- Training
- Creating a deployment
- Choose a Language
- Creating a workspace
- Adding modules
- Adding Plugins
- Roles and Permissions
- Adding Users
- 101-10004 Researcher Account
- Researcher account
- Account settings
- Default Language
- Billing
- Support
- Training
- Creating a workspace
- Adding modules
- Adding Plugins
- Roles and Permissions
- Adding Users
- 101-10005 SME Account
- SME account
- Account settings
- Default Language
- Billing
- Support
- Training
- Choosing a module
- Roles and Permissions
- Adding Users
- 101-10015 Agent Account
- Agent Account
- Account settings
- Default Language
- Billing
- Support
- Training
- Creating a deployment
- Choose a Language
- Creating a workspace
- Adding modules
- Adding Plugins
- Roles and Permissions
- Adding Users
102 Design System
- 102-10016 Components
- 102-10017 Accessibility
103 Ajabbi Research
- 103-10011 About
- Ajabbi Research
- Role and purpose
- Income
- Open handbook
- Team culture
- Open Research
- Library
- Projects
- 103-10023 Complex Systems
- 103-10012 Research Publications
- Publications
- Newsletter
- Friday Report
- Seminars
- On arXiv
- 103-10013 Research Platform
104 Ajabbi Foundation
- 104-10014 Mission
- Ajabbi Foundation
- Role and purpose
- Income
- The Open Handbook
- Team culture
- 104-10025 Board
- 104-10024 Programme
- Future support
- Ortus Open-source
- SIL KeyMan
- User groups
- Books
105 Pipi Developer
- 105-10019 Boxlang
- BoxLang in a VM
- BoxLang in Docker
106 Ajabbi Handbook
- 106-10010 Ajabbi
- Ajabbi intro
- Who am I
- Resources
- Thanks & Questions
- Origin
- Mission & values (why)
- Organisational form
- Ajabbi
- Role and purpose
- SaaS
- Profit distribution
- From customers to community-driven
- Bootstrap Startup
- Scaling
- Open-source
- GitLab
- GitHub
- Future Collaborations
- Unicode
- OMG
- W3C WCAG
- CNCF
- Pipi
- Intro
- Origin
- 106-10008 History
- Pipi 1-5 (1997-2008)
- Pipi 6 (2017-2019)
- Pipi 7 (2020)
- Pipi 8 (2021-2022)
- Pipi 9 (2023-2026)
- 106-10009 Engineering
- Closed core & open-source
- Closed-core
- Roadmap
- Pipi 9 (2023-2026)
- Pipi 10 (2027-2029)
- Pipi 11 (2030-)
- Open-source
- Roadmap
- Pipi 9 (2023-2026)
- Pipi 10 (2027-2029)
- Pipi 11 (2030-)
107 pipiWiki
- 107-10006 Engines
- Algorithm Engine (alg)
- CMS Engine (cms)
- Configuration Engine (cnf)
- Factory Engine (fac)
- Workflow Engine (wfl)
- Workspace Engine (wsp)
- 107-10020 Industries
- Agriculture
- Arts & Culture
- Built Infrastructure
- Civil Defense
- Data Centre
- DevOps
- Learning
- Nature Conservation
- Research
- Transport
- 107-10021 Plugins
- AddThis
- Amazon Book
- Apple Map
- Apple Music
- ArcGIS Map
- Atlassian Analytics
- Azure Map
- Cacophony
- CloudConvert
- CodePen
- CodeSandbox
- Confluence
- Elfsight Weather
- Flightradar24
- FormBlock
- GitHub-Embed
- GitLab Snippet
- Google Analytics
- Google Calendar
- Google Docs
- Google Form
- Google Map
- Google Meet
- Google Sheets
- Google Slides
- IUCN Threat Status
- Jira Advanced Roadmap
- JSBin
- Jupyter Notebook
- KeyMan
- MailChimp
- Metservice Weather
- Microsft Forms
- Monaco Editor
- NASA Spot the Station
- NASA Worldview
- NetSuite Case Form
- NIWA CO2 Widget
- NIWA Tide Widget
- NIWA UV Widget
- NIWA Weather Widget
- Odoo Form
- PostHog Analytics
- Survey Monkey
- Trello Board
- Trello Card
- TypeForm
- VesselFinder
- Vimeo Video
- Weather Widget
- Wolfram Notebook
- Yandex Map
- Yandex Video
- YouTube Video
- Zoho Calendar
- Zoho Form
- Zoom Meeting
108 Ajabbi Community
109 Pipi Project
- 109-10018 Accessibility
- Accessibility Profile
- UK.Govt Design Guide
- 109-10022 i18n
- Web KeyMan
- Mobile KeyMan
110 Ajabbi i18n
111 Ajabbi Workspace
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