Sunday, December 21, 2008

Clearly we have different definitions of 'formality'

Geekman: I think my talk at [conference] went pretty well. But I'm worried that it was maybe too informal.

Me: Informal talks are great! I much prefer to listen to someone talking about their research like a real live person than someone standing stiffly behind a lectern and reading off a script.

Geekman: Maybe... but all the same, next time I think I might wear shoes.

2 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Physicist or mathematician? :)

The History Enthusiast said...

Oh. My. God. That is totally hysterical!