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CST 300 - Week 7

Part One

 Our team decided to make our final video project on quantum computing. We collaborated over Slack, Google Hangouts, and used our team's Google Drive to share, upload, and edit files and documents. I believe our system works well, and all these services interface with each other smoothly. Making a video remotely is difficult, and I know this because I've been there before, but I've been impressed with the amount of communication and effort our team has been putting in order to get this video done.

 Part Two

 TED speakers have always impressed me with their voice, vocabulary choices, and ability to make subjects that seem mundane incredibly interesting or explain complicated subjects, often which I have no knowledge about, clearly enough to keep me interested. Speaking about my own presentation skills, they have improved much from when I was younger, and I can naturally relax and speak clearly and slowly in front of even a large crowd. Sometimes I feel as if I should rehearse more, but I tend to approach public speaking with the mindset of having a conversation with a very large audience, rather than reciting written material. 

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