This is brilliant and generous, no surprise coming from you.

But, one thing: Until Apple gets its act together (about versions, fonts, etc.), my rule is simple: my presentation runs on my computer. Not yours, not some centralized machine.

If the event organizers care enough to have professional speakers get on a plane to come present, they should spend the tiny amount of time and energy it takes to let us run our decks from our own machines.

You'd be amazed at how much of an event is dictated by caterers, facilities managers and others that have no real stake in anything other than efficiency. If the talk is the heart of the event, honor the talk...

Perhaps if we all insisted, the problem would go away.