"MSCHAEF.COM" wrote:

If I had to hit the job trail, I'd make a CD with an autostart
that showcased my best work. I'd probably use an HTML set
of pages to navigate the CD, and I'd have links to colorized
source code listings (nicely organized), manuals I'd written,
data analysis diagrams, that sort of thing.

Then I'd have links that would start programs. Might even have
run time demos of those where it made sense and was possible.

In other words, I'd try to hit any prospective audience. A
bit of gloss and snap for the "users" and access to the really
interesting stuff for the knowledgeble. I'd try to make it
such that I could hand just about anyone the CD and be fairly
confident they could just throw it in their PC and it would
work.

There's some risk attached to this. If it *doesn't* work, you
could have a bit of egg to wipe off.

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Mel Wilson wrote:
Mount suitable samples on a freely accessible page, and give the
interviewer the URL.

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CBFalconer wrote:

That would work, too. NOTE: I wouldn't put anything on the disc
that required install, and all required support files (e.g. dll)
would be on the disc also.

The problem with web presentations is that you're limited to web
presentations. And you never know which browser they'll use or
how they'll configure it, so you're limited to least common
denominator stuff.

I think, too, that you'd want a website without all the popup crap,
and those usually aren't free.

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Programmer Dude wrote:
megabytes. All of Apple/Linux/Unix/Microsoft can read the floppy.
Writing the html to 'least common denominator' is fine. Why not?
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Programmer Dude wrote:
Most ISPs, in my experience, supply you with space for at least a
few pages at no extra cost. That gets rid of any popups. All my
pages work on minimal capabilities, there is no need for fancy
graphics in general, and they adapt to the users display.

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Joe Wright wrote:

But not that many images. I'd still use a CD. My original comment
doesn't make it clear, but I would probably use HTML as an index
and navigator for the disc.

All Apple/Linux/Unix/Windows machines can read 1.44 floppy format?
I *did* not realize that!

For menus and such, it's just fine. For showcasing your best
work, it's a little on the lean side.

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Programmer Dude <cjsonnack@mmm.com> wrote:
There are a few floppy-less computers about. Most notably the newer Apple
systems.

I'd say that a recordable CD is the most usuable format out there. Even my
old Amiga 1200 can work with CDs, but can only use floppes up to 720k
format.

Bill, trying to fit an MMC into his ZX Spectrum's microdrive slot.

Bill Godfrey wrote:

And all the newer PCs here at work.

But I didn't mean the existence of the drive. I hadn't realized
the *format* of PC floppies was the same as for unices and Macs.

Yes. That format I do know to be somewhat universal.

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