Template adjusted for compact mode.

badges/create-badges.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ for p in data:
       offset_y += 6
 
     img = doc.subImage(offset_x, offset_y , 9, 6)
-    img.addImg("../assets/background", 0, 0, 0.5)
+    img.addImg("../assets/background", 0, 0, 0.7)
 
     img.addImg("../assets/reading-logo", 0.1, 0.8, 0.1)
     img.addKeyVal("Computer Science", 0.37, 0.86, size=0.05, color=(0,0.2,0), font="Helvetica")

talk/beamerthemeReading.sty

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 %\def\UrlBreaks{\do\/\do-\do.}
 \usepackage{tikz}
 \usepackage{textpos}
-
 \usepackage{caption}
 \usepackage{subfig}
 \DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.png,.pdf,.jpg,.jpeg}
@@ -60,10 +59,19 @@
  \begin{textblock*}{100mm}(.88\textwidth,-0.5cm)
  \includegraphics[width=2cm]{reading-logo}
  \end{textblock*}
+ \vspace*{-1.5em}
 }
 
+
 \makeatletter
 
+\newcommand{\setlistspacing}[2]{\def\@ld{#1}\expandafter\def\csname
+@list\romannumeral\@ld \endcsname{\leftmargin\csname
+leftmargin\romannumeral\@ld \endcsname
+              \topsep    #2
+              \parsep    0\p@   \@plus\p@
+              \itemsep   #2}}
+
 % USEFUL definitions for the author onto the title page
 
 \newcommand\authorFooter[1]{\renewcommand\insertAuthorFooter{#1}}
@@ -86,6 +94,7 @@
 
 \makeatother
 
+
 \defbeamertemplate*{title page}{customized}[1][]
 {
   \hspace*{-2cm}
@@ -255,4 +264,12 @@
 \newcommand{\HREFColor}[3]{\href{#2}{\color{#1}{#3}}}%
 \newcommand{\URLColor}[2]{\HREFColor{#1}{#2}{#2}}%
 
+%% Make the slide very compact, typically use with [t] slides
+\newcommand{\compact}[0]{
+	\setlength{\medskipamount}{0.0pt}
+	\setlistspacing{1}{0.1ex}
+	\setlistspacing{2}{0.1ex}
+	\setlistspacing{3}{0.1ex}
+}
+
 \mode<all>