changing the breed of speakers
this blog actually started with the hecklebot, because, well, i had something to say on the subject. and i’ve had a few things to say since. i went way off the deep end (as i tend to do, i guess), but it’s interesting to see that there are some others out there who are “getting it.”
todayi thought i’d share an example. not a broad, sweeping, academic paper, but a short news piece on the disruptive nature of wifi combined with instant messaging (they almost got it all the way to the hecklebot).
Today’s presenters had better be on their toes, because the wireless Net becomes a quick fact-checking tool.
Can wireless drive even the most well-prepared speaker crazy? I should think so. Sperano says we’re all getting good at multitasking; We can do more than one thing at a time. But some people will use wireless to check with Google on each fact, correcting and annoying the speaker with the same ease that the kid in my sixth-grade class kept raising his hand before anyone else in the room.
the only thing missing is that i don’t have to be present to be a disruptive force. ask anyone who attended that session to explain…