I'm afraid this is going to be something of a rant...but why is it that so much "plug and play" just doesn't? It's expecially frustrating when you put a lot of time and effort into a presentation, turn up at the venue where you're assured that "everything will work fine -- we're doing these all the time!!!" only to find that PC connection at the main stage is knackered and the only other one (at the back of the hall which means someone else has to hit the buttons) won't let you play any sound...and since all of my presentations have to do with online video, sound is kind of important! The IT person clucks his or her tongue and says something like "it should be fine" (or something like that) but doesn't actually have the knowledge to solve it. I can see I'm just going to have to buy all the kit and turn up with a completely self-contained package. However, it just should not be necessary. Rant over.
Now here are links to a couple of entertaining videos. The first's been seen about 2m times on various outlets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SmgLtg1Izw
The second has just made it into the Guardian's Viral Video Charts. Looks like about 750k views in about two weeks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndYxBQXhNjI&feature=PlayList&p=613F6D2953609BFC&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=2
That's all for the moment
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I've never arrived at an external venue yet that had working equipment, with the exception of the Edinburgh International Conference centre and The Hub in Edinburgh.
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