Murphy's Law states: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." This is especially true and especially painful when there is an audience involved.

Subscription Options

Categories

Archives



9rules

Alltop, all the top stories


Presentation People on Twitter



Alltop
«  
  »

A rapid cascade of events

From a post by Richard Fernandez that has absolutely nothing to do with presentations but everything to do with the way things often go wrong:

Once the overall design margin of a system has been eroded, failure when it comes manifests itself in a rapid cascade of events. The hidden stresses suddenly pile on each other and the structure, riddled with hundreds of weaknesses each minor in itself, collapses under their simultaneous impact.

April 25th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized
  • http://soyouwanttobeabanquetmanager.blogspot.com/ banquet manager

    Lee,

    I just wrote a post about the problems with the airwalls in my ballroom. Not an a/v issue but you should relate to it. Read it here:
    http://soyouwanttobeabanquetmanager.blogspot.co…

    I've also put a link to you on my blogroll.

    Take care.

  • http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com Lee Potts

    My equipment table was once set up next to the seam between two sections of an airwall that wouldn't close all the way. The gap was only a couple inches but it let in enough noise to make it difficult to follow the speakers on my side of the wall. On the other hand the slight breeze that also came through the crack kept me more comfortable than I would have been in the overheated room.

  • http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com Lee Potts

    My equipment table was once set up next to the seam between two sections of an airwall that wouldn't close all the way. The gap was only a couple inches but it let in enough noise to make it difficult to follow the speakers on my side of the wall. On the other hand the slight breeze that also came through the crack kept me more comfortable than I would have been in the overheated room.

  • http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com Lee Potts

    My equipment table was once set up next to the seam between two sections of an airwall that wouldn't close all the way. The gap was only a couple inches but it let in enough noise to make it difficult to follow the speakers on my side of the wall. On the other hand the slight breeze that also came through the crack kept me more comfortable than I would have been in the overheated room.