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Friday, September 25th, 2009
Cringing and laughter. Good presentation disaster stories inspire one or the other. Really good presentation disaster stories inspire at least a little of both.
This story, from Ian Whitworth’s blog, Can You Hear Me Up the Back?, ping-pongs back and forth from one to the other so often I lost track and ended up laughing at [...]
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Theater Loop — ‘Mary Poppins’ breaks down in Chicago; Nanny stuck in no-fly zone
A computer central to the new touring production of Disney’s “Mary Poppins” malfunctioned about 15 minutes into Saturday night’s Chicago performance at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, causing the entire show to be shut down and the frustrated audience sent home.
[A couple of [...]
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Friday, December 26th, 2008
Yeah, I know it’s kind of crass to whine and complain during the season of joy, but here are a few things I know a lot of meeting professionals wished Santa had managed to slip into his sack before flying south:
A magic coupon for free, fast, robust, ubiquitous Wi-Fi redeemable at any meeting venue.
A pamphlet [...]
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
The Projector Blog recently reported on the first projector with a voice.
The Voice Guidance feature provides ease of use, preventative maintenance updates and a lower total cost of ownership. The voice guidance system in the TLP-X200U directs users with an audible message through the projector’s operating instructions and system warnings, such as the on/off status, [...]
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
[UPDATE: "The Principles" is going to be a living document and will be updated and added to on a regular basis. This post is where it all started and the rationale for the project can be found at the end.
The most up-to-date version will be maintained at http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/the-principles/.]
1.
If you can’t do without it,
make sure you [...]
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Rick Pillars and I had been exchanging comments related to an earlier post (Four words you don’t want to hear coming from the video conference room at 7:00 am) until WordPress ate his last response:
I am more of a high res video specialist so I don’t pretend to know audio all that well. However, I am [...]
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Steve LaRose is an AV/IT tech in the corporate presentation business. He gets to travel all over the world staying in some really glamorous places doing some rather unglamorous work. If anyone in the world is intimately acquainted with Murphy’s Law and how to go about breaking it, it’s Steve and the army of pros [...]
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“If you practice like it’s the real thing, the real thing will seem like a practice.”
You can find out more about the principles
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“Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell?
I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance.
The sailor gave at least a try, the soldier being much too wise,
Strategy was his strength, and not disaster.”
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