Volvo auto brake fails during demo – "Volvo's major new safety feature failed in embarrassing fashion during a press presentation. Called 'Collision Warning with Auto Brake', the technology is supposed to automatically apply the brakes if cameras sense an imminent crash. Unfortunately, the technology broke down in front of a group of journalists at a presentation in Sweden. And sadly for Volvo, some of them were armed with camera phones."
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Lights Go Out On Craig Ferguson (Blog Stage) – Last night, high winds swept through Los Angeles, disrupting electricity in the city — including the television studio where comedian Craig Ferguson was busy filming The Late Late Show. [Ever lose electricity during a presentation? In addition to the general disruption it causes, power failures can start a cascade of other problems. For instance, projector lamps don't react well to being turned of suddenly with out without competing their cooling cycle. Unfortunately, there's not much you can do about a building- or block-wide power failure. Just be sure the electrical service you request from the venue is adequate to the equipment you will be using so you don't cause an outage in the room you're working in.]
(okay the first one’s a little boring) Would you rather give a presentation with your slides but not your speaker notes or have your notes but not your slides? (the second has a little more “zing“) You’re at the crossroads, it’s midnight, the contract has been unrolled, the pen is ready and it’s time to make the deal. Carry a spare for EVERY piece of equipment you normally use to do a meeting and the king of the AV gremlins guarantees that you will never, ever have to use them. In other words, would you be willing to haul around two of everything you typically bring with you knowing you will never need to use the backup because nothing will ever fail? You would propitiate the gremlins by being perfectly prepared to deal with them. Your plan B could no longer involve a quick run to the Best Buy or renting something from the hotel. (Does that sound too much like a Twilight Zone episode?) I think that for most people, answer to the second question would really depend on what kind of meetings they were doing and what was at stake. I wonder what offer the gremlins would make someone if they already carried two of everything. How about you? Would you go with the slides or the notes? Would you make the deal or take your chances? It’s not like I was out there searching or anything but I found a quote that could be the official motto for Breaking Murphy’s Law:
I agree that personal failures are very good at teaching important lessons in a way that makes them difficult to forget. The only problem is there’s usually only one person in the classroom. Learn from your mistakes, but also be generous and share them so others can learn from what you went through. I know, I know, easier said than done. Just try to remember you could be saving someone else from geting their knuckles rapped. |
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How about two quick questions, just for the fun of it…
Pretty good, isn’t it. I came across it on Bob Sutton’s blog