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People should concentrate more on experiencing and less on reporting. Live-tweeting during conferences, taking pictures at concerts, checking in to happenings etc. I feel that people do those just to show of how nice their life is, instead of actually living it.
People should concentrate more on experiencing and less on reporting. Live-tweeting during conferences, taking pictures at concerts, checking in to happenings etc. I feel that people do those just to show of how nice their life is, instead of actually living it.
I can't help but feel that these people will someday look back and have great pictures of these events but no memory of them.
It's good to be aware of your audience, but not overly so. You can derail a good talk by misjudging your audience and making yourself look overly self-conscious and awkward.
People should concentrate more on experiencing and less on reporting. Live-tweeting during conferences, taking pictures at concerts, checking in to happenings etc. I feel that people do those just to show of how nice their life is, instead of actually living it.
I couldn't agree more. The last concert I went to, I felt like far too many people were viewing the concert through their 3.5" screen than looking at the 90' stage in front of them. I can't help but feel that these people will someday look back and have great pictures of these events but no memory of them.
Their phone is their memory of it. We are outsourcing part of our brain to our devices. This is lamentable, but probably inevitable.
Well, yes, if you are there for your own sake, live-tweeting the goings-on is taking away from the experience. But if you are there for your followers' sakes--that is, if you are a journalist--then live-tweeting is the whole point of attending: you are serving as a proxy, telling them what's going on so they can experience the session "live", vicariously, through you. Journalists have never really paid much attention…
Also, I noticed the use of "between you and I." I really hate this. It's incorrect, and I see it everywhere. Can we put a stop to this? I know this is a bit nit-picky, but we jump all over "your" vs "you're." This is the same, but it's a more understandable mistake.
I feel like a lot of speakers nowadays, especially those at technical conferences, are aware that people just split their attention between presenters and their gadgets. It's good to be aware of your audience, but not overly so. You can derail a good talk by misjudging your audience and making yourself look overly self-conscious and awkward.
I also tend to find that, at academic conferences, better questions come from people who're following along with the accompanying paper during the talk.
Well, yes, if you are there for your own sake, live-tweeting the goings-on is taking away from the experience. But if you are there for your followers' sakes--that is, if you are a journalist--then live-tweeting is the whole point of attending: you are serving as a proxy, telling them what's going on so they can experience the session "live", vicariously, through you. Journalists have never really paid much attention…
You seem like you know what you're talking about. Why do you think the average live-blogger uses something like Twitter over a video app like Color? It'd take just as long to sit through a live-blogged session as it would to just watch an audience video of the same event.
I'm a total noobs at talking in public but that was very useful for me. It also made very easy to talk with people who expressed their interest or disinterest.
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You seem like you know what you're talking about. Why do you think the average live-blogger uses something like Twitter over a video app like Color? It'd take just as long to sit through a live-blogged session as it would to just watch an audience video of the same event.
I'm not sure your question makes sense. People following an event over Twitter can easily multi-task; they can just scan every few minutes or less frequently as desired. Following the same event with video requires lots more bandwidth (more awkward when mobile), attention, noise (or headphones), screen real estate, etc. Unless you're extremely interested in the event, watching live video is usually a big waste of tim…