Comments on: Texts from Last Night

By: Debate Night 2.0: 1400, Alcohol, and Men « The Forum

Debate Night 2.0: 1400, Alcohol, and Men « The Forum — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:01:32 +0000

[...] and a new format which should lead to more entertaining and interesting debate. And yes, the text messaging screen will make a [...]

By: Agreed

Agreed — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:30:20 +0000

It really distracted from the discussion and cheapened the event.

Yeah, some of the texts were funny, but not that funny. If you want people to laugh, just get Carl up there. He was really hilarious.

And while we’re at it, I would add that the audience part after Carl was pretty lame.

Also, why make it a debate when it really should just be a discussion. When you make it a debate, your force people to defend things they don’t necessarily think, and you get them to say what will win the appeal of the audience rather than try to say what they think and persuade the audience. It’s the type of thing Charlie Sprague loves, but everyone else rolls their eyes at.

For next time…

By: Agreed

Agreed — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:30:00 +0000

It really distracted from the discussion and cheapened the event.

Yeah, some of the texts were funny, but not that funny. If you want people to laugh, just get Carl up there. He was really hilarious.

And while we’re at it, I would add that the audience part after Carl was pretty lame.

For next time…

By: Dan Evans

Dan Evans — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:54:04 +0000

Definitely not something that should make an appearance at more formal Ath functions. When I was speaking, I counted less than five people who were looking at me. The rest were watching the board.

By: Dan Evans

Dan Evans — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:54:00 +0000

Definitely not something that should make an appearance at more formal Ath functions. When I was speaking, I counted less than five people who were looking at me. The rest were watching the board.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:06:16 +0000

The tech is beautiful. Abhi, did you program it?

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:06:00 +0000

The tech is beautiful. Abhi, did you program it?

By: Great Ideas in Science is Liberal Arts as Hell « The Forum

Great Ideas in Science is Liberal Arts as Hell « The Forum — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:02:13 +0000

[...] over knowledge and the wisdom of crowds over the droning of elites. Letting the audience text their ideas onto the projector was inspired and really made the night. Without the texts, it would have been [...]

By: Aditya Pai

Aditya Pai — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:42:30 +0000

I think the technology was impressive (even John Faranda said so) and the comments made it more interesting and a little light-hearted. It wouldn’t work for Roxana Saberi, but I think for this event, it was a good call. Maybe you should censor it more? But that may ruin the beauty of it…

By: Aditya Pai

Aditya Pai — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:42:00 +0000