U.N. Video Game Encourages Kids to Feed, Not Kill | This site is being slashdotted right now, so I can't get the game downloaded, but it sounds like an excellent concept! I'm eager to see what it's actually like -- is it really something that will gain interets or attention, or is it going to come across as really lame. (Or is it going to be like the U.S. Army recruiting game which, in addition to beinging pretty far from the "feed, not kill" prespective, didn't let you play much of anything without signing up to join their servers.)
Passing on Panel Discussions?
In his latest podcast ( Blogarithms IT Conversations News: August 14, 2005 ), Doug Kaye mentioned an interesting anecdotal tidbit: People seem less interested in panel discussions at conferences than they do in single speakers. The panel discussions get lower ratings at ITConversations.com, and... there was some other reason he mentioned it, too. (Okay, so I don't remember. Sorry!)
As I was listening to one of their panel discussions this morning, I had a thought: It was really hard to follow. It takes a lot of mental energy to keep up with who's-saying-what. And I don't even particular care about the who's-who; it would be even worse if I really need to know which person was making a particular point.
Could that be what people are reacting to when they rate panel discussions lower than single-speaker talks?
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