tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post3153948401215183459..comments2024-03-23T12:05:13.464-07:00Comments on Ideas: Wanted: A Taped Alarm ClockDavid Friedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-91204227741813520072010-10-24T19:42:40.138-07:002010-10-24T19:42:40.138-07:00There are examples of highly successful time-limit...There are examples of highly successful time-limited conference models:<br /><a href="http://ignite.oreilly.com/" rel="nofollow">Ignite</a> allows 20 slides that auto-advance at 15 second intervals, for a 5-minute talk time.<br /><a href="http://www.pecha-kucha.org/" rel="nofollow">Pecha Kucha</a> is 20 slides at 20 seconds each.<br />There is also 'speed geeking', where you have n tables with demonstrations (or posters if you're an academic), divide the audience into n groups, and have 5 minutes at each for a total elapsed time of 5n minutesKevin markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389807119706411080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-8836474907541351112010-10-21T13:38:03.626-07:002010-10-21T13:38:03.626-07:00Huge clock for the all, including the speaker, to ...Huge clock for the all, including the speaker, to see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-80709372999416053552010-10-20T17:09:58.208-07:002010-10-20T17:09:58.208-07:00^May degenerate into soundbites like seen on TV, g...^May degenerate into soundbites like seen on TV, glossing over nuance and subtleties?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-19814824713470647092010-10-20T14:02:14.812-07:002010-10-20T14:02:14.812-07:00Hm, I start imagining the use of the chess clock f...Hm, I start imagining the use of the chess clock for accelerated debates...Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-15815172678608387592010-10-20T09:57:35.652-07:002010-10-20T09:57:35.652-07:00Putting a stopwatch, or modern version, face up on...Putting a stopwatch, or modern version, face up on the podium would also help remind speakers, whenever they look at their notes, that they are in danger of running over,neil craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157898238945726349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-17096495775421680302010-10-19T22:18:05.547-07:002010-10-19T22:18:05.547-07:00Chris: Heh. A while back, I was the moderator on a...Chris: Heh. A while back, I was the moderator on an sf convention panel about the likely American political trends of the coming decade. I was a constitutionalist libertarian; one of the other panelists was an anarchocapitalist; the other two were a bog standard liberal and, if I recall correctly, a conservative with libertarian sympathies. I started out by announcing that the panel was about what we <i>expected</i> would happen, and why, and that any attempt to discuss what people wanted to have happen, or to debate partisan loyalties, would be ruthlessly suppressed. I only had to do it once, when the liberal got tempted into arguing with a contentious audience member; fortunately they accepted my calling them to order. And at the end the anarchocapitalist thanked me. . . .William H. Stoddardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-83844593244176399862010-10-19T22:09:52.381-07:002010-10-19T22:09:52.381-07:00The computer science conferences I go to stay on t...The computer science conferences I go to stay on time pretty well, too. The person in charge of each session is expected to be ruthless about timing.<br /><br />Sounds like libertarian conference chairs are too laissez-faire.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-71354545437822799782010-10-19T16:11:28.933-07:002010-10-19T16:11:28.933-07:00Sounds like a school bell. ;-)Sounds like a school bell. ;-)Ricardo Cruznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-61503672790035337912010-10-19T15:31:14.753-07:002010-10-19T15:31:14.753-07:00David, at our conferences, we aggressively police ...David, at our conferences, we aggressively police speaker time limits to prevent overruns. We aren't perfect, but we find communicating our expectations upfront, combined with good time feedback to speakers while they are speaking, works pretty well. Eric.Eric Goldmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593907559974631866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-55034839360764802262010-10-19T11:58:50.934-07:002010-10-19T11:58:50.934-07:00This is why the ancient Athenians used the clepsyd...This is why the ancient Athenians used the clepsydra to time speeches in their trials. Obviously the problem has been around for a long time. (I've also read about an Athenian courtesan nicknamed "The Clepsydra" because she had one at her bedside. Apparently the economic value of time was not an invention of industrial capitalism!)William H. Stoddardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-64538891665043933682010-10-19T11:50:09.445-07:002010-10-19T11:50:09.445-07:00Perhaps Miss Sweetie Poo is available?Perhaps <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAnVNXaa5oA" rel="nofollow">Miss Sweetie Poo</a> is available?Wayne Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595005905880642013noreply@blogger.com