Feb
11
At one of the last Northern Voice sessions of the day, on changing the world through blogs, Rob Cottingham found himself alone on stage when one of the scheduled presenters got stuck on the other side of the border and illness claimed two others.
When his attempts to hook up with Marnie Webb by Skype failed, someone in the audience suggested he try a cellphone with speakers.
“A cellphone with speakers,” he said. “Old-fashioned technology but it just might work.”
It does. Photo to follow added.
TAGS: NORTHERNVOICE
[...] Mark at Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media caught the session I led at Northern Voice yesterday on social change. With all three other panelists unable to attend, I was alone on stage. We were hoping to bring in one of the absent panelists, Marnie Webb, by Skype, but nothing was working. [...]
Heh. You’re kind enough not to mention that at one point, I was actually suggesting that Marnie actually try text-messaging her comments to us.
The guy who suggested the cell phone (and saved the day, I might add) was the always-amazing Phillip Djwa.