Every presenter is required to deliver their talk in the persona of a dead rock star. This was Janis Joplin giving an in-depth summary on methods of digital lab security and monitoring. For the record, she advocates moving toward a “big brother” surveillance approach:
And this was a group of multi-media technologists, demonstrating the Guns N' Roses method of lecture capture:
As you can see this was a popular session. (They apologized for not quite adhering to rules as Axl Rose is technically in Malibu, CA, which is not quite the same as being deceased.)
(Aw you got me! These were actually from the Lenovo-sponsored halloween end-of-conference party at an artificial bar-and-music theme-park midway called Universal CityWalk. The scene was replete with costumed stilt-walkers and stunningly bad celebrity impersonators (except the John Belushi-as-Blues-Brother, who was dead-on). Sadly, it was much to dark too take any more iPhone photos of the event. But who knew education technologists could let loose so?)
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