>>Ummm ... "blueprinting"? What's that?
Ummm ... "slide projector?" What's that?
Last month I gave a keynote speech and two sessions at the Restore Omaha
conference. When asked what I needed for my presentations I included the
usual item "slide projector with two carosels (be sure to have a backup
projector on hand)."
So, I go through my slides, make my eTravelocity reservations, zoom out
there on the snazzy jet aero-plane, and arrived at the venue, the event
was at a conference facility recently renovated with about $40million
(all the latest), the event was professionally organized (all the best),
my personal contact is from an architectural firm with 60 people and
other offices around the world (a close colleague and real champion of
preservation). Everyone had pulled together to supply my "unusual
request" for a slide projector.
I'm there an hour early for my first talk, the audio-visual technician
was already there, she was very professional and competent, tucking the
radio mike in my pocket and deftly arranging the cable inside my shirt
(whooo!), wanted a copy of my outline to go through the sound check,
adjusting the computerized stage lighting needs, etc.. And there it was,
a nice looking Kodak EctaGraphic III slide projector, with TWO backup
projectors right underneath it--I thought, Greatm I'm all set! Then she
said, "boy, it's been five years since I've seen one of these!" and I
knew I was in trouble.
Do you think any of those three machines worked right? No! and we
struggled with them all day long.
It's a good thing I brought a crate of tools and a stack of lumber since
I had to build my visual aids from scratch.
While I got complements on my film slides at the APT03 conference about
their "visual clarity" compared to the other PowerPoint graphics at the
workshop, I guess I'll have to bite the PowerPoint bullet. I don't mind
being known as a "traditionalist", but I don't want to be a
stuck-in-the-mud traditionalist. Now what buttons do I press for the
next slide, was that <CTRL, ALT, DEL>?
John (lives life in the "past" lane) Leeke
John
by hammer and hand great works do stand
by pen and thought best words are wrought
John Leeke, American Preservationeer
Historic HomeWorks
26 Higgins St.
Portland, ME 04103
207 773-2306
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