Sorry to all of you who showed up at the <head> conference to watch my presentation. I’m not sure exactly what happened, but we just couldn’t keep the sound up. The microphone kept cutting out. I tried two different microphones on my computer, switched over to Chris Allen’s computer, even switched Internet connections. No matter what we did, the sound would stay up only long enough for me to get a sentence or two out, then cut out.
So eventually we just gave up and went to Q and A. Cool to notice that about 50 people hung out for the whole session even though I couldn’t talk!
After that, someone mentioned that Flash 10 might be causing problems with Connect. So Chris downgraded his Flash Player to Flash 9. He was then able to get up and running and give his whole presentation without a problem. I know lots of others have mentioned having sound problems, so if you still need to speak, you might want to think about switching over to Flash 9. No guarantees, but it might save you some frustration.
Anyway, we might go ahead and record my session and make it available later. We’ll let you know if and when that happens.
[To clarify: the title does not mean that the <head> conference failed, only that my session failed. From all accounts, though mine were far from the only technical difficulties, the people who are attending a lot of sessions are enjoying it and getting a lot out of it.]
Unlucky, but it happens.
Too bad.
But we already know what’s up next 😉
http://twitter.com/headconference/status/975298369
Good luck with your presentation 😉
(Had a fun session with Allen. That made up a lot ;))
That really sucks, better luck next time!
Yeah I was bummed that your presentation had to be postponed as I think there could have been an interesting set of questions at the end, in response, but I did agree having the people hanging around even without the presentation was pretty cool! I do look forward to seeing the recorded.
Oddly my presentation went very smooth, only mic level issues which might have just been me. I thought that I was using Flash10, as I did remember being asked to upgrade, but it appears that I am using Flash9 so maybe that’s why I had so few problems.
Hey Keith,
I was really bummed that we couldn’t get your session running but I’m going to organize a day when we can get the eight or so sessions that we couldn’t get right and have a mini-conference just for you guys, invite everyone to attend live and record them. I’m thinking of calling it 2008 ½ and holding it within the next two weeks or so.
Expect an email and thanks again for being part of the conference! 🙂