I've been toying around with writing some more tips for presenters. While a laugh track isn't easy to have in a live performance, you can plant shills in the audience to laugh at your jokes, or ask good questions at the end.
While this shouldn't work, it does. Humans are wired to pick up the reactions from other people when they don't have their own; so if someone else is laughing, then it must be funny. If someone else asks a question, then your similar question may not sound too dumb.
I love this line from the Eee page: "[..]the overall weight of the Eee PC 900, which remains below 1kg – allowing children and women to carry it with ease."
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How long until you just have a .ogm video playing at a slow framerate instead? :)
1 year, 7 months ago by dryfter
Never, because in comedy^W technical speaking, timing is everything.
1 year, 7 months ago by pjf
simple solution - laugh track! ;)
1 year, 7 months ago by johndalton
I've been toying around with writing some more tips for presenters. While a laugh track isn't easy to have in a live performance, you can plant shills in the audience to laugh at your jokes, or ask good questions at the end.
While this shouldn't work, it does. Humans are wired to pick up the reactions from other people when they don't have their own; so if someone else is laughing, then it must be funny. If someone else asks a question, then your similar question may not sound too dumb.
1 year, 7 months ago by pjf
yes, humour can be a challenge
1 year, 7 months ago by jarich
I love this line from the Eee page: "[..]the overall weight of the Eee PC 900, which remains below 1kg – allowing children and women to carry it with ease."
1 year, 6 months ago by dryfter
What the hell.. that was directed at someone else!
1 year, 6 months ago by dryfter