Horrifically bad software demo becomes performance art

What a total disrespect for the students that were there. 35 minutes of painful awkwardness, with absolutely nothing to redeem it.

I don't know what the students were anticipating, or if they were required to be there for credit, but the whole ordeal was pathetic. And calling it "performance art" doesn't elevate it or make it in any way worthwhile.

Great idea, horrible implementation. 5 minutes of something like this followed by an actual serious and worthwhile presentation might have been pretty funny. But 35 minutes is definitely moving into Yoko Ono territory, and not in a good way.

Neat concept, but the title "The Last Lecture" reminded me of this: http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/. It's surely a coincidence, but an unfortunate one.

And if you haven't watched Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture", you should.

The only reason I wouldn't have gotten up and left would have been the guy's story about his deceased student. There are glimmers of a potential performance art, but the video is mostly just awkward. He's lucky there weren't any interruptions or the video playing in the background would have been out of sync.

Video

http://www.lumalin.com/lumalin_films/last_lecture.php

Horrifically bad software demo becomes horrifically bad performance art.

Microsoft need no pre-recorded video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y_Jp6PxsSQ

The assistants were unrealistically disobedient. And when the computer fell there was like nothing plugged in the back (but somehow it messed up the game).

Don't watch it.

worth it for the jesus puppet. everything else was pretty tiring.