Saturday, December 09, 2006
Saturday...Time to Think
..I read in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning that the Australian Parliament is considering a Report which would enable speeches to have visual representation by using PowerPoint platforms.
Now whilst this might be considered bringing the 'debate' out of the stone age, I wonder if they have considered leaping beyond .ppt and going to Flash, Avatars and the like in their speech reporting?
Would this take the soundbyte to new heights? Would the PR spin doctors not have further food to throw with? It would be more engaging for sure - but let's not adopt a linear way of thinking like Marx - then leapfrog .ppt and go one better to ensure real democracy.
Would this not allow us to reconnect with the Youth?
Now whilst this might be considered bringing the 'debate' out of the stone age, I wonder if they have considered leaping beyond .ppt and going to Flash, Avatars and the like in their speech reporting?
Would this take the soundbyte to new heights? Would the PR spin doctors not have further food to throw with? It would be more engaging for sure - but let's not adopt a linear way of thinking like Marx - then leapfrog .ppt and go one better to ensure real democracy.
Would this not allow us to reconnect with the Youth?
