OCW Demo

Marta and I demonstrated the OCW site at the University of Nairobi, Kikuyu yesterday. The IT staff had failed to install Adobe and RealMedia on most of the machines like they were supposed to. The hadn't even connected most of them. There was also a power outage for about an hour.

We also had to wait for the principal to show up. At least that gave us time to get all the computers working and sit through the power outage. The way it works is that nothing happens without the principal's approval. It would have been a major breech of protocol if, say, we actually started on time and didn't keep 30 professors waiting for three hours.

He finally showed up with an entourage of underlings. Each person made a flowery speech introducing the next up the chain of command. Finally, the principal made his speech and promptly left with his crew before Marta even started the demo. It was pretty ridiculous.