Conference Etiquette
I would have thought that using your digital camera to take pictures of people’s presentation slides was rude. Nevertheless, it is a growing trend. Some do it surreptitiously, some do it openly. Some people even use videophones to record the whole talk. What do they do with all that information? I am busy enough doing my own research without watching reruns of conference talks!
It gets worse. We recently had a visiting big-time American professor whip out a camera during a lab tour and take close-ups of our state-of-the-art laser ablation cell. I came this close to asking him if he wanted a scale bar in the photo, or a copy of the design drawings…
Comment by Lab Lemming — August 18, 2006 @ 10:58 am