EDC 664 - Learning Adventure #6 - Comedian (Jerry Seinfield) & Google Wave

My Reflection about Google Wave: As many of my cadremates have stated earlier and I agree.  In Google Wave, it seemed like the thread that you were contributing to may or may not be on the "major" thread of discussion as it would appear to you as a user "riding the wave."  This tool will be great for an asynchronous session to use the threads as a transcript for later reading.  The vision behind the concept of using Google Wave is great. The implementation and learning process of using Google Wave can be a bit of a challenge. I'm going to go back and look at the "Google Wave" User Guide that my cadremate Nick sent out to see how I can navigate better with this tool. (smile)

My Reflection on Comedian: It was interesting to see the comparison/contrast of a new comic (Orny) and more seasoned comics (Seinfield) going through the process of learning their craft as well as their audiences even when "an audience is dead." It was great to see respect/"love" of other comedians from the likes of Chris Rock/Jay Leno/Bill Cosby just to name a few to just dialogue about what they have witnessed as great comedy and to complement the work that Seinfield and others hav done for this era of time on the comedy scene. Orny seemed like he was placing too much pressure on himself to be great in a "microwavable" way. Patience wasn't his virtue in his learning to be a comic in the business. Respect is earned and not given. He could've learned a thing or two from Pappert in his philosophy of understanding that patience and time can lead to excellence in an area that you are not too familar with.

The quote that helped me reflect upon for this course and our experience so far in MALT is: "To have fun" while doing what you like to do. In this documentary as well as our program, the CoP that the comedians are a part of allowed each person to give and take away best practices on how to "move the crowd." As students, we have to continue to have "fun" and "play" as we learn to be better in our craft, too. Each adventure/skit is a dress rehearsal for each of us to see if we can face the challenges head-on and apply the knowledge learned/shared from others to make each of our steps closer to fulfilling goals.

Overall, I enjoyed watching Comedian after getting past my own thoughts of watching the intial 20+ minutes of Orny ranting and being "full" of himself. ;-)