[stavros]

Your comment only makes sense if you think that the purpose of the demo is that the presenter gets street cred for doing something hard. If, like me, you think that the purpose of the demo is to show or teach the audience something, then it doesn't matter whether it's live or not, all that matters is that it's done well.

It's like expecting reality shows to be a 100% unfiltered feed of real life. Their purpose is to entertain, not to document.

[navigate8310]

> purpose of the demo is to teach

Then that's documentation with extra steps.

[stavros]

Yep.

[godelski]

  > Your comment only makes sense if you think that the purpose of the demo

Don't contort my words to justify your lying.

The purpose of a demo is to demonstrate things.

The purpose of a live demo is to demonstrate how things will work in the user's actual experience.

You can have pre-recorded demos and there's nothing wrong with that. The only issue is calling a pre-recorded demo "live". That's when you cross the line into deception.

Or as I said before

  >>> Seriously... just call it a demo or pre-recorded. As soon as you call it "live" you've crossed into the territory of fraud.

You don't have to make believe I don't understand what a demonstration is to get there.

  > Their purpose is to entertain, not to document.
 

And now I believe it is YOU who do not understand what a demo is. A demonstration is not entertainment nor documentation, although it can incorporate these elements. A demo is an illustrative example. Do we need to go to Merriam Webster here?

[stavros]

Oh if we're going to be pedantic, I can be pedantic. A "demo" is showing something, and "live" is showing it while both the demonstrator and the audience is in a room together. Therefore, this is a live demo, QED.

[godelski]

We aren't being pedantic here.

  > "live" is showing it while both the demonstrator and the audience is in a room together.

Right, because watching a video of me doing a magic trick is the same thing as me performing it for you. You're incredulous