Part 1's post was about Prezi, a presentation software that uses the big canvas for displaying and navigating through relational content.
Today, the Nevada caucuseseses (whatever) are meeting to vote on their candidate of choice.
Voting during meetings has been around since the first conflict. Types of voting include no vote (coin toss), rock, paper, scissors, (vote by skill) and then actually counting a vote (no hanging chads please.)
The first several seasons of America's Funniest Home Videos included the phrase "Lock in your vote now." They used wired devices on the back of each chair to provide a simple input that determined that week's winner. I can imagine the spaghetti string of wires snaking through the studio to a tabulator that counted the responses! What a mess! Today, voting can be done on a smart phone, or over bluetooth. Voting is not just A or B either, but can include qualitative dialog (think tweets, or yelp)
Voting during presentations is done either subtly (yawn) or overt like the response to a question. And the type of vote counting can be determined by the need for accuracy. "How many people have ever driven a car over the speed limit?" - a simple raise of the hand will suffice.
"How many of you vote for Pedro?" requires a slightly more sophisticated method to provide some level of accuracy.
How will we vote in the future? Walking out? did that. Raise of hand? of course. Vote with your wallet? daily. Whatever methods are developed in the future, they will be as simple as a nod or wink if they are to survive.
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