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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Ind. Courts - Still more on: The first "help desk" -- for the newfangled "book"
The "mainstream media" has just picked up on the "Big Monk" YouTube video, first noted in the ILB on Sept. 13th (with link) and again on Sept. 15th. From today's Political Notebook column in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:
A new video making YouTube rounds stars Indiana’s top legal mind – Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard.And the views are up since last weekend -- last time I looked there were 257, the count this morning is 1,057.Taped in the Statehouse by candlelight, Shepard plays a monk – Brother Randall – who is struggling with how to use the newfangled device taking the place of scrolls – the book.
Brother David – played by State Court Administration deputy director David Remondini – is the IT guy. The entire video is a spoof of a Norwegian bit on the first help-desk call.
Remondini tells Shepard that “a lot of people are having trouble with the new system” and asks whether Shepard has tried opening the book.
“If it was that simple I wouldn’t have called the help desk,” Shepard deadpans.
The rest of the clip features Remondini teaching Shepard about how to open and close the book and turn the pages, and explaining that the text doesn’t disappear.
The duo made the video to air at this year’s judicial conference as a way to remind judges around the state to ask for help when they need it.
“It was a huge hit,” said Kathryn Dolan, spokeswoman for the Indiana Supreme Court. “They try to do a little something creative every year.”
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 21, 2008 08:54 AM
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