I had a fast lunch today. That’s because I needed to be in school by 2pm. My classmate Stefano Bortolato (standing, wearing a roman collar) asked me to lend him a hand for his thesis defense. The main argument of his thesis centered on virtual networking community in the context of pastoral ministry.

My job was to say three words: convergenza, applicazioni, and ok, sono connesso. He explained to me what exactly he expected me to do. On his cue, I would stand and say those words one at a time, while pretending to be busy with my pocket pc.

His thesis defense was quite creative, not the lecture-type most students normally do. Aside from live “actors” like me and Sour Emanuela (the one in front of the computer) and Lucasz (with the cellphone), he had a multimedia presentation – complete with music, video clips, etc.

The professors and the other students present were well pleased.