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CmdrTaco And Hemos Speaking At MIT Thurs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hey-wait-a-minute-that's-me dept.

Oddly enough, Hemos and I are speaking at MIT tonight, but at different times and places. I'm speaking at 7pm at the lecture hall about whatever comes to mind (bring questions because my agenda is wide open). Hemos is speaking at Bartos Theater in the MIT Media Laboratory at 20 Ames St. on campus at 5pm as part of their Media In Transition series. Normally we tend not to plug stuff like this, but this should be fun, so if you happen to be in the area, swing by either talk. I promise to embarrass myself by stuttering and rambling, proving that I speak just as badly as I write!

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  1. i�ro�ny (i-ra-nee) noun, plural i�ro�nies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4

    proving that speak just as badly as I write

    Indeed.

  2. Maps by The+Musician · · Score: 4
    Of course you'll want maps...:

    CmrdTaco at 26-100
    Hemos at Bartos Theater

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  3. What about us... ;-) by Lion-O · · Score: 4

    And what about the rest of the world (outside of the US)? Can we follow it too by realvideo or something or is that a bit too much to ask? (on the other hand; media in transvision, the name sounds right for it IMHO).

  4. Wow! M.I.T.! by stinky+monkey · · Score: 4

    I haven't been to the Missouri Institute of Trucking in forever! If they roll one of those fake coyotes on rollers out in front of you, just nail it. Takes em hours to glue all the fur back on.

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    ~Bout Time for another tea party.®~
  5. The Question the Trolls want to know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5

    Will there be a contingent of ~20 people running into the Auditoruim to try and claim first seat?

    1. Re:The Question the Trolls want to know by rrogers · · Score: 5

      Will there be a contingent of ~20 people running into the Auditoruim to try and claim first seat?

      At the Geek Pride Fest back in April in Boston there was one guy who looked about 16-17 who jumped up holding a large posterboard sign that said "First Post" when CmdrTaco got up on stage. CmdrTaco said "hold on a minute, I'm prepared for this", ran offstage and grabbed something out of a duffel bag and handed it to the kid. It was a box of grits (not hot unfortunately...) and what did this kid do? Poured them down his pants right there in front of everyone! I was sitting right behind him, and for the next hour he was fidgeting and trying to get these grits out of his pants.

      At least there weren't any petrified Natalie Portman's...

  6. Slashdot effect... by malkavian · · Score: 5

    Oh my god..
    I can picture it now... The roads full of geeks cars, and the building overflowing with /. readers...
    Hopefully though, the building won't collapse under the load.

    Malk

  7. Re:The Secret to Public Speaking... by sec · · Score: 5

    Just imagine everyone else in their underwear.

    Tried that once. Problem was, there was a bunch of hot chicks in the first few rows. Ended up giving myself a woody.

    Mind you, that might not be such a big problem for the type of crowd Taco is likely to attract. :)

  8. Preparation by Ninja+Engineer · · Score: 5

    I hope your claimed lack of preparedness is ironic. Otherwise it is moronic. It is all well and good to know your subject matter thoroughly, but to expect to be able to carry the show by answering questons is a BIG mistake. Without preparation and a good start to your talk, you will not generate enough enthusiasm in the audience for them to ask any questions worth answering. There is still time. Do it!. Write it out verbatim if you have to. At least WRITE down all the points you want to cover, and the order you want to cover them in. Otherwise you will die, even in front of a small audience. Good luck!