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mossguy 09-04-2013 06:35 AM
Attaboy Todd! SmileWavy

john70t 09-04-2013 06:46 AM
TED topics covers cooking cow dung with mirrors in the desert, to inter-space time travel.
Best to you.

scottmandue 09-04-2013 07:08 AM
When I grow up I want to be Todd. :D

Congrats!

LeeH 09-04-2013 07:19 AM
Cool!!! Can't wait!

oldE 09-04-2013 07:24 AM
Way to go Todd!
I'll keep an eye out for that.

(Who says musicians aren't deep?)

Best
Les

kach22i 09-04-2013 07:41 AM
Congrats, I'm sure it will be a good one.

gassy 09-04-2013 08:00 AM
Excellent. I look forward to seeing it.

Brian in VA 09-04-2013 04:25 PM
Wow, very cool, congrats

NeedSpace 09-04-2013 05:43 PM
Awesome, quite an accomplishment! Break a leg!

Shaun @ Tru6 09-04-2013 05:50 PM
Congratulations Todd, can't wait to see it!

Steve Carlton 09-04-2013 06:27 PM
Imagine the audience is naked.

RANDY P 09-04-2013 06:50 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by nostatic (Post 7637057)
Did a second dry run on my talk by phone this evening, have dress rehearsal next Saturday, then Sunday 15Sep is the day. Was honored to be asked by the organizers (who did the first TEDxUSC events some years back) who I met through some commercialization meetings at my day job. Conversations about the deeper meanings of some of my crackpot theories as well as being a busy musician...one thing led to another. I'm actually doing a combination talk/performance. It'll be telling a cautionary tale about digital technology and virtual humans, and for the performance part my vocalist and I will be doing an example of auto-tune, then closing the talk with a bass/vocal version of My Romance.

Should be available online after the event.

TEDxVenice Beach | Home
you are? Cool!

I watched those for the first time the other night on netflix- I never knew about 'em till then and it's good stuff.

rjp

Drbraunsr 09-04-2013 07:16 PM
THIS is a shameless plug....
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1378350932.jpg

Very very cool

nostatic 09-17-2013 12:35 PM
Photographic proof. Talk went well - organizer wants to push for it being on the main TED site. Video should be cut in a few weeks so we'll see how it came off. Felt good and the reception was great. Nerve wracking beforehand though...I'm still tired.

http://nostatic.com/photos/tedx11.jpg

http://nostatic.com/photos/tedx16.jpg

http://nostatic.com/photos/tedx12.jpg

cantdrv55 09-17-2013 12:43 PM
Definitely let us know when the vid is available.

Who's the hottie? No offense if she's your better half.

RANDY P 09-17-2013 12:45 PM
"THINK POSITIVE!!"

"and now, let's dance!!"

rjp

nostatic 09-17-2013 12:50 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by cantdrv55 (Post 7661171)
Definitely let us know when the vid is available.

Who's the hottie? No offense if she's your better half.
Better half in a musical sense. She's the main vocalist I work with, Claire Rifelj. Amazing voice. She sang for part of the talk.

And she's married. Too late.

Amail 09-17-2013 01:25 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by nostatic (Post 7661150)
I call BS - that doesn't look like your avatar at all! (Funny how I end up picturing people by their avatar).

Honestly though, seriously cool! I'm a big TedTalks fan and really looking forward to seeing your video.

Steve Carlton 09-17-2013 01:40 PM
So, how do you think it went? Tell us about it...

nostatic 09-17-2013 02:43 PM
The talk went well. It is basically a cautionary tale about digital technologies, and talks about the underlying cause being a fundamental difference between analog (continuous) and digital (stepped). I talk briefly about the uncanny valley and show some of our work on virtual humans, then draw parallels with molecular orbital theory. Then I give three examples of virtual - online dating, computer trading, and autotune. Then we do a live demo of auto tune, singing the chorus from "Killing Me Softly" with and without the effects. Then I talk about the need to find a balance and think of analog/digital as yin/yang, then we end with an analog musical conversation (perform "My Romance").

Might not make sense in the thumbnail but in 15 minutes (11 of talk, 4 of performance) it covers a lot of ground.


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