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Feb. 8th, 2008

05:11 pm - dork(bot)

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If you are in the DC area Tuesday 26 February 2008 I have been invited by DorkBot DC to do a 20 minute lecture and demonstration about home made midi controllers and making expressive digital instruments.

Dorkbot DC is a monthly meeting of artists, designers, engineers, and others in the DC area who are interested in electronic art and physical computing in their broadest sense. I went to the last meeting and it was really a lot of fun hanging out with this bright and interesting crowd.

The meeting is from 7 PM - 9 PM at Smith Hall of Art, Room 114 GW university right by the Foggy Bottom Metro station.

This should be fun as I don't do a lot of public speaking and am prone to forgetting words on my best of days. I'm going to try and channel my inner [info]convexhull for making my slides. If it goes well I might even share the secret of comedy during the Q&A.

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From:[info]skullznrosaries
Date:February 9th, 2008 01:16 am (UTC)
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You're such a bad ass. : )
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From:[info]ding_0_
Date:February 9th, 2008 01:38 am (UTC)
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a bad ass who is afraid he is going to forget words and go ummm a lot. Seriously this is far more scary than my gear breaking in front of 3000 people at Dragoncon!
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From:[info]mankoeponymous
Date:February 9th, 2008 12:29 pm (UTC)
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Neato! That definitely sounds like where I should be at that time of that evening, and will enhance my remorse at being stuck in a mandatory nightschool class I'll be neither enjoying nor learning from instead.
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From:[info]qrissy
Date:February 10th, 2008 05:49 pm (UTC)
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AAAAHHH!!! :D
I used to go to Dorkbot meetings!
Can't miss THIS one!

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From:[info]ding_0_
Date:February 10th, 2008 11:42 pm (UTC)
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I had such a great time at the last one. I'll probably make this a regular event. I might have something else to show in a few months.
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From:[info]qrissy
Date:February 28th, 2008 01:18 pm (UTC)
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Fuckityfuckfuckfuuuuck! Somehow I'd convinced myself it was March 26th.
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Will there be another? ...with MIDI toys?

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From:[info]ding_0_
Date:February 28th, 2008 03:51 pm (UTC)
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quite possibly. This one I brought things that were quick and dirty to show how easy it is, next time I can do a show and tell with finished pieces.
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From:[info]qrissy
Date:February 28th, 2008 04:22 pm (UTC)

Neat-O Dorito!

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Do you happen to know of any specific literature (on teh webz?) that might explain the quick-and-dirty-ness of it all?

I reckon I can wikipedialyte as well!