[OT] Vi Hart, doing a fun talk.

> Does anyone recognize the redhead in the front row who seems to be
> wearing a valid Smalltalk expression on his chest? Or maybe it's
> Obj-C. Or maybe I'm just reading too much into his shirt.

     You're reading too much into his shirt. It's a gratuitous
catch-phrase from the moribund filepile.org community, circa 2001, and
propagated ironically as secretive "in the know" knowledge since then.

     Fun talk.


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On 24.06.2015, at 07:22, Casey Ransberger <[hidden email]> wrote: Guess you won’t be surprised to learn that I’m actually working with Vi at CDG Labs (Alan Kay’s latest research group). And yes, she’s great. As are the other researchers Alan has gathered:

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3046437/5-steps-to-recreate-xerox-parcs-design-magic-from-the-guy-who-helped-make-it

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Excerpts from Casey Ransberger's message of 2015-06-24 07:22:54 +0200:
> Anyway, if you've never seen any of Vi's videos, she's just absolutely
> brilliant, and worth paying attention to. She's making math popular. A
> brick at a time, but isn't that amazing?

if you have never seen any of her videos, you should check the ones where she
actually talks about math. (like the ones she mentions in that talk)

greetings, martin.

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> On 24.06.2015, at 13:12, Martin Bähr <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Excerpts from Casey Ransberger's message of 2015-06-24 07:22:54 +0200:
>> Anyway, if you've never seen any of Vi's videos, she's just absolutely
>> brilliant, and worth paying attention to. She's making math popular. A
>> brick at a time, but isn't that amazing?
>
> if you have never seen any of her videos, you should check the ones where she
> actually talks about math. (like the ones she mentions in that talk)

E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahXIMUkSXX0

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